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Back again with another short episode of an excerpt from Dr. Sammy Ricebook

This is still part actually of his first chapter where he talks a little bit about Surut Al-Kaffirun

I figure I give you guys this example because many of you have memorized this Surah

So you know you learn something special about this Surah that maybe you didn't know before

Okay, so it's a it's a I'll just tell you a couple of things about the Sura in general. This is actually a

a pretty intense Sura. It's short and we memorize it when we're lazy and prayer and a lot of people mess it up because of the repetition in it, right?

But and I'll tell you why when I'm going to show it to you on the screen in a second and I've color coded it a little bit so you guys can make sense of what I'm going to say today, but

No, before I do let's let's keep the screen off for now

So what I want to tell you first is you know a very important concept related to this Sura when prophets come

they

Are

concerned about saving the nation

Right, so they they call their nation

Yakomi my people

My people

Right, so and that's their way of saying look. I'm worried about you. You're my people

I'm your my my my parents are from you my my uncles my cousins my siblings maybe even etc

They are from not siblings, but you know, they're they're from your family

So I'm worried that you're heading down the wrong path, right?

So obviously when you call somebody my people, you're bringing them close to you, right?

And but this is a phase in the life of our prophet

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