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Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim al-hamdu lillahi wa-hidahu wa-sallallahu wa-sallamu wa-baraka

ala malanabiyya b'a-dahu wa-alaihi wa-sahbihi ajma'in.

We praise Allah subhanahu wa-ta'ala, we send blessings and salutations upon the one

whom there is no messenger to follow and we send blessings and salutations upon all

his household, his companions.

We ask Allah subhanahu wa-ta'ala to bless them all.

Obviously Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam is the messenger of Allah subhanahu wa-ta'ala

who was the final messenger.

No one is to follow him meaning to come after him as a messenger, but we are all his followers.

So we ask Allah subhanahu wa-ta'ala to accept that from us and to make us from those

who are steadfast.

My mother's insistence this morning's verses, very, very powerful, extremely relevant

and a great lesson for us all.

Ya Allah subhanahu wa-ta'ala is addressing a certain issue and the issue is firstly the

punishment of the grave as well as the fact that heaven and hell are already created by

Allah and they are in existence.

So these are some important factors of belief that we learn from the first verses that we

read this morning.

Allah is speaking of Firaun and his cronies and those who disobeyed Allah says the fire.

They are exposed to it morning and afternoon.

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