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Yeah.

What's the secret?

Why is it a secret?

Today's theme.

Rip it open.

The heart as the root of all action.

Hmm.

Yeah, I guess an interesting direction to take the conversation is that, as is the case with anything,

but Ramadan particularly, there is a lot of emphasis on physical things that we have to do in Ramadan, pray fast, read Quran, give charity, etc. But sometimes we become so fixated on the physical aspects of it, where we're just like, almost like, may Allah forgive us, the description doesn't sound good, but I'm just talking honestly.

It's almost like we have a list

of chores to do. So we're kind of going down this checklist of chores and items that have to be

completed, but we actually forget what the actual goal and objective is, which Allah says,

literally taqua, which is in the heart, taqua ha'unha hauna. So I think that that's something that makes me think about.

And always to, if the conversation is starting there,

I think an important piece is just defining taqua,

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