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Bismillah, Aramman, and al-hamdulaheim.

Al-Hamda'u'll Allah, Rabeal.

And Salat and Salaam and to Siedna Muhammad and on his al'a-Mohamedin and on Sain-Mohamedin and

my back I welcome you to the first of our series of classes entitled Lighthouse and before I

began a small disclaimer I am a bit under the weather, so apologies about my voice. May Allah, Azouj, cure all of us that are sick, inshallah-ta-a-a-a-a-a-a-a.

Today is going to be an introductory session

and somewhat of a rambling, if you like, of miscellaneous topics.

And I want to begin by pointing out that nobody chooses the time or the era that we are born into.

It is Allah's choice on us.

We didn't choose when to be born, when to live, which challenges that we face.

And the fact of the matter is that the bulk of the trials and tests that are laid out for us

deal with issues that are relevant to the time and the place and the geography of where we live.

And therefore, every generation has challenges that are unique to that generation.

The fact that we're born into it many times blinds us to this reality,

and we assume that these challenges are universal.

But the fact of the matter is that our generation in particular is facing a unique set of challenges. As the Chinese say, may you live in

interesting times, we are living in interesting times. More has changed in the last 100 years of our

existence, then in the last 100,000 years of humanity. I repeat, more has changed in the last 100,000 years of humanity.

I repeat, more has changed in the last 100 years

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