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Some conversations don't end because someone lied. They end because someone finally stopped lying.

Yesterday, I met up with some sisters from Jamaa for lunch.

There were five of us. We had only just met, yet it felt like we'd known each other for years.

With the little time we had over lunch, we shared our stories, exchanged experiences, and reminded one another of what truly matters. Sadly, one of us had to head back to work, so our time together was cut short.

The remaining four of us continued our conversations at a coffee shop. We enjoyed our drinks, took lots of photos, and before we knew it, it was already time for dinner.

After dinner, we went to my another friend's place where she and I studied German. We kept talking until around 11 p.m. Then, unexpectedly, we all ended up having a sleepover at one of our friend's houses.

Our conversations about our experiences on Muzz continued until 4 a.m. We only managed to sleep for about an hour before Fajr. After getting ready, we headed to the train station to go home.

My journey back home took 9 hours from Jakarta, while my friend's was only about 1.5 hours. Funny enough, we had booked seats on the same train, so our conversations continued throughout the journey.

Thank you, my new friends. May this meeting bring nothing but goodness.

May we continue to remind, support, and look out for one another throughout our journey on Muzz, in shaa Allah. 🤍

Going to the chemist... Mr.... meet me there 😆

My brother ate all my snacks and chocolate 😭why the heck did he inhale my fruit covered chocolates 💀

Weekend thought

_Boys want 4 wives, yet can't even handle five prayers...
Concentrate on your farz first then think about the sunnah..._🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

heeyy, i'm new here..can u guys help me to use this app? or do you guys want to give me a tips and tricks? hehe, and maybe we can be a friends!🤍

For women: don’t you absolutely hate it too when men make inappropriate jokes amongst themselves and then give you that LOOK. God, I abhorrr it and honestly it tells a lot about a man.

I just want an online gf on here.

(PART ONE) Tonight I attended Sheikh Majed Mahmoud's lecture on Surah al-Buruj- Unshakable: Standing Firm When Faith is Tested (Verses 1-8)

Here are my notes and lessons I walked away with.

Sheikh's Opening Point: We should not take oath on anything other than Allah. But Allah can take oath and swear by anything. That's one of the first point Sheikh Mahmoud made.

VERSE 1
Wa-samā'i dhātil-burūj
By the sky containing great star formations (constellations)

Notes: An oath - Allah swears by the sky full of stars/constellations. Stars are tied to guidance (used for navigation), protection of the skies and the heavens so Allah swears by the shooting stars, the guidance.

VERSE 2
Wal-yawmil maw'ūd
And by the Promised Day

Notes: Allah takes oath by the promsied day which refers to Yawm al-Qiyamah, the Day of Judgment.

VERSE 3
Wa shāhidin wa mashhūd
And by a witness and what is witnessed

Notes: Allah swears by accountability, nothing goes unnoticed. There will be many witnesses on that Day (angels, the earth, the rocks even our own limbs). No oppressor gets away, and no oppressed person's rights go unanswered.

Sheikh's point:
People who try to get rid of evidence and control the narrative, Allah is saying that on the Promised Day, even if they erase all the evidence, there will still be witnesses. The rocks, the trees, the angels will speak and testify against the oppressors. Nothing goes unnoticed, and everyone will be held accountable.

VERSE 4
Qutila aṣḥābul-ukhdūd
Cursed (destroyed) are the companions of the trench.

Notes: After all these oath, who did Allah curse, not the disbelievers, not the idol worshipers but the companions of the trench. But why? Being near the trench in of itself is not a sin, so why did Allah curse them? Becasue there must be something wrong that they were doing that Allah was aware of. And if Allah curses and condemns someone, it must be becasue they are doing something that deserves to be condemed. When we swear/ take an oath it is on a serious matter, we do not take oaths for small things . That is the essence of oath. So when Allah is taking oaths and at the end He curses the companions of the trench, it is a serious matter. Another explanation of the verse in order to understand the gravity of the statement is that when Allah says these people are cursed, He's basically saying these people are DEAD, they are in SERIOUS trouble!

Important principle sheikh highlighted: Allah does not punish a people until a messenger has reached them. So living in/near a trench isn't the issue, it's what these people DID (persecuting believers) that earns the curse. They were burning believers alive.

VERSE 5
An-nāri dhātil-waqūd
[The trench of] fire fed with fuel (There is always fire being lit)

Notes: The fire was continuously stoked, they were committed to keeping it burning. Shows their dedication to carrying out this atrocity against the believers.
They are adding fuel and they are COMMITTED - committed to a genocide.

VERSE 6
Idh hum 'alayhā qu'ūd
When they sat around it (the fire)

Notes: They sat and watched. Sitting around the fire itself isn't the sin, the issue is what they were watching/doing while seated.

VERSE 7
Wa hum 'alā mā yaf'alūna bil-mu'minīna shuhūd
And they were witnesses to what they were doing to the believers

Notes: Active spectators, watching believers being burned alive.

Sheikh's point:
We see videos of believers being burnt in Gaza, there are videos of zionists soldiers celebrating, a guy recording a video and saying this is for my daughter, her brithday present and presses a button and bombs an entire city. These are the type of people Allah is talking about. And these verses show that this has happened before, it will happen again and it is happening again.

VERSE 8
Wa mā naqamū minhum illā an yu'minū billāhil-'azīzil-ḥamīd
And they resented them for no reason other than that they believed in Allah, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy

Notes: The oppressors couldn't tolerate the believers standing firm against their oppression, so they burned them alive simply for their faith.

Sheikh's point:
Allah has 99 names and out of all the names, such as The Protector, the Sustainer, The Providor, He used two names The Almighty, The Praiseworthy. It doesn't make any sense.
Sheikh gives an example: if I am standing here and the podium falls on a kid, and I stand there and say I am Strong! I am Powerful! What would you say? Ok help the kid, save the child. But I just stand here and say I am powerful and I am strong instead of helping the kid. Wouldn't that be strange. So why is Allah saying He is the Almighty, the Praiseworthy, after talking about believers being burnt alive. Why doesn't he help?

Because Allah deserves to be died for, and the ones who have died as believers, they are in heaven, they are martyrs, they are forgiven. there's no better place for a beliver than jannah. But He reminds those who are alive, the ones who are the oppressors, the witnesses that DO NOT take this as weakness. Do not think Allah is incapable of saving them. It is very simple and easy for Him, all He has to say "Be" It Is.

So Why "Al-'Aziz" (the Almighty) comes right after the burning: Allah is reminding us He was fully able to stop it. Don't think injustice means He's powerless, He's making the point that He IS Almighty.

A point made by sheikh:
If someone's is rich that doesn't mean Allah loves them, if someoen is poor, that doesn't mean Allah loves them, the only sign of Allah's love is if the person is given deen (true faith) or not. The ones who have strong faith are the ones Allah loves.

Sheikh's point: the Prophet ﷺ said Allah gives dunya (worldly provision) to those He loves and to those He doesn't love, but Allah does not give deen except to those He loves.

After speaking of the believers being burnt alive, Allah ends the next verse with his name "Al-Hameed" (the Praiseworthy): why? Because Allah deserves praise in both ease and hardship. Whatever a believer goes through, in his eyes Allah is the Best.

@serik the racist loser he is