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The Message of Surah Al-Naba (1-20) – Preparing for the Day of Judgment (English) Dec 29, 2024

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Quran 78:1 · An-Naba
Quran 78:2 · An-Naba
Quran 78:3 · An-Naba
Quran 78:4 · An-Naba
Quran 78:5 · An-Naba
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 7512 Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 1016
Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith no. 2627
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba: 37422
Quran 78:6 · An-Naba
Quran 20:53 · Ta-Ha
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3 min 21 sec
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why Surah An-Naba was revealed to answer disbelief
“The main theme of Surah An-Naba is resurrection and Judgment Day”
3 min 25 sec
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the Great News verse and its repeated warning
“About the awesome news, the news of resurrection”
1 min 2 sec
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hadith warnings on meeting God and hellfire
“You will surely meet your Lord, without any interpreter”
35 sec
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hadith on preparing for the afterlife wisely
“The intelligent person prepares himself for life after death”
24 sec
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even small good deeds count on Judgment Day
“Do even a small deed, everything counts on that Day”
1 min 10 sec
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earth made as a comfortable resting cradle
“Have We not made the earth a resting place?”
1 min 36 sec
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countless blessings and mountains as stabilizing pegs
“God has given you everything that you asked for”
29 sec
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God's blessings are too many to count
“If you want to count God's blessings, you cannot count them”
1 min 38 sec
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Maulana's insight on pairs: desire and paradise
“There's a spiritual aspect Maulana brought out about creation in pairs”
1 min 29 sec
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seven heavens show God's majesty and flawlessness
“We have built above you seven strong heavens”
36 sec
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no fault exists in God's perfect creation
“Do you find any fault in the creation of the Merciful?”
2 min 20 sec
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rain as a blessed, life-giving gift from God
“Sent down from the rain clouds, pouring water”
2 min 15 sec
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true reflection turns a glass of water into gnosis
“Remembrance isn't repetition, it's a chain of thought when you reflect”
3 min 47 sec
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from reflection to gnosis: the water cycle as a sign
“A thinking mind looks at rain differently than an ordinary one”
26 sec
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Judgment Day is a fixed appointed time
“The Day of Judgment is an appointed time, a fixed time”
5 min 45 sec
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the full unfolding of Judgment Day, trumpet to collapse
“Don't forget the Day of Judgment is coming very soon”
30 sec
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resurrection happens in a single instant
“A single blast, a single cry, and all will be brought before us”
2 min 25 sec
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the four questions everyone answers on Judgment Day
“A servant's feet won't move until he answers four questions”
4 min 7 sec
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denial, the testifying skin, and the last man in paradise
“A man will come and the angels will say, you did this wrong”
43 sec
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a man's own skin testifies against him
“The skin of that man will speak up and testify”
34 sec
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paradise is beyond human imagination hadith
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart conceived”
1 min 47 sec
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hadith story of the last man to enter paradise
“There will be one man standing alone on Judgment Day”