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Quran 20:26 · Ta-Ha

And ease for me my task

He is saying: A short prayer for anyone facing a hard task

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Quran 17:80 · Al-Isra

And say, "My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority

He is saying: dua for a confident entrance and exit

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Sahih al-Bukhari 4663

Narrated Abu Bakr: I was in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) in the cave, and on seeing the traces of the pagans, I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) If one of them (pagans) should lift up his…

He is saying: Crisis as path to discovering God

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Quran 83:6 · Al-Mutaffifin

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds

He is saying: Self-discovery of God and the urgency of life · UP riot story: find who started it, then imagine standing before Allah · Every soul tastes death, then you stand before God alone

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Quran 56:11 · Al-Waqi'ah

Those are the ones brought near [to Allah]

He is saying: As-Sabiqun: the foremost believers nearest to God in paradise

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Quran 2:186 · Al-Baqarah

And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me.…

He is saying: why praying for someone else to change often fails · God says I am near when you call Me · Full story: lost in the dark, saved by a mysterious guide

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Quran 20:14 · Ta-Ha

Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance

He is saying: God's core declaration of oneness to Moses · Musa hears God's voice at the burning bush · Ramadan trains the spirit behind every act of worship

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Quran 12:93 · Yusuf

Take this, my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father; he will become seeing. And bring me your family, all together

He is saying: The healing shirt and a father sensing his son's scent

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Quran 75:23 · Al-Qiyamah

Looking at their Lord

He is saying: Seeing God in paradise: radiant faces and the moon hadith

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Quran 53:57 · An-Najm

The Approaching Day has approached

He is saying: Australia's fires and the Quran's approaching hour · the awaited hour has arrived, time to wake up

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Quran 50:16 · Qaf

And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein

He is saying: God is closer than your jugular vein · Discovering God's nearness turns life into constant prayer

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Quran 20:31 · Ta-Ha

Increase through him my strength

He is saying: Musa hears God's voice at the burning bush

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