1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:04,940 The Garden of Guidance. 2 00:00:04,940 --> 00:00:08,289 Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: 3 00:00:08,289 --> 00:00:12,289 "O you who believe, 4 00:00:12,289 --> 00:00:19,019 “O ye who believe! Come, all of you, into submission (unto Him); and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.” (2:208) 5 00:00:19,019 --> 00:00:25,219 and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. 6 00:00:25,219 --> 00:00:30,469 Indeed, he is to you an open enemy. 7 00:00:30,469 --> 00:00:41,829 But if you slip after clear proofs have come to you, 8 00:00:41,829 --> 00:00:50,850 then know that Allah is Almighty, All-Wise." 9 00:00:50,850 --> 00:00:53,850 And he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 10 00:00:53,850 --> 00:00:55,850 "O people, 11 00:00:55,850 --> 00:00:59,850 The Night of Decree was shown to me, 12 00:00:59,850 --> 00:01:02,850 and I came out to inform you of it, 13 00:01:02,850 --> 00:01:07,849 but two men came arguing with each other, accompanied by Satan, 14 00:01:07,849 --> 00:01:09,849 and so I was made to forget it. 15 00:01:09,849 --> 00:01:13,879 Therefore, seek it in the last ten nights of Ramadan; 16 00:01:13,879 --> 00:01:19,879 seek it on the ninth, the seventh, and the fifth." 17 00:01:19,879 --> 00:01:22,010 Agreed upon. 18 00:01:22,010 --> 00:01:25,030 A point of benefit: 19 00:01:25,030 --> 00:01:29,030 Quarreling and animosity are a primary cause of being deprived of good, 20 00:01:29,030 --> 00:01:33,030 for because of them, the exact knowledge of the Night of Decree was taken away. 21 00:01:33,030 --> 00:01:36,099 Such disputes are among the footsteps of Satan, 22 00:01:36,099 --> 00:01:40,099 which the Qur'an has warned against following, 23 00:01:40,099 --> 00:01:45,099 because Satan seeks to sow enmity and hatred among people. 24 00:01:45,099 --> 00:01:47,099 So let us abandon malice, 25 00:01:47,099 --> 00:01:51,099 and unite under the banner of tolerance and brotherhood, 26 00:01:51,099 --> 00:01:56,099 which Allah has chosen for us and called us to uphold.