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Musk Al-Khattab | Episode (68) | Trade with God
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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From the very foundation,
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man loves wealth with an intense love,
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and he loves profit while fearing loss.
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This is a nature ingrained in man and his innate disposition.
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For this reason, Allah the Exalted addressed man using commercial concepts.
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This commercial discourse
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kept people in a state of anticipation and readiness.
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The question was posed to stir interest:
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"Shall I guide you...?"
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You love profit and are pained by loss.
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This trade with Allah is a profitable trade,
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containing immense gains.
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Its capital is faith in Allah the Exalted and His Messenger,
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and striving in the cause of Allah with one's wealth and one's self.
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Allah the Exalted has purchased from the believers their lives and their wealth.
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He is the Buyer, offering a profit,
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and what profit is greater than Paradise,
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which Allah the Exalted has prepared for the righteous?
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The world of commerce today
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is based on annual profit margins,
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which may reach 12% of the capital.
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This percentage makes the investor willing to risk his wealth
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for the sake of obtaining it as profit,
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driven by his innate love for wealth.
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Yet his profit, whatever it may be,
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has a limit and a ceiling.
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But if a person trades with Allah,
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his profit has no limit and no end;
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indeed, it is difficult for the human mind to even conceive of it.
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This profit has no numerical percentage,
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no zeros and no digits,
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but rather, the giving of Allah is continuous and boundless.
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This is trade with Allah the Exalted:
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a guaranteed trade in which there is no loss,
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but rather, it is all profit, eternity, and everlasting bliss.
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It is a trade with limited costs
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and unlimited profit.
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Therefore, the most intelligent merchant of all
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is the one who trades with Allah,
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and the most foolish person is the one who does without the bounty of Allah.