In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the
Most Merciful

• What can the Quran
• give me?
• (For Students of high school WAMY Jan 05)

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The Ultimate Questions

• Suppose you wake up tomorrow in a nice new place
  with all the facilities
• Questions

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Quran Youth

• The same questions are valid for this world
  too!!!
• Get the answers directly from the Creator
• QURAN GIVES ME THE ANSWERS DIRECTLY FROM THE
  CREATOR!!! IT IS CREATORS BOOK!

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Quran Youth

• Can we neglect this? No!
• Who are we?

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Quran Youth

• Suppose you bring a computer. Plug it in 220V
• Did you read the manual?
• THE QURAN GIVES ME THE AUTHENTIC ANSWERS!

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What happens when you open Quran?

• How is the relationship between this book and
  Allah?
• How is that different from other books?
• Allah starts talking to you!

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My Main Enemy?

• Who is enemy? Shaitaan. His plan To take us to
  hellfire.
• His strategy (step by step)

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Shaitaans strategy

• Most Important Aspect Dont get attached to the
  book of Allah.
• Example For a future doctor/engr/mgr, kill
  his/her education at school
• Alim vs. Abid?

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Quran Shaitaan?

• Al-Quran helps us in taking refuge in Allah from
  Shaitaan
• Al-QURAN SHOWS ME all kinds of attacks of
  Shaitaan and also as to how I can save myself

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WHAT DO WE WANT IN THIS LIFE?

• Peace Happiness!
• Means?... Success?
• To get the success, whom will you follow?
• And what did he (pbuh) have?
• Quran guided him (pbuh) throughout his life.

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Quran the Ultimate Possession!

• People take so much pride in having precious
  items
• Quran is the ultimate possession, only if you
  realize it!!!

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The Ultimate Possession

• A noble laureate writes a letter to YOU.. how to
  be successful. You will read it 10 times.
• Here is a book Preserved 1400 years.
• IT IS FOR ME He sent M pbuh for me. Suppose
  everyone goes to Jannah and if I go to hellfire
  (may Allah protect me), then I am loser

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The Ultimate Possession!

• According to a research in Harvard University,
  when a person gets a job or promotion, 85 of the
  time it is because of ATTITUDE, and only 15 of
  the time because of intelligence and knowledge of
  specific facts and figures.
• It applies everywhere
• Any task Either you dont know how to accomplish
  or dont want to do the work

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For Teenagers

• Teenage
• is the most unstable part of your life
• Bustling with energy

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For Teenagers

• Youth / Teenagers
• After this age, you will be making many critical
  decisions of your life..
• job
• new friends/colleagues at job
• new settlements (countries, cities, ..)
• settling in a new place new city new
  environment settle in life

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Have a New Look at the Quran!

• Dont look at it from the abusive history
• Old book! What has it got for me in this 21st
  century?
• It is the most powerful Book authored by the Most
  Knowledgeable and the Most Powerful

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Qurans role in History

• Most important / influential (statement in the
  British parliament as long as Muslims have
  Kaabah and Quran, we can not defeat them).
• Those who do not believe say that EB (Koran).
• In HUMAN HISTORY.. has created wonderful people.
  Who changed the history of the world.
• Even today.. it is the issue. Why?

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Quran and History

• People are so blinded with the west!
• Think/live/act
• but US is superpower for only 100 years.
• And Muslims for more than 1000 years.
• And why are they not powerful today? Because
  they have left it. yarfaoo bihaadhal kitaabi

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Ideology rules!

• It is not the tech., not the gadgets, not money,
  and not power. It is the idealogy that rules.
• Leaders of powerful countries are not engineers /
  doctors but social scientists.
• Why are we suffering.. In Indopak context.. bad
  leaders
• Quran will give you the vision of leadership
  the ideology
• You can be the leaders with Al-Quran, the true
  guidance

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Quran Youth

• Some of you will
• invent things
• will be leaders
• For success you need positive attitude
  Self-confidence.
• Quran fills in enormous positive attitude.
  Ibn-Taimiyah

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How does it guide?

• Chandelier
• Space time

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How does it guide?

• You dont need lectures
• 1 verse is enough to turn you on.
• Remember 1 verse of Allah gt 1000 lectures (if
  received with open heart)
• The actual challenge is Mood and resources

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How does it guide?

• You dont have to be Hafiz
• You dont have to wait till you know full Quran
  to get the Guidance
• Just keep pondering on what you know
• Ask Allah to guide (Ihdinassiraa) and he can
  open your heart
• Example Surah al-Fatihah
• Remember the hadith

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Ultimate

• Attitude
• Qualities of interaction (Hujarat)
• Confidence
• Hope
• Character

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The Signs

• Quran the revealed Book
• Universe An open Book of Allah
• Quran is not colorful but when you link it
  with the Universe, every thing of the Universe
  confirms the message of the Quran.
• History becomes meaningful!
• Space and Time become completely integrated and
  speak about Quranic signs

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Examples

• Upset about friends/teachers/brothers or
  sisters/assets
• Liyabluakum
• Jaalna badakum fauqa bad
• Impressed by creation
• Wa-la asghara min zaalika..
• Tusabbihu lahu..
• Impressed by Inventions
• Wa-laa yuheetoona bishay

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Models of Success

• Quran gives me inspiration from true models of
  success
• to become strong spiritually
• to enjoy continuing spiritual and intellectual
  growth

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Quran Me

• Quran is for Musilms.
• But what is imp. is whether I follow it or not
• If I end up in paradise.. Successful if all end
  up in paradise except me (may Allah forgive me)..
  It is a complete loss for me.

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For the Hereafter

• How precious each word, line, .. A line may give
  some point which may prompt you to do something
  which will improve your status (difference in
  grades of Jannah). All of us given the same
  paper. The only reason

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Start now

• SO START BUILDING YOURSELF FROM NOW.
• ALLAH WILL BRING BACK ISLAM TO THIS WORLD. WILL
  DO IT WITH OR WITHOUT US, IN SPITE OF US.. We
  will be lucky to ourselves Let us therefore
  follow it.

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How can it give?

• Understand it first!!!

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Quran can give a lot but

• We dont know how to read Quran (French
  newspaper?)
• Example Dad and son
• Last example. Why are you studying? Future of
  40 years?
• What about Eternal Future

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Quran Youth

• What is the relationship of the Quran with
  Ibraheem (a)?
• QURAN is what Ibrahim (a) had asked for me
  (among other things)!!!

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Examples

• Tell me an incident in your life where a verse
  has affected you
• If it is in the area of worship, how did your
  worship change
• It is not the info that you get (perhaps you
  already know it) but did your heart get affected