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3. "The Truth"
  
     
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 In your name, Lord, I lay myself down
 
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 And by your name will I rise up...
  
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 O Allah, You art the first and before all others.
  
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 You are the last and final boundary Beyond which nothing exists.
  
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 These words are the truth, Let Allah be my witness,
  
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 It is to him I answer, no other.
  
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 No curses or slander from those who sleep on their bellies and only rise to act like men when in public shall denounce them.
  
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 The words stand true because they are true
  
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 And if you are in doubt concerning that which The Lord reveals unto His servant herein then produce a statement of truth of the like thereof, and call your witness beside Allah if you are truthful.
  
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 And if you do it not - and you can never do it - then guard yourselves against an afterlife of anguish and regret, whose fuel is self-delusion and deliberate willing ignorance.
  
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 For Allah knows what is and what is not.
  
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 For Allah knows what is in the hearts and minds of men and women.
  
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 You may trick the flesh and even the eyes, but not the one who created you.
  
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 You may deny all things, to deny these words, deny the existence of grace.
  
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 That somehow you or some other mortal has control and say over what Allah does and does not do.  
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 For your sake, pray Allah does not strike you down where you stand for your foolish arrogance!  
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 Like a child who waves their arms with the waves believing they control the ocean.  
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 Truth is hard, unrelenting, pure. It stands alone.  
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 Truth is sometimes painful, but necessary.  
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 To some and many, the hard truths of these words will cause faithful to want to turn their heads, to run away, to deny them.  
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 To some, this will make it easier to claim opposite-"A great lie", they will claim. An abomination, they will slur.  
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 Be careful you proud peacocks of Scripture, lest your plumage be seared by the breath of Allah himself for your arrogance and misrepresentation.  
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 For the addict finds great challenge in weaning their ways, so too the liar cannot help but lie.  
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 So lie dear liars but know this- Allah sees everything you do.  
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 The truth of Allah is blinding.
  
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 So bury your heads, cover your eyes if too bright,
  
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 But refrain from childish arrogance towards the Lord, lest you flounder and flap at your judgment in the afterlife for reprieve.
  
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 All things human fade. All power and wealth are but illusions.
  
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 And all must come before Allah to measure what they did and what they did not do.
  
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 This is the truth.
  
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 Praise be to Allah and no other.
  

 
 
 

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