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A powerful reminder on the importance of Toba (repentance) balancing hope and fear, emphasizing Allah's mercy and the path to behavioral change.

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Key Takeaways

Repentance requires both fear of consequences and hope in Allah’s mercy.
Allah eagerly accepts sincere repentance regardless of the magnitude of sins.
Continuous effort and firm resolve are key to overcoming repeated sins.
Accountability through self-reflection and trusted feedback is crucial.
Regular remembrance and dua strengthen the connection to Allah and guarantee Paradise if sincere.

What the video covers

Toba (repentance) requires a balance of hope and fear to motivate genuine behavioral change.
Allah is more pleased with the return of a repentant servant than a Bedouin finding his lost camel.
The Prophet Muhammad’s daily dua emphasizes recognizing Allah as Lord and oneself as His servant.
Toba cleanses sins completely and resets the spiritual state like formatting a disk.
Repeated sincere repentance, even after falling into sin multiple times, is encouraged.
Seeking feedback from trusted, God-fearing friends helps overcome denial and fosters accountability.
The path to Allah is not perfection but continuous turning back after falling.
Sincere recitation of the Prophet’s dua morning and evening guarantees Paradise if death occurs before the next prayer time.
Self-accountability and contemplation of Allah’s mercy and justice deepen sincerity in repentance.
Toba is a cyclical process involving regret, resolve, reset, and redemption.

Chapters

What is the role of fear and hope in the process of Toba?

Fear motivates a person to avoid sin due to consequences, while hope encourages them to seek Allah’s mercy. Both are essential to inspire genuine behavioral change.

How does Allah view a person who repents sincerely?

Allah is extremely pleased and happy when a servant sincerely repents, even more than a Bedouin who finds his lost camel, and He forgives all sins if repentance is sincere.

What should someone do if they repeatedly fall into sin?

They should continue making sincere repentance with firm resolve each time, understanding that Toba is a cyclical process of regret, resolve, reset, and redemption.

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The verses about Jannah are very crucial to the process of Toba because without the fear of Allah Subhana wa Ta'ala, there's no change. There's no behavioral change. We'll never take it seriously, and so this is a very important part that we have to remind ourselves what is waiting for us if we don't fulfill Toba.

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ourselves what is waiting for us if we don't fulfill Toba. [snorts] So you go through realization then you need the hope then you need the fear and that will push you towards change and it's always a balance between the two

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So you go through realization, then you need the hope, then you need the fear, and that will push you towards change. It's always a balance between the two: hope and fear.

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person who began the process and this is the power of The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam informs us that Allah subhana wa ta'ala is so happy about the Toba, the returning of a slave of his more than a bedin who lost his camel in

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That's why the Quran always balances the two passages of hope and fear, hope and fear.

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more excited, more happy about the returning of his slave than this man. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, "If not for you committing sins, Allah would have gotten rid of you and he would have brought other people who

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And what happens after fear and after change and after the realization is you have a person who is not the same as the person who began the process.

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Allah wants people who fall down and they get back up straight away. That is what Toba is about. The path to Allah is not a path of perfection, a path of sinless angels. You and me are not angels, but it is about

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This is the power of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. He informs us that Allah Subhana wa Ta'ala is so happy about the Toba, the returning of a slave of His, more than a Bedouin who lost his camel in the desert and he finds his camel.

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There's a very important dua that every day of his life, the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam used to say.

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He got so excited. He said he had a slave, sorry. And he lost his slave. He found him. He got so excited he jumbled up his words. He said, "You are my lord and I'm the slave."

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Oh Allah, you are my Lord. There's none worthy of worship but you. You created me and I am your slave.

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Allah is more excited, more happy about the returning of His slave than this man.

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Oh Allah, protect me from the evil I have done. I confess your many blessings upon me and I confess to you my many sins.

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The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, "If not for you committing sins, Allah would have gotten rid of you and He would have brought other people who came and sinned and they repented."

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before the evening they will be entered into paradise and if someone says it in the evening sincerely from the bottom of their heart and they die before them all they will be entered into paradise. This is the power of Toba. Toba cleans the slate. It

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Because the process of repentance is really crucial. Allah does not want angels. Allah does not want perfection.

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partners you addressed me I will forgive everything you did and I don't care that is the readiness of Allah to accept. But who is ready to turn?

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Allah wants people who fall down and they get back up straight away. That is what Toba is about. The path to Allah is not a path of perfection, a path of sinless angels.

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and he says, "Oh Allah, we wronged ourselves. If you don't forgive us and you don't have mercy on us, we are going to be destroyed.

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You and I are not angels, but it is about turning back to Allah every time we fall.

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oxygen. You can't do without it. Every morning and evening we need to say this dua sayar, memorize it, download it, screenshot it, whatever you want so that if Allah takes your life before the evening, you are guaranteed an entrance

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There's a dua that we will end with, inshallah.

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There's any questions, please, you can continue. You can bring them forth. He said, "If a person feels like they're committing a sin and they're making Toba and they're going back again, they're making Toba, they're going back again.

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There's a very important dua that every day of his life, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam used to say.

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I know it feels like you're stuck in the deed. You feel stuck, but you have to almost see it like TBA is a cycle.

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Every morning, every evening, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam used to say this dua, and I'm going to ask you all to repeat after me.

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It might take 10, 15, 20 cycles until you rid yourself of that deed. But the key thing, every time you make the sin, that firm resolve, this is a disgusting thing. I have to stop. I'm not going to

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Oh Allah, You are my Lord. There's none worthy of worship but You. You created me and I am Your slave.

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In that moment, that commitment has to be there 100% solid. If that commitment is there, you are bound to improve.

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And I'm trying my best with my promise to You and my deal with You.

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the process. Every time I will sincerely follow the steps of pro of Toba, regret, resolve, reset, redeem. I will follow these steps. You are bound to change and make dua. Allah subhana t is merciful. And you may be stuck for six

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Oh Allah, protect me from the evil I have done. I confess Your many blessings upon me and I confess to You my many sins.

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and you will get through it. There's two ways to overcome denial. The first one is feedback.

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This dua is called the greatest form of seeking forgiveness of Allah. The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said if somebody says this in the morning and they die before the evening, they said it sincerely from the bottom of their heart and they die before the evening, they will be entered into paradise.

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Say, "Brother, we don't backpack on this table." Those are real good friends. You keep them very close. You pay to keep them around if you have to. Because if you're in denial, sometimes it takes a third person to remind you. No. That's

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And if someone says it in the evening sincerely from the bottom of their heart and they die before the morning, they will be entered into paradise.

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place. Oh my. The mirror exposes your faults. So if you are in denial, it just takes another person to say how do you know what I did was wrong. That's the first the first way. Advice, feedback, family, friends who fear Allah and they

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This is the power of Toba. Toba cleans the slate. It formats the disk. It empties the sins.

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accumulate. You know, when you go to the doctor and the doctor says, "Look, you know, your BMI has been increasing. You've been gathering weight." You see people, they say, "Look, you put on weight, you can visibly see things are getting worse."

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The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam informed us that Allah Subhana wa Ta'ala conveyed to him, "O son of Adam, if your sins reach the height of the heavens, you come to Me sincerely with no partners, you address Me, I will forgive everything you did, and I don't care."

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horse that I ride and the behavior of my wife. It comes back on you. Right? So, you need that that realization is important. And there's no other way other than to sit down and hold yourself to account and have a hard real raw

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That is the readiness of Allah to accept. But who is ready to turn?

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today all of the things that just need to be wiped out. So use that routine of use that as an opportunity or if you're going to say 50 20 times a day 10 times a day when you sit down every time you say think of

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In the story we recited at the beginning, it ends with some beautiful words. The first Toba, but certainly not the last.

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that we are sincere when we ask Allah's forgiveness you can't. Nobody can know. You can only try.

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When Adam has his realization, he makes his resolve. He changes his behavior and he stands in front of Allah and he says, "Oh Allah, we wronged ourselves. If You don't forgive us and You don't have mercy on us, we are going to be destroyed."

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to pause and contemplate the meaning of what we're saying. Second is to pause and recall our sins while we are saying it. you know so to slow it down after why and one time I was reciting to my

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Without Toba, we are destroyed because the mountain of our sins will slowly change us and devolve us until the Satan has devoured us.

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slowing it down is more likely to help you appreciate it. Relish the taste of thear.

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We cannot survive without Toba. Toba to us is like water to fish. It's like oxygen. You can't do without it.

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That's the And the other thing is to remember what I mentioned, the mercy, the fear of Allah, the weight of your sins. If you're thinking about those things, your TBA is bound to be sincere.

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Every morning and evening we need to say this dua, say it, memorize it, download it, screenshot it, whatever you want so that if Allah takes your life before the evening, you are guaranteed an entrance to paradise.

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The sign of a sincere Toba. There's a symptom. Sign of a sincere Toba is someone seriously trying to change their behavior.

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And if Allah takes your life at night or in the morning, you are guaranteed entrance to paradise.

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to stop doing what they're doing. Fighting with themselves, right? They're really determined to change. That's the sign of a sincere toba. Allah knows best. How do you increase your fear of Allah?

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May Allah make us from the people of paradise. May Allah make us from the people of Toba.

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The quick in accounting. The severe in punishment. the Avenger. These names of Allah, if you spend a bit of time with them, they will strike a deep fear into your heart. There's another way also to spend some time

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If there are any questions, please, you can continue. You can bring them forth.

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you a sense of awe and a sense of fear and you you don't want to mess with Allah. That's one that's one way. The second one is to readah these suras which are full of reminders of the fire and the day of judgment and

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He said, "If a person feels like they're committing a sin and they're making Toba and they're going back again, they're making Toba, they're going back again. They're stuck in a vicious cycle. What would you advise them?"

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So choose a surah something as small as alash these small suras they're deadly eight verses if you spend some time with those eight verses you won't sleep at

Topics:TobarepentanceIslamAllah's mercyProphet Muhammadduabehavioral changehope and fearJannahforgiveness

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