Ali Dawah - September 01, 2022


THE GAME TURNS TO QURAN


Episode Stats


Length

4 minutes

Words per minute

219.35529

Word count

1,057

Sentence count

62

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

sentences flagged

Hate speech

7

sentences flagged


Summary

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In this podcast, I talk about the life of the rapper, The Game, and how he came to Islam. He talks about the trials and tribulations he went through growing up in the streets of LA. He also talks about how he was influenced by the music industry.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 I used to struggle reading the Quran daily before you instructed me to download this app.
00:00:05.200 I never knew that this app would have such an impact on people's lives.
00:00:08.500 You can go into the description box, click the link for iOS and Android and build your habit with the Quran right now.
00:00:14.600 As-salamu alaykum guys, hope you guys are well inshallah.
00:00:16.200 The game, the game, what game am I talking about?
00:00:18.480 You guys know, brothers and sisters in Jahili, I used to listen to the game, 50 Cent, G-Unit, all these kind of the whole click.
00:00:23.000 I used to listen to them a lot.
00:00:23.980 They had a big influence in my lifestyle, the way I lived, the way I fought, the way I operated.
00:00:27.120 But it's very interesting to hear about him as a Muslim myself, 10 years ago coming to Islam.
00:00:31.980 And to see that individuals like the game that you would never think to yourself, subhanAllah, 0.99
00:00:36.540 you know, would they really come to Islam, the lifestyle that they live of, you know, money, cars, girls and everything like that?
00:00:40.720 Well, yes, they do. And why do they do that?
00:00:42.740 Well, here's what the game, the rapper had to say.
00:00:45.480 So somebody sent this to me on a story on Instagram.
00:00:47.840 It's the picture of the Holy Quran and it says, couldn't wait to get home and open you.
00:00:53.780 Yeah. Now, before the story, like before this one, the other ones were talking a bit about, which I didn't get a chance to screenshot them.
00:01:01.980 But he was talking more about people who are snaky towards him, you know, who have kind of maybe backstabbed him.
00:01:06.500 He was giving those kind of talk.
00:01:08.680 So you can see that people who are up there, brothers and sisters, we always think like when we watch,
00:01:12.500 I used to watch their music videos of girls and all this haram stuff, etc.
00:01:15.980 You really think like, wow, man, this is a lifestyle.
00:01:18.320 But you really ask yourself a question.
00:01:19.880 What do they really go through when all the lights are turned off and the music has been turned off?
00:01:24.340 What is their real lifestyle?
00:01:25.920 And this shows you, brothers and sisters, that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, every soul is going to be tested.
00:01:30.700 Now, there's a verse in the Quran where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions.
00:01:34.120 I want to read it. Yeah, inshallah.
00:01:35.820 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
00:01:36.700 So, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
00:01:51.800 And by the soul and the one who made it well,
00:01:55.880 then inspired with it instincts of evil and piety.
00:02:00.200 Success is really attained by him who purifies it,
00:02:03.720 and failure is really suffered by him who pollutes it.
00:02:06.940 This is very interesting because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying,
00:02:09.240 and this connects beautifully to this,
00:02:11.700 that we are all born with instincts of good and bad.
00:02:15.160 That's like, just imagine, I don't know if I say two cups or one cup, yeah?
00:02:19.420 So, if we have a cup, and half of the cup, argument's sake, it's fresh water,
00:02:24.000 and the top half, without being mixed, is dirty water,
00:02:27.140 we are created with both of them.
00:02:30.720 Now, it's upon you.
00:02:32.340 If you add more dirty water to it, it's going to pollute it.
00:02:35.680 It's going to make it worse.
00:02:36.920 Meaning, your evil nature is going to increase.
00:02:40.740 And that's what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
00:02:41.900 we do not guide the sinning people,
00:02:43.820 like people who are transgressing and transgressing.
00:02:46.200 However, if you add clean water into that dirty water,
00:02:49.960 what do you think is going to happen to that polluted water? 0.70
00:02:52.180 It's going to what? Purify it.
00:02:54.080 And what does Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala say? 0.52
00:02:56.000 Success is really attained by him who purifies it.
00:03:00.780 So, you have instincts of good and bad.
00:03:02.280 You can't come under their judgment and say,
00:03:03.880 you know, no, no, no, no, no, you had good and bad.
00:03:06.220 Even when I was a non-Muslim, I would have instincts of doing evil, 1.00
00:03:09.280 and I would have instincts of doing good in certain scenarios.
00:03:11.800 So, my message, like, to all of you guys watching this as well,
00:03:14.320 is number one, do not look at celebrities or rappers or whoever they may be,
00:03:17.220 and think to yourself that they are living this amazing life,
00:03:19.980 and they're not, no, no, no.
00:03:20.800 Deep down, brother and sister, especially when you're rich,
00:03:23.080 you have a lot of fake people around you.
00:03:24.260 Even the person you want to marry, yeah?
00:03:25.820 You don't even know if they're with you for the right reasons or the wrong reasons.
00:03:28.640 So, for the game to come home, imagine, he has all of those things,
00:03:31.940 money, cards, girls, anything,
00:03:33.940 and he makes an Instagram story saying,
00:03:36.520 and having a picture of the Qur'an and saying,
00:03:38.780 I can't wait home to come and open you.
00:03:41.760 What does that say?
00:03:42.840 That he truly finds solace, peace, tranquility in the kitab of Allah.
00:03:47.340 And it is, like Allah says in the Qur'an,
00:03:49.660 only in the remembrance of your Lord do hearts find peace.
00:03:51.820 And how else can you find remembrance except by his kitab?
00:03:55.060 Brothers and sisters, ask Allah to open the Qur'an to you.
00:03:59.080 The Qur'an is a treasure of many treasures.
00:04:03.000 Connect yourself to the Qur'an.
00:04:04.780 If a disbeliever, which I don't know if he's a believer or not, 0.84
00:04:07.280 like Gain, who's involved in the rap industry and haram, etc.,
00:04:10.580 can find peace and solace in the Qur'an,
00:04:12.820 what about us believers, brothers and sisters?
00:04:15.000 Ask Allah to connect you to the Qur'an, 0.89
00:04:16.820 allow you to memorize the Qur'an,
00:04:18.320 and to live and die by it.
00:04:19.680 That's all I would have to say, inshallah.
00:04:21.380 Maybe you guys can tag the game, inshallah,
00:04:24.300 and send this to him.
00:04:25.060 Maybe he can see it.
00:04:26.060 And if he's not a Muslim, 0.97
00:04:26.960 I would highly, highly encourage him to,
00:04:29.180 which he is reading the Qur'an,
00:04:30.600 but also dua, which is a prayer.
00:04:33.240 Ask God Almighty to guide.
00:04:35.880 And you are already on that path.
00:04:37.640 That's all I have to say, brothers and sisters, inshallah.
00:04:39.380 May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala guide him, 0.70
00:04:40.760 and guide us, inshallah,
00:04:41.960 and make us among those who will die on la ilaha illallah.
00:04:44.820 Till next time.
00:04:45.560 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
00:04:47.500 Yes, thank you.
00:04:48.320 As-salamu alaykum.
00:04:48.620 Okay.
00:04:48.940 As-salamu alaykum wa with love.