Decoding Eman Ep.1 with Deya Elayyan & Ousama Alshurafa in Dunya Decoded

0:00 so everybody's ultimately looking to be successful in this life and the itself it's Thea ofas meaning it's the K of so what I wanted to do with this episode is to actually break it down decode it because the whole concept of you know D decoded is to really understand what we're doing here because ultimately we're here to be tested what is that test and what does it begin with begins with learning how to see to understand clearly how to see is based on mus it's the world of perception Allah subhana T would does he say he

0:46 says that Allah subhana T created us he talks about creation in it's the Surah of the human being and then he breaks it down himself he said we created you to test you okay what's the medium of the test what's the platform how are we going to be tested meaning you're tested with what you see in this life with what you hear in this life because this is based on mus perception the is based on what the Unseen and IM is always linked to the Unseen those who believe in the Unseen system of of Allah subhana tala the majority of people they're caught up

1:33 with what the of the the outwardly manifest of this so Allah subhana T what does he say he says they're heedless they're absolutely or heedless from what's happening in the in the Unseen system of Allah what is their so we have to understand as part of this all the Aran of to understand what this represents so we say im one of the definitions is whenever negating what you perceive and affirming what Allah tells you in the Quran whenever what you see doesn't

2:23 align with whatever Allah subhana tala told you all right guys that was a huge amazing beautiful intro for decoding IM this is and this is us we are in dun decoded podcast we are here to decode this dun each one of us Usama is trying to be successful absolutely each one of us really wants to know where does he stand in IM what's the level of IM he's at to know exactly where's the problem and fix it absolutely so we are here to decode Ean decode it we got to decode this we got decode it let's break it down let's do it it's like you got to hack it Prett we we do bro and we're the hackers today there would be a problem if somebody got

3:12 up today after this podcast and he did not know where he exactly stands so we want to make sure we know where we stand with Allah subhana wa tala is that it and I like the word decoded because it it makes it feel like this dun is encrypted and you need the key like the decryption key right and what is that and it's very interesting that the begins with negation whenever you know back in California or Canada when someone would become Muslim and you'd give him the shahada the first thing you tell him is say repeat after me and he repeats what does he repeat you pretty much you give him the and he repeats it and he becomes a

3:58 Muslim but if you really look at this and how it begins it's very interesting because it's like doesn't just mean to Bear witness that Allah is one but also means to perceive like when you bring Witnesses in court what do you bring sh sh Witnesses they're going to witness and what do you say you say I bear witness that there is no God but Allah okay beautiful but what's very interesting is that the first part of the K has two parts it's ill but it's fascinating for me bro that it begins with negation Allah subhana what is he telling started exactly what you perceive it's not really happening from there you have to

4:49 understand how to see and look at this world you can't just look at it with your sight you need Insight wow Insight comes from the heart and the heart is the container I typically tell people there are three containers the the Mind where you have information uh masah the stomach where we we have too much food food killed me with all the food we're eating during this trip it's amazing though masallah all this food this is where it's at that's the container of food the heart is the container of n and n you always have something beautiful you say about n in the Quran yes where Allah subhana T says inah he defines it for us because we're

5:34 talking about IM you want to decode IM what is IM people say I need to increase my IM what does it mean to want to increase your IM Allah subhana says he says so IM is what it's and what does n allow you to to do it allows you to see but it's a different type of seeing a very different wasam is asking a sahabi how did you wake up this morning what's your you know state [Music] today he says I woke up as a True Believer with true Imam what does he say

6:29 what's the reality of what you're telling me he's testing him he wants to like check in and then says he says I'm no longer interested that much in this D he says I'm awake at night in worship to Allah subhana tala and then what is it I'm spending my days fasting to Allah subhana totally consumed in his so then what does he tell him very interesting here he says he says and it's as if this is very important because you don't see the Throne of Allah with your eyes he says it's as if I'm seeing the Throne of Allah

7:21 manifest he's seeing what with the N of his heart what's happening in Jenna what's happening in Janam what does say he says he says in another narration he says a man that Allah subhah waala put in his heart you get it you know this is correct now you can see you're truly seeing seeing with your heart stick to this be steadfast with this wow before we dive back in let's take a second to reflect because what's the point of understanding The Dun if we're

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8:53 link is in the description give your s give your zakat be the reason someone's prayers are answered so ultimately this is it man the whole point is to work on myself to develop this IM in the heart and not get tricked with what I'm seeing through perception because Allah says Allah has filters on this so it's a test from Allah subhana tala what's the test are you going to believe what you see with your eyes or are you going to believe what Allah tells you in the Quran wow how lucky are you if you really know if you have the B if if you have the no that could guide

9:42 you and you could see what are you living for how many of us right now are living for the subh how many of us are doing good deeds for the not not in this dya we are not building anything for this dun how many Allah subhana he says in the Quran two categ there are those that are chasing after what their desires they want to fulfill the desires in this dun they're running after the dun and there are those of you that are running after the the issue is if you're a slave to your desires in this Dunya by being free bro I'm free I'm I I've got freedom I can do whatever I want right no limit yeah Liberty and freedom for all okay great

10:29 but the problem is if you're free here you're going to be a slave in and the opposite and the opposite if you're a slave to Allah's commands here you're going to be free in J but I wanted to there's a very important Point here look at how Allah subhana teaches m not to rely on his senses he says you can't rely on those so he says so M what does he say he says it's it's my staff meaning I lean on it it's a means of it aids me it's it helps me and in the Quran what do you say you say every day we're lying to Allah subhana T we're saying only on you we

11:18 rely but we're always asking from with the heart there's no issue to ask from with your tongue if your heart's connected to Allah but we see the current condition of the um unfortunately we need a lot of work so then he says meaning it's a means of my sustenance okay so it provides for me and I've got many benefits in it okay now here's the lesson that's what you see oh mus that's what I see says he says now drop it he wants to remove that from the heart of what from the heart of all of a sudden Allah completely switches up all the attributes first it

12:04 was his now he wants nothing to do with it right he's scared of the snake secondly he says it's a means he says for help for aiding me now typically you don't seek heal from a snake right because he sees harm in the snake so Allah subhana T switches up all the attributes to teach him and M gets scared but then he calls him back and he says he says grab it and don't fear don't be scared what is he teaching him he showing that you the true is e is the true is Allah based on that e okay nice so when the IM is now rectified now M he's teaching him that no no no no benefit is not from the staff I am the

12:53 yes ultimately you have to look beyond the means absolutely so this is an important perception to teach or important lesson to teach M that you can't rely on what you see nice before setting the of your Salah you've got to set the of your heart the heart has to be first directed towards Allah and that is why Allah sent the prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam not to change the conditions of the people directly to change but to work and change their hearts so that there is a shift from beautiful another story said us uh how people always believe in others more

13:38 than in God or they lean on people in dun let's say somebody needs money and he goes to ask somebody another person okay if the guy tells him I got you the money or if the guy literally told him okay just give me one minute I'm gonna get you the money from Mo so and so he he'll feel comfortable oh good he's going to make a phone call Tom Mo we're good what if you told him why don't you ask Allah he's going to think he's going to be like bro I need the money now do you have it or no the guy's going to be like right the guy's going to be like ask Allah pray at night two for Allah and have your heart completely with Allah and ask what do you want from Allah yeah Allah there was this thing uh with Pavlov's dog a Russian that made an experiment every time he'd put food in front of the dog the dog would start to drool and eat so he wanted to test

14:26 something what he did is he would ring a bell and then put the food in front of the dog the dog would eat he would drool and eat he'd ring the bell then put the food he would drool and eat until one time he rang the bell and he didn't put the food what do you think happened to the dog he drooled because he was conditioned to believe he linked the sound of the bell with the appearance of the food that's what he was conditioned to believe so likewise most of us what because we see with our eyes the effect of asbab man look when I have money my problem is solved when I don't have money my problem is not solved so his heart so when he goes to that person he says you know somebody he says do you know somebody he

15:12 says yes I know the one Allah subh but then he's like okay okay that's great bro but do you really know do you really know that's exactly what you said he'd be like bro I know I'm going to pray don't worry about this he put it on a side it's like okay bro I'm going to pray for sure I'm going to ask Allah but right now I someone to give me the money now absolutely it's Allah you go ask while you have that's where we have I think that's a good scale to measure your IM in these beautiful in these points in these times of your life that's where you can test your IM where does the heart turn yes where does it go first probably at the time of need yes and especially the dire need right because the issue is Allah says in the Quran what does he say he says

15:59 someone Allah says Allah created this human being weak anybody that's weak has needs no okay so the minute you have a need Allah does he look at you or does he look in your heart your heart your heart so the minute you have a need he's interested not that you're going to take the Allah subhana wants you to utilize the means he just doesn't want you to rely on the means so now he's checking your heart where is it turning the minute he gets hungry is the going yes the minute you're you have a major problem in your life does your heart first turn to Allah subhana and then taking the means is no problem so that's a good litness test I like to tell people the next time you're sick see if

16:44 your heart First turns to medicine or to Allah wow M he came to says yeah he says Ya Allah I'm sick so Allah tells him go there's this Leaf eat from this Leaf so M goes eats from the leaf he gets better after sometime M gets sick again so this time M what does he do naturally he goes back to the same Leaf he consumes the leaf but this time didn't he didn't get better he didn't go back to Allah first so he went to Allah and he asked him he says yeah Allah he said the first time when you got sick you came to me and then so I cured you through that leaf he said but the second time you went to the Sab directly I left you in the means on your own the means are dead without Allah subhana tala people think they get full

17:30 because of food abely people think exactly what you said people think they cure because of medicine people think they they're not thirsty no more because of water absolutely that's and that's an issue I remember every time my son would get sick my wife would call me did you get Tylenol you know we need some Tylen he said I said did you pray two raas to Allah subhana tala the first thing we need to do the minute some issue happens because our our children are so close to our hearts so it's a good test you know the minute your son or your daughter gets sick it's like I'm ready to do anything but what's faster calling 911 or calling Allah Allah it is Allah subhana T the one that is desperate Allah says I can I'm not saying don't call for help don't call for 911 but before you do anything it

18:17 doesn't even take a second Ya Allah this is a test from you to see where my heart is going to turn Ya Allah look atam what busied him from the of Allah from remembering the prayer he was looking at his horses he was looking at them the they were some people say they were like unicorns flying around and he was mesmerized by them so he was distracted by them from the command of Allah we don't want to be distracted at all so the test is every time you're hungry train yourself to first set your the heart the compass to Allah then go towards the food who satiates hunger who Allah who quenches thirst Allah who

19:04 cures not in the medicine wow beautifully said W I'm so happy I know I'm the second half of you in this podcast I love it man I love to listen to you thousand times okay us a lot of people needs to know how to strength their Iman where they stand in the in in their Iman what's the effort they need to put absolutely in IM absolutely and it requires an effort because Allah says Those Who struggle in us meaning in our commands we will guide them our ways why the command because when Allah's command comes sometimes it doesn't align with your desires so there's a struggle to go from ha to H to do whatever I want

19:50 to do whatever Allah wants to do that your IM has to be lit it has to be stronger so it's a great question how is it that we increase this Im so and the said soam for 13 years in meca all the verses in the Quran are about what there's no in the Quran pray fast Zak all that came in the Medina era most of it but it was all focused on the greatness of Allah on the Unseen help of Allah on the stories of the prophets to do what to the sahabah to increase that IM this was the key so now how do we do it look what is the Advan start withb beautiful four

20:35 times and then it's repeated four times we're saying Allah is greater Allah is greater and now now we're saying the the of IM it's as if Allah what is he telling you he says until I become great in your heart the won't take its proper effect in your heart so now okay so you want to glorify Allah you want to talk about the greatness of Allah and the insignificance of with your tongue yeah how Ya Allah what should I tell the people glorify your Lord that's the whole point okay so now you go out with

21:26 people you talk about the greatness of Allah what happened now Allah becomes great in your heart becomes solid after this becomes solid theill become solid now you're always returning to Allah first what we call you're always like always going back to Allah subhana T and everything why because you know that he's the controller of everything so now if you're always turning back to Allah in everything that's happening in your life your Iman is going to increase I se happiness in this life after my in reversing back to Allah was in its speak

22:14 Subhan Allah that's where literally the most happiness the most peace I ever felt it's whatever happens even stuff I used to look at before I I wasn't like I didn't take it back to W it's because of Allah this is happening because of Allah I used to take of asbab first the asbab used to make life very bad in my eyes Okay when I start to look at it it's by Allah every take it back to Allah where where it started where the main reason came from where the main came from I started enjoying it Subhan Allah it's different but what did you notice when your Iman would increase did you feel more motivated to do good deeds that's how I look at it Iman Deeds results the these are directly going connected together directly subh IM Deeds results

23:05 me in the past I used to make some music videos don't tell nobody it's only you guys my IM increased what what good deed I made is I stopped doing music after I stopped doing music the results of life became beautiful Subhan Allah me I started it by the IM my IM increased I stopped this this changed but whatever changes first even if right now the results are not the happiest that you need in life check your Deeds what are you doing wrong what are you doing right if you're doing great here check your Deeds you're doing something absolutely God loves Subhan Allah and then if you go back a little bit you'll realize that your Iman is starting to increase so it's beautiful man it's you can know where you fall if your results right now you're listening to us the results in your life right now

23:52 is that it's worst check your Deeds subh check your IM if you if you don't want to check your Deeds check your IM if you don't want to check your demand check your Deeds what's going on what are you doing right or wrong where am I dropping the ball and that's where you know you're you're falling sub and that's how it affected me and that's how I realize alhamdulillah my I feel it's good I'm still working on it it's not perfect the Deeds I'm doing both good and bad but I'm I'm focusing on The Good Deeds I'm trying to decrease the bad Deeds bro it's a it's a verse in the Quran so here what's interesting whoever turns his back on my here what I heard from the means

24:40 obedience whoever turns his back to my obedience he begins disobeying me some of the scholars they said is a a very depressed yeah depressed problem after problem you and you're wondering then people go why is my life such a m another thing we used to hear from the so it when we fix the our IM and the Iman increases you're going to feel motivated to do the that's going to fix your you're going to become more oriented than then dun and when this happens now your Deeds are rectified they're proper

25:30 Good Deeds uploaded equals good situations downloaded from Allah subhana tala bad Deeds uploaded equals difficult and challenging situations and but get this it's not so much always a punishment from Allah subhana wa tala never a punishment actually Well it Well yeah well it might it might be I'm sorry I'm sorry about that no no no it might be a punishment no it's okay it could it could be a punish I'll tell you why because if you have closed the door on Allah subhana tala and you don't have that guilt feeling your NS is not the where it's like whenever I do bad I feel guilty but I continue to do the bad you're good it's when you have that you're just constantly going you don't

26:17 care whatever man I do whatever I do most of us are in that state of we're going back and forth the reason Allah is sending you these difficult situations is he wants to it's like Allah going did it's like Allah saying slapping you on your hand be like wake up man come on man come on man come on man come on man fix yourself here I'm trying there's a saying from for close meaning to the effect who doesn't come to Allah willingly out of his sheer blessings and mercy then Allah will drag him towards him with the chains of tribulation with the tests of this dun so Allah will create such situations like why do I have all these problems he wants you back yes you feel constricted and no problems

27:07 after problems after problems challenges issues in your life why because Allah subhana tala wants to bring you back the whole point is when you make an effort on that Iman through talking about Allah glorifying Allah reading the Quran increasing in your then your IM inre Ines then your Deeds are rectified then the situations and conditions in your life are set is there something in the Quran that relates to if we do better we'll we'll have better results absolutely Allah subhana he says if you do good if you fix your Deeds you're going to have a good life

27:54 but there's another verse about all of a sudden it's exactly what you said when you stopped making the music you found so many like your life got so much better did you find that there were new sort of opportunities in your life things opened up for you things are a lot easier that's the B Factor the Baraka factorama give me the formula of increasing Im so everybody right now listening and watching could start on it right now beautiful Allah subhana is telling the prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam that you have a lot of work to do in the daytime

28:43 of so that's the secret talk about the name of your lord and don't mention anybody else that's what because whatever you talk about spreads whatever you talk about if you're always talking about Allah and then Allah tells you what to say the Ayah right after it he's teaching the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam what to do and this is the formula talk about the greatness of Allah subhah wa ta'ala glorify Allah the of becomes solid you begin to always return to Allah in everything that you

29:29 do and see your e increases your Deeds become rectified the conditions in your life become good IM de yes you got you nailed it you nailed it alhamdulillah