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Why Muslims in the West Have No Excuse to Not Know Arabic

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The core message of this video is that Muslims living in Western countries should not feel comfortable with their lack of knowledge in Arabic, as relying solely on translations creates a diluted understanding of Islam. The speaker argues that true fear of Allah belongs to scholars who possess deep knowledge, and since the Arabic language is the direct vessel for the Quran and Sharia, one's level of linguistic proficiency directly correlates with their depth of religious comprehension. A beginner in Arabic corresponds to a beginner in understanding the religion, while an expert in the language becomes an expert in the faith; therefore, believing that one knows Islam well without knowing Arabic is actually proof that they know very little about it. To overcome the common barrier of procrastination, which often stems from feeling too busy or waiting for a future time when life will be less chaotic, the speaker introduces the concept of "productive busyness." Research suggests that individuals who maintain a schedule at 70 to 90% capacity often become more productive because the pressure of having pending tasks forces them to work with greater intent and aggression. While it is natural to want to focus on one thing at a time, the speaker notes from personal experience that being busy actually accelerates progress. Consequently, those who tell themselves they will start learning Arabic after finishing university or a job project often find their schedules become even more crowded, leading them to never begin the journey. The video concludes by emphasizing that learning Arabic is essential for optimizing one's life in this world and securing a higher rank in the hereafter, as increased knowledge leads to greater humility and a stronger connection with Allah. The speaker acknowledges that historical factors like colonization have made Western Muslims comfortable with their native languages, but asserts that this comfort is harmful to their spiritual psyche. To help those who feel overwhelmed or lack discipline, the speaker invites viewers to contact his team for a qualification call, offering support to help them overcome these mental barriers and begin their studies immediately.
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Any Muslim in the west shouldn't feel comfortable not knowing Arabic and he's making you too comfortable too content thinking that that is enough for you to understand the dean and understanding the religion not realizing that all you know is a diluted version of it rather those who truly fear Allahel are none but the the scholars then you see scholars like for example he says that the one who's a beginner in the Arabic language that level equals his level in understanding the Sharia i.e. understanding the religion of Islam. There is something called productive busyiness and researches prove that high performance individuals meaning somebody who is very good at something at something he does whether he's an entrepreneur whether he's an athlete whether he's a a scholar somebody that has excelled at something there are researches that proves that those type of people many times they became who they are they became became a highly productive person by doing too many things. Even though there is a rule that says don't do too many things, just focus on one thing because you are able to be more productive at that thing. This research explains that when your schedule is at 70 to 90% busy, you tend to be more productive. And the reason being is because you know you have things to do after this thing that you are doing now. So you do it with more intent and in a more aggressive manner. And your body and I'm saying this from firsthand experience. My body is is in a more stressful is more stressed and and a good level of stress gets your blood pumping. So, so you know call it adrenaline adren adren adrenaline if you want and so when you are more busy you tend to get things done faster. Now, what am I trying to say with this? Talking to thousands of students who want to learn the Arabic language, reading your comments across the seven years, you know, seeing all the data and and what all these what all the students say when it comes to why they cannot start learning Arabic right now is procrastination. And that procrastination many times it's a translation of saying that I'm too busy right now. When I have more time I will do it. But the opposite of this productive busyiness meaning the opposite of not having your schedule at 70 to 90%. What it does is your system tells you well you have you have time later so you can do it later. And what happens is that you end up procrastinating more than actually doing the job. And I've seen this with myself sometimes. I might be working on two projects. I might have my Quran in the morning. I might have in the weekends my own lessons with my sheh. And if you were to tell me, you know, do you want to be these busy? I'll probably say no. I rather just focus on one thing at a time. But impressively enough, you end up getting more things done when you are busier. And so this is for you if you are somebody who tells yourself, "Yeah, but I'm too busy right now. I cannot learn Arabic. I cannot start right now. So whenever I, you know, later on when I have more time, etc., etc." Start right now. And believe me, you will not get less busy. And and and if you have in your mind like well no when I'm finished with this when I'm finished with uni when I'm finished with this job when I'm finished with this project I will have more time if you tell yourself that know that nothing in this journey is stable and at any time that can change and you thinking that you actually will get less busy actually you might get more busy and then you end up never starting. So if you believe that learning the Arabic language is something that will genuinely make you a better Muslim and will genuinely optimize your end goal in this dunya which is getting to a higher rank in Jenna let alone getting in Jenna but getting in Jenna at a higher rank because because knowing Arabic increases your knowledge increasing your knowledge increases your tawa increasing your tawa increases your connection with Allah right that's why allahel says in the Quran Rather those who truly fear Allahel are none but the the scholars. So Allah is saying that only those who have knowledge fear allahel. Then you see scholars like for example in his book of very known book he says that the one who's a beginner in the Arabic language that level equals his level in understanding the shar i.e understanding the religion of Islam. Then he continues to say that that one who is that one who has who is intermediate in it therefore he becomes intermediate in understanding Islam and the one who is later on an expert at the language then he becomes an expert as well understanding the Sharia and understanding Islam. So, so in the Quran, Allah says that only those who fear Allah, those who fear Allah truly are the the scholars. Then the scholars themselves, they tell you that the Arabic language is directly linked to how much you understand of the dean. And you know what's crazier is that what's funny is that somebody who doesn't know any Arabic will say, "Well, that's not true because I know a lot about Islam." And and anybody that feels like they know a lot about Islam is the evidence and proof that they don't know nothing about Islam because the the more you know, the more you realize you don't know and the more humble you become and and seeking knowledge and practicing Islam is about realizing every time you go over information, every time you go over a book, every time you go to a class, realizing how unaware you was of yourself and of things related to Islam that you didn't know before. So knowledge should make you feel like wow I didn't know nothing. But the problem that that you that happens is that those who don't know the Arabic language, they actually tend to believe that you can actually understand the same level of understanding of Islam as somebody who knows the Arabic language and as somebody who has the first tool to access knowledge directly. And it just blows my mind how how this can be possible. And this is why my my whole dae my whole methodology is not about topics like beginner topics like you know do you start with with grammar do you start with vocabulary what do you start with my main dawa is any Muslim in the west shouldn't feel comfortable not knowing Arabic but in the in the in the times that we live in the whole agenda and how you know after colonization etc etc and how Muslims are comfortable with with the language that they grew up in growing up in the west whether it's English, German, whether it's Swedish, whatever you might be. This is actually hurting your psyche and is and is and it's making you too comfortable, too content, thinking that that is enough for you to understand them whatever you know understand the dean and understanding the religion not realizing that all you know is a diluted version of it. Anyways, this was a quick video. What I want to say right now, if this identifies with you, if you identify with anything that I've said and you actually want to do the first step and have our team of instructors, our team of of individuals under this institute help you actually get past this feeling of like, oh, I can't do it because this, because that, oh, I don't I'm not I might not be disciplined enough, etc., etc. Go to the first link in the description of of this video. Go ahead and book a qualification call. My team this month we are opening enrollment to a new batch of students. So if you want to be part of those, go ahead and give your number and your email in there. My team, which we work almost at a 247 basis except for Fridays and some days. We're going to give you a call. We're going to ask you a few questions to see if you're qualified for our program and see if our program can help you out. And inshallah, sky's the limit and we're going to see you on the other side. amlaykum.