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And the Warner had come to you

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“But did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember therein to remember, and the warner had come to you?” (Quran 35: 37)

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Some scholars said that the meaning of the 
(warner) here is getting gray-haired with age

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which is one of the signs of Allah’s mercy

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For example, it is merciful to remind the student 
of the approaching test,

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or the traveler of the departure time.

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At our current times, when people are 
so indulged in the worldly life,

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and heedless of the goal for which they 
have been created,

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a new warner has come

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a tiny one that cannot be seen by the naked eye

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So, people are isolating themselves at their homes

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having a forced-holiday from the financial wars

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wealth accumulation and bragging race

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so that they have second thoughts, 
and recalculate the gains and losses.

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Some people take this opportunity to repent

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and hopefully this repentance would rescue them

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from being at the bottom of the Hellfire

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to a Paradise with a ceiling under the Throne 
of the Ever-Merciful

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Everybody is hiding at home

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those who used to get out wearing gold and jewelry

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and those who do not own something to protect themselves 
from the heat of the summer or the coldness of winter

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the one who used to travel first-class

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and the one who used to walk to save 
transportation fees

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the one who used to give commands and 
the one who used to receive them

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those who used to stand in rows at mosques to pray

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and others who preferred the rows at cinemas 
and night clubs

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A warner has come to remind us of Allah’s 
omnipotence, power and sustenance.

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The world powers are being reshaped globally

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even though we have been thinking that it will never 
change except with a deadly world war

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The warner has come to remind us of the consequences 
of disobeying Almighty Allah

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and results of committing sins and immoralities openly

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The warner has come to remind us that Allah is The Planner
 of causes, and that we are tested in this worldly life

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some of us shall pass and some of us will not make it

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If those living in fortresses are certain that their strongholds

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shall protect them from any kind of plight 
that might befall people

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then how come this tiny

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virus was not stopped by fortified walls 
and long distances

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People think that they have reached the peak 
of experimental science

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yet a mutated virus

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which they claim that they know everything about

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(including its genetic code),

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caused the crippling of life

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in the most important and most civilized 
cities in the world

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So, has been the experimental 
science helpful?

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If we have not sought refuge in Allah

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from the withholding of His favors, the decline
 of the good health He has given us,

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the suddenness of His punishment,

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and all forms of His wrath, then it is time for us to do so.

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We have seen people flee from their siblings and loved 
ones because they are afraid of catching the virus

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we have also seen billionaires flattering workers 
so that to save their industrial empires

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We have seen streets without any people, 
and hearts filled with fear

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As if a caller that only people with hearts 
can hear is loudly calling

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“To whom belongs [all] sovereignty this Day?”  
(Quran 40: 16)