Alhamdulillah. Assalam alalaykum. That
is the greeting. By now, you know if
you've been watching the Dean Show,
that's the greeting of peace. Peace be
unto you. And my next guest is very,
very exciting, very exciting to have
these special people on the Dean Show
telling us their story on how they stay
afloat, how they stay on top rather than
going below. So my next guest is going
to
clarify how being a young man in today's
society everything is calling one to
corruption and
evil. How he's managed to be doing good.
How he managed to be doing Islam which
simply means to acquire peace by
submitting to the owner of peace the one
God. When we come back bono here on the
dean show don't go nowhere.
Allah. There's only one word and
Muhammad is his messenger.
Allah
Allah.
Allah. There's only one God and Jesus
was his messenger. Allah.
I don't know why I did that. Maybe it's
Maybe it's just to break the ice. Alam
allaykum.
Peace be unto you. Bona bona. Not bono.
Yeah. Bona. So, how you doing, my man on
the Dean show? Do So, do you now rap or
you flow or you get poetic? Cuz that's
how the people know you talking to me. I
mean, you know, it's funny enough, they
all come from the same family, right? I
consider myself a storyteller. So
whether it's, you know, through hiphop
or through spoken word, the medium
remains the same. It's really just
writing. and storytelling which you know
has a long tradition in Islam as well.
If we think of Allah subhana t and the
Quran and the way in which Allahhana has
revealed many of the stories of the
prophets right beautiful beautiful the
best of stories. So for many of us you
know layman's people who take up writing
as a craft you know I think we have an
example to look for in there. Now tell
us we're going to pause right there.
Just pause. We're going to reverse
because you're flowing. Can I say
flowing? Sure. You're flowing. You're
talking. You're poetic about some good
stuff not bad stuff. Anyone who hears
your lyrics, they'll get enticed to God
willing do good inshallah. But how were
you always doing good? Were you always
because you're young and there's a lot
of pressure out there. Peer pressure.
It's not cool. With us, we know it's
cool to do Islam. It's cool to be a
Muslim, but now in today's society, you
got to be cursing, rapping about
degrading women, rapping about bling
bling, and all these other things that a
lot of it are just wasting time. How did
you make a transformation? talk to us.
Well, you know what? I I I can say that
I am heavily influenced by the hip-hop
culture of North America. I grew up
listening to music. Used to. Yeah.
Right. Right. So, and in my, you know,
my own times, I used to um I used to
rap. So, I used to be involved in
hip-hop. And, you know, not a lot of
people really know this about me, but I
was, you know, I was part of a band and
I was doing fairly well. I was actually
opening up for some pretty big acts. And
you know, funny story, I found myself
when I started trying to practice my
dean and trying to combine these two
lifestyles. I found myself at a club one
night. You know, it was time for each
and we're about to go on and I'm
thinking, you know, where am I going to
pray? I'm looking around the space. I'm
like, where's the best place for me to
pray? I think, subhan Allah, what am I
doing here? So, ho ho ho, let's back it
up for the not yet Muslims out there who
who you mentioned is which is one of the
right prayers of Islam and that's one of
the pillars. The first one obviously to
bring you up to speed is how one becomes
a Muslim is that that person declares
that there's no God but God and Muhammad
is the messenger and that will also
include all the preceding messengers
Jesus, Moses, Abraham and all them and
you just you learn it so much already.
So now when one accepts Islam acquires
peace by submitting to the owner of
peace the one God you start to establish
the prayer. What you doing in the club
brother? Great question. What you doing
in the club? when I was looking for a
place to, you know, you going to make it
a jamaat with the ladies, everybody in
the club and 50 cents. What's going on?
So, this is what I found myself in the
predicament. I was like, you know what,
if I can't be in a place where I can
pray and if I'm not in a place where I
feel comfortable enough to pray, then I
shouldn't be here anyways. And I think
for a lot of young people, we have to
ask ourselves those questions. You know,
for many of us, we constantly are, you
know, trying to compromise or come to
some sort of balance. But often times,
our dean ends up suffering more, right?
It's very easy for us to be like, "Oh,
Allah is the most merciful. Allah is,
you know, it's okay." And subhan Allah,
you know, you shouldn't reflect on the
mercy of Allah before you commit a sin.
It's like you're almost neglecting the
fact that you still might be punished
for it. And so, it was a scary
predicament that I came to. It was a
scary place where I was at where I was
like, you know what? If I can't pray
here, if it's not a place where I feel
like I can be a Muslim, then I probably
shouldn't be here to begin with. Let's
back it up just a little bit more. But
before you even came, because we're
living in the real world, yeah, there's
a lot of temptation out there. It's
tantalizing. But now, how did you even
come to the point where some people
aren't even thinking about the creator
of the heavens and earth to stop no
matter where they're at to pray? How did
you even come to the realization that
Islam is the truth, that it provides the
proof that it's logical, rational,
scientific, everything points that this
is not man-made, but it's from the
creator of the heavens and earth. How
did you realize that? Well, you know, I
grew up in a Muslim household.
Alhamdulillah. I had, you know, Muslim
parents and I kind of did the ritual
things you would do in a Muslim
household. You would, you know, go to
Islamic school on Saturdays and Sundays
and, you know, you would do the things.
You would go to Eid prayer and all the
things that you're supposed to do. But I
never really had an understanding for it
myself. Like a lot of Muslim people you
meet in Muslim households a lot. Many
don't. It's just a cultural thing that
we do. So at a certain age, because
there wasn't a real attachment, I didn't
really understand it. It was very easy
for me to let it go. So at a certain age
I found myself you know I was on the
religion of my friends which was you
know literally you know basketball or
you know parties and you know all the
things that come with that kind of
lifestyle typical high school wasting
time right but that's what my friends
are doing so I would follow them I would
be a part of them and so I really kind
of found myself caught up in just
chasing this world you know chasing the
fun and glamour of what this world can
offer us and it wasn't until I really
took some time to do some real
reflecting on my own without my parents
forcing me without anybody telling me
look this is what you should do. You
know, it really took me to a place of
humility when I could stop and think,
wow, you know, look at all the things
that I have. Look at all the things
that, you know, I've been given and who
am I to not at least give thanks. You
know, who am I to not pay respects to
the one who has blessed me with so much?
And so, it was a lot of that. It was a
lot of constant back and forth and, you
know, one thing at a time, I would stop
doing this. I would try picking this up.
It was a very long process. You know,
I'm still a work in progress by any
means. All of us are. All of us.
Definitely. Yeah. I'm not, you know,
saved by any means. I'm still like we
joked about earlier. I'm floating. I'm
barely floating. So, keep us afloat. I
mean, all the way to I mean, so because
of that, you know, like I said, it was a
slow process. It was a step-by-step
process. It was, you know, maybe, you
know, not hanging out with these friends
anymore, maybe meeting some new people,
you know, and I tell people this all the
time. If your friends aren't going to
empower you, make you better, then you
should really question if they're your
real friends or not. You know, a lot of
us for young people, we're heavily
influenced by our friends. And if you're
not picking the right friends, it can
really be detrimental to your own health
and your own wellbeing. Now, did you
have an experience because some people
they like, you know, I had a dream or
something just came about you. Did you
have, you know, because Islam is
something logical, rational if you take
an analytic scientific approach. It's a
thinking man's right decision that you
make and you follow your heart. What did
you have to do? Did you have this dream
experience or something? Or what
happened like in your life that really
had you pick up the Quran, the verbatim
word of God, do their homework? Were you
researching? You know, a lot of people
have that life-changing experience, that
one-off incident. I didn't necessarily
have that. For me, it was a kind of
sequence of small or minor events. It
was a matter of me, you know, constantly
building on like, wow, why did this
happen? Wow, this happened, you know,
and it almost taking me to a place of
self-reflection. I think when we're
alone, when we're not surrounded by, you
know, the the consumption of wealth or
the, you know, pursuit of stupidness as
I like to call it, right? and you really
take time to reflect like really take
time alone and just think about this
world. Think about everything we are
about. Think about who you are, where
you came from. It's a natural
conclusion, you know, you come to the
conclusion of one God. And then once
you're there, then it's based on, you
know, alhamdulillah, I had a little
understanding of Islam. And so for me,
it was I was able to build on that, you
know, and I would start reading, I would
start watching stuff like the Dean Show
online, which subhan Allah was a very
big influence to me. You'd be surprised.
So, you know, for a lot of us who, you
know, we we take things step at a one
step at a time. And so, you know,
getting closer and closer and feeling
like, wow, you know, feeling people I
can relate to, like, yeah, this guy's
not going to judge me. He's not going to
tell me I'm this, tell me I'm that. He
understands my experiences. Finding
people like that, reached me out to
them. Being inspired by many of the
shook, even Shik say, who is, you know,
a speaker today, who is a big big
influence to me in my life, and he
probably doesn't even know it. And, you
know, it's these little little little
instances that have really helped carve
who I am today. Alhamdulillah.
Alhamdulillah. Praise is to the creator
of heavens and earth and we'll be right
back with more on the dean show. Okay,
you've got your dream home and you've
got your dream car, but you're going to
get old and things are going to happen
to you in your life and then what have
you got? At the end of the day, it's an
empty dream that has no real foundation.
We are going to die and we're going to
meet our Lord and he is going to judge
us. It becomes an obligation for each
single human being to find out what the
Quran is. Islam is telling us to stay
away from things which are bad for your
person and bad for the society.
I am not afraid to stand
alone. I am not afraid to stand alone.
If Allah is by my side, I am not afraid
to stand
alone. I am not afraid to stand alone.
If Allah is by my side, I am not afraid
to stand
alone. I am not afraid to stand alone.
If a lies by I am not afraid to stand
alone
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back here with Bona on the Dean show and
we left off with now reflecting wanting
to know the purpose of life. Yeah. It's
natural, isn't it? You want to know why
you're here. So now do you know the
purpose of life? Is it clear?
Alhamdulillah. It's very clear. Now
again just so they don't feel that I'm
Muslims and not yet Muslims like we said
some code word you said all praises to
Allah no matter the good no matter the
bad you know in any circumstance we
still give praise to Allah and this for
me was a true eye openening experience
right for me to clearly reflect on my
life and say you know what all this bad
has happened to me all this good has
happened to me but through everything
through the good what may seem as bad
I'm still able to say thank you all
praises to my lord to Allah subhana wa
ta'ala to Allah who has blessed me with
so much and again and people some people
who watch the show say Eddie we got it
already but look I'm just trying to keep
it steady because there are a lot of
people who tune in for the first time
the Muslim got his not yet Muslim
neighbor to watch in they hear these
Arabic terms we have to define him and
you said Allah and someone said that's a
moonong god what do you got to say
moonong god Allah is you know the name
of our only lord the only worthy the
only being worthy of worship in all of
existence the first the last eternal the
ever being. He is our Lord, our creator,
our sustainer, the one who grants us all
the bounties we have and the one who
ultimately we will return to. That's the
one God creator of all or not created.
Not created. He's the creator. We're his
creation. Just worship the creator.
That's the simple message. You realize
that you said before we went to break
the one God. Now, did you look in at all
to the other Judaism, Christianity,
Hinduism, Buddhism? Did you a little
reflect just to try to sniff to see
maybe if that's from the creator? I pro
you know what I didn't really I mean to
say in my initial stages but I I was
very familiar with these religions just
by virtue of being in a very
multicultural community and already
doing a bit of research on my own here
and there and having friends who I would
speak to but nothing ever made sense to
me except one God. Even in my times of
complete you know disobedience to Allah
I still understood that this was the
only being worthy of worship. It never
occurred to me that there could be two
or three or four or five. It doesn't
make sense logically, you know. I'm not
People ask me if I'm religious. I'm not
religious. I'm rational, you know. Yeah.
It's like, come on, use your head.
That's what it really comes down to. So,
I mean, even in my worst of phases, it
would never occur to me that there could
be some sort of disruption in the
heavens, you know, that Allah Allah, the
one Lord was the creator and sustainer
of all. This is what I understood just
from my own ignorance, just out of my
own love and and compassion for myself.
God be the man. What about some
religions teach that God became a man?
You know what it I think for a lot of
those they remind me of like Harry
Potter books or something like that.
There's these amazing fables, but you
know, when you logically think about it,
there's holes in a lot of those, you
know, those stories and plots. And you
know, it's unfortunate that many people,
cuz I do some street da. I try to
educate people on Islam on the street
corners. And for a lot of people, you
know, when you stop to think and you
stop to tell them, hey, look, think
rashly. What makes more sense? You know,
for them, it's like, oh, it's not
supposed to make sense. What kind of
religion is this? What is this? What are
you just following? You know, why don't
you just pick up a newspaper and follow
whatever it tells you to do? it. So, you
know, it's unfortunate that many people
are kind of so skewed in their ways and
they say, you know, for a lot of them,
you know, how can I become a Muslim?
It's not what my parents did. And it's
funny enough because this was the same
thing that the the Arabs during the time
of the prophet peace be upon him used to
say. They say, how can we abandon our
religion of our forefathers when this is
what they did? How can we now take this
new thing up? And people today say the
same thing. So, it's a very interesting
parallel, but at the same time, very
sad. Just blindly following what their
forefathers did. their parents not
questioning, just going along with the
ride, whatever happens, they're not
thinking about the purpose of life, why
they're here. And you mentioned
something about just think, just be
rational. Yeah. And then they say it's
not supposed to make sense. But you
wouldn't go to a math class or English
class and it's not making sense. You
don't ask question, the teacher says,
you know, it's not supposed to make
sense. You would do that. Yeah. You
definitely walk out of there. But for
many of us, you know, when you know the
issue of religion or God comes up, it's
a very touchy subject for a lot of
people. And for them they don't feel as
though a they have the authority to
speak on it because for a lot of people
they've been taught that you know this
is the priest the preacher this is the
order and rank he knows everything you
know nothing you know he has the
connection with God you don't you speak
to him he'll speak to God and bring back
the message which Islam is totally
against right I have my own connection
with Allah you have your own connection
with Allah we are all created by Allah
thus we should have a connection with
Allah there's no hierarchy there's no
one who I would speak to to speak to
Allah he doesn't need any interceders he
doesn't need any translators he doesn't
need anyone one to convey the message
for him I can speak to Allah just by
raising my hands and so the beauty of
that is that I've come to you know
establish my own connection with my lord
and when I do something wrong when I do
something right when something good
happens to me when something bad happens
to me I say hey you know this is to
Allah I shall return this is who created
me and this is who ultimately I will
come back to that is just so rational
logical what you're saying and God
doesn't eat he doesn't sleep he doesn't
do the things that human beings do and
we're just wanting to worship God
directly alone and not the things that
he created. Yeah. Now do some people say
you know what being active in da'ah
trying because sharing is caring and we
care for our brothers in humanity who we
want to be our brothers in faith. So we
want to share invite them and call them
to think about what's the purpose of
life. Why you here? You going to you
live you die and there's drama in
between right? So what is it? You just
get your belly full make some money ride
in a nice Bentley in a nice Rolls-Royce
or not even that maybe just ride your
bike and then you die. It's so funny.
It's it's really sad. And you know what
I had? Somebody told me a very funny
analogy where they said if you were
going to an airport and you were stuck
overnight and for some reason or another
you had missed your flight and you had
to stay at the airport, what would you
buy? Maybe you'd buy like a toothbrush.
Maybe you'd buy a bag of chips. You'd
buy a small amount of things just to get
by. Now imagine in this world we are
simply travelers. We came from
somewhere. We will return somewhere.
This place is not the final journey.
This is not the final home. But for many
of us, we get so caught up in it. It's
like you're at the airport buying 56
sandwiches and you're going out here and
you're buying this and you're getting
massage and you're doing this realizing
that hey eventually you will be going
home. Thus is this world. Thus is the
dunya this life. So for many of us we
forget that this is just a place. The
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam peace
be upon him described this world as like
a traveler stopping for shade under a
tree right just you know just for a
second we're here and then we're gone.
And so what a way to live our lives with
humility, with honor, understanding
that, you know, we were here for this
moment, but eventually, you know, we're
going to go. And we just want to entice
people to excite people to, if this is
making sense, the more they dig into
Islam, the more it's going to make sense
because everything you need to know
about who your Lord is, it's there in
this verbatim word of God, the Quran.
Purpose of life, it's there. Where
you're going when you die is there. and
how to live your life now that you've
acquired peace by submitting to the
owner of peace, doing God's will, not
your desires, the one God, as we said,
and we keep stressing this because some
people
they have been programmed on possibly
adding the wrong way. So they go 1 plus
1 plus 1 is one. So and they can make
God into a man, into a woman, into this
that and the other. It gets confusing.
So we say one God and now doing good
deeds. Do you feel that by doing this
system of Islam? Do you feel that it's
developed your character? Are you a
better person? Do you deal better with
your family, with your mother, father,
your neighbors, friends? And you know,
it's so interesting. I remember one time
a friend of mine, we were getting on the
bus and uh at the bus station and there
was nobody at the window, you know, but
I still put my money in. And then
somebody was kind of like, you know, why
would you do there's nobody there? I
said, I'm not worried about him. Allah
is watching me always. So for us, we
develop this code, this honor that is
not for the show of other people.
Whether you're with me or not, I'm
acting a certain way. I'm doing what is
right, not to please you, to please my
Lord who has bestowed so many bounties,
so much honor upon me, given me the
title, allowed me to worship him. This
is an honor in itself. Not many people
can come to this, you know. And I ask
people, you know, my friends who are not
yet Muslim, just learn. Do yourself a
favor. There's no harm in picking up a
book. You know, knowledge is power. We
learn about this in school. We learn
about this in every fraction of life.
Why not when it comes to religion? Why
not when it comes to something that may
actually be the key to salvation for you
for eternity? You know, pick up a book,
read, do yourself a favor. As a friend,
I'm asking them, as a friend, pick up a
book. Please just do it. You're not
going to lose anything. I promise you.
And if any good comes from it, it is
from Allah. And it's very simple. So do
a comparative study. Pick up the Bible.
Pick up anything that someone makes a
claim that is from the creator along
with the Quran with a sincere intention
that you want to get close to God. But
asking God to guide you and do the work,
do the leg work. Yeah. It's a simple
process. It's like you're looking for a
car or something or anything. You know,
you're going to do your when people go
apartment shopping, when they go car
shopping, you need to put in this 50 60
hours of research. Yeah. Right. But when
it comes to, you know, learning about
God, it's kind of like, oh, my dad did
this, so this is what's fine. Doesn't
make sense. And there is no way if there
is the right way out there, the way of
the creator and you put all these
different ideologies, philosophies that
are man-made, there's no way that if
you're sincere, you cannot find the one
truth that's from God Almighty, the
creator. It's, you know, it's a benefit
to yourself. It's such a simple way of
life. If anything, I could describe it
to my friends that it makes life so much
easier, you know, with relationships,
with friends, family, even with a
spouse, right? Everything is got the
prophet peace be upon him left so much
for us in every aspect of our lives is
clearly outlined for us. You can't go
wrong you know there's no gray area and
where there is gray area alhamdulillah
all praises to Allah we have scholars we
have people who can interpret things for
us so you're not left to kind of you
know your own just whatever this guy
says we do. No we can learn and research
on our own and create and develop our
own connection with God. Absolutely.
Let's take a break and we'll be right
back for more of this exciting episode
on the Dean Show. Peace. I just want to
say very simple message.
All of the prophets would have been
labeled Muslims because this essential
message was the same message.
And Jesus affirming he said here, "O
Israel, the Lord your God is one God."
When you look at the Bible and it says
the earth has four corners, that's
wrong. I mean, the scientists were
fighting it and the church was throwing
these people into prison.
And this mountain,
how could I stand behind the pulpit on
Sunday morning and preach a sermon that
I knew was at variance with the actual
taproot of Christianity. If you read the
Bible, there is not a single unambiguous
statement in the complete Bible where
Jesus Christ peace be upon himself says
that I am God or say worship me. One of
the beautiful things about our religion
of Islam is the emphasis on direct
ritual and prayer to God directly. There
is no intermediary.
There are no superstitious rituals. It's
very simple and very clear. People often
say to me, why have you become a Muslim?
I I give a very frivolous answer. I say,
I want to be on the side of the angels
when Nala decides to pull the final
curtain down in this place.
Tupac is a guy. He's the number one rap
artist in the world. He sold over 60
million records worldwide. 60 million.
Not only was he a successful musician,
he was a successful actor. He was a
young guy who had basically everything
that some of the youth would think that
life is all about. He had everything you
can imagine.
Salamkum. Peace be onto you. Back here
on the Dean Show with our brother Bona.
Now I want to just get in a few more
points, questions. You mentioned the
club and you mentioned taking a time out
having to pray. I know some other people
who went through the same phase because
it's not overnight. You take the
medicine, it takes time to kick in.
Islam, you start doing it. You might
have been the worst of the worst.
drinking, fornicating, drugs, being with
all these men, all these women. But
Islam changes you. You have to implement
it. And now that person could be at the
club, could be anywhere. But now they
stop and reflect like you did at that
moment. You didn't give up the prayer.
That's the key. I know pray people that
be at the afterhour party, but they
would stop to pray. Eventually, they
never went back to the after party. But
it took some time because the prayer
will keep one away from evilness. But
let's focus on this prayer after you've
acknowledged there's no God but God. And
now you and Muhammad is the last and
final messenger peace be upon him. Now
you implement the the salat. How
important and heavy this was to help you
to transform to be the best human being
that you can be. It's it's a lifeline.
It's you know if I can compare it we
generally eat three times a day but we
pray five times a day. So this tells you
the importance. We can go without food.
I mean the human can sustain without
food for quite a long time a couple days
at least. But salat prayer you can't go
a couple hours without it. Honestly,
it's your connection. It's your, you
know, your lifeline. Like for me, it's
something where if I I have an internal
clock now where, alhamdulillah, all
praise to Allah, I've been praying for a
while. And so for fudger or for early
morning prayer, you know, I wake up, my
body makes wakes me up. It's difficult
for a lot of people at first when you
start praying, it can be difficult
because it is, you know, you kind but
you learn to station your life around
it. Everything your day revolves around
your prayer. And eventually, you know, I
would almost become sick if I didn't
pray. Like I would develop this gut
feeling like literally physically I
would feel ill if I was missing a prayer
or if I was late for it my body would
tell me something's wrong you know you
need you need something like a drug
addict when they don't get their drugs
they start twitching right if I don't
pray I feel like ah I I'm missing
something and so this is the connection
that you develop when you start really
you know having that healthy lifeline
between your lord it's something you'll
never go without and this is what's
helped you to develop your character de
develop your relation by developing a
relationship with the one god the
creator Allah this Now you'll see the
change. It's hard for you to sin in
between prayers. It's hard for you to do
something dumb and then think I'm going
to go pray in 10 minutes. You know, it
does develop your life in a format where
you know you you take time to reflect
every single day. Like I told you
earlier, I took a time to reflect in my
life. Imagine I did that five times a
day, not including the you know the obl
the sunnah prayers, the optional prayers
afterwards, right? Just for mandatory
prayers alone, I would be stopping five
times a day to reflect and speak to my
lord. Now, it only it's only fair and
the people and we're excited that
they're sitting and I'm sure they're
excited because they're learning so
much. But we got to give them a treat
now. We got to give them a treat. Some
people they've heard you flow, bust a
rhyme, a rap, you know, and it's not
even with any band, no musical
instruments, nothing. It's just your
melodious voice. Right. Right. So, can
you give us a taste and give us the
treat now here on the Dean Show? Give us
a short thing. I can give you a little
Go ahead. Give it. Get it. Bust it down.
Okay,
let me take a moment to show some
kindness to the folks that thought
blindness was a disease that affected
the eyes alone. I promise I won't judge
you. I barely know how to love you. And
like fools, we preach rules, but we
don't even follow our own. Everybody
needs comfort. Some people find it in
this, some people find it in that, and
some people just don't find it at all.
But this world is full of signs. From
the moon to the stars in the sky. From
the bees and the bugs. Like a seed in
your blood. Like a fiend who a drug
makes you need to look up and question
what's up. Why you deal with this stuff
when your spirits are crushed and you
trek through the rough but like thunder
it struck. Said be and it was. All the
signs that were sent they finally make
sense. You feel the torment. So you need
to repent when your heart is cemented
hard as a brick cuz your soul is worth
more than the dollars and cents. All the
money in the world couldn't buy you
happiness cuz verily it is in the
remembrance of Allah that hearts do find
rest. Is that okay? Mashallah God will
it. And you are here on the Dean show.
Thank you so much for being with us
here. May God Almighty Allah reward you.
Thank you so much. And again, thank you
so much because you were an inspiration
to me as well. And whether you know it
or not, you really are affecting so many
people. May Allah as well
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and thank you for sending tight to
another episode of the show. This was so
exciting sitting with our brother Bono.
And you know what? It starts with
wanting it. You got to want if your
belly is full with everything else, then
you know what? No matter how great the
gourmet meal is, you're not going to
eat. You got to realize that this life
is short. It's going to end soon. Wake
up, people.
And I'm not going to tell you to just
take my word for it. Realize that people
die every day. So form an investigation.
Don't just live from Friday to Friday.
Don't just live from one weekend to the
next.
Try to attach yourself to something
that's permanent, and that's the
hereafter. This life is short. Don't be
a loser at the end because eventually
you're going to lose this life because
you're going to die. And then if you
invested all your time and effort in
this life, you're also definitely going
to lose the next.
Ask the one who created you to guide you
and do a little bit of the leg work. Do
a little bit of the leg work like you've
done leg work for everything else. And
I'm telling you, the truth is there. The
treasure is there. The map is there.
Now you just got to get up off your back
and get out there and go get it. And
visit us here every week on the Dean
Show. And until next time, peace be unto
you. I bow to you, Allah. Allah, you are
my Lord. I bow to you, Allah. Allah, you
are my Lord. I bow to you, Allah. Allah,
you are my Lord. I bow to
you. Oh my Allah, you are my Lord. I bow
to you. Oh my Allah, you are my Lord. I
bow to you. Oh my Allah, you are my
Lord. I bow to you. Oh my Allah, you are
my Lord. I bow to you.
Lord. Oh, oh my. Oh my. You are my Lord.
I bow to you. Oh my. Oh, you are my
Lord. I bow to you. Oh my. Allah, you
are my Lord. I bow to
you. Allah, you are
my bow to you.