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Aug 2023
44m 57s

How to get closer to God

Razan
About this episode
Today I am talking about how this Dunja (life and world) is distracting us from the closeness to God we need in life and how I have been struggling with hhis topic lately. If you are going through something similar like me, I hope you feel understood and that today’s episode helps somehow :) 
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