This is covering the spread part of the Fandall podcast network Week 18 is always a complex one for talking player props in the NFL because not only are you considering the typical stuff like volume efficiency Matchup, etc. But also you got away incentives. You've got away motivation You got away all this stuff try to identify value in the proper We're trying to break that down for today by talking to Tom Vecchio Getting is reading the player problem market across week 18 at least where props are posted and get you ready to hopefully get some Profitable best to round out the regular season. This is covering the spread right here on the Fandall podcast network and Fandall research My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a managing editor of digital media for Fandall research joint here as mentioned by Tom Vecchio Find them on Twitter at Tom underscore Vecchio one He is a writer for us over a Fandall research of course the host of prime time Tom along with the daily ISO Tom Happy Friday to you and happy final week of the regular season. How you doing today? I'm doing good things for having me Yes, certainly a really interesting week to break things down There's also a little bit of weather on top of things which also makes games that much more exciting Like you said a varying degree of motivation Incentives for a number of teams teams have motivation like the Vikings, but they also need a lot of help Yeah, so lots of breakdown Yeah And then there's Eagles like if the Cowboys are winning a halftime of the Eagles pull starters stuff like that Like there's a lot of crazy stuff that could go on There's like you said a snowstorm in Foxboro, which could be kind of cool I'd be under in that game and it honestly makes me a bit nervous With a 30 and a half we get a lot of snow that could lead to some funky stuff And I would like it to be as normal as possible So we need the I need the snow to chill out personally. It's like a handicap though I'm more straight up, but right and that storm also Could be impacting Some of the other East Coast games and you could it reach Connecticut or no, it's going to okay So you're snowed in this weekend is what you're saying. Maybe okay. That's my favorite kind of weekend is snowed in I like I like if I know that I can go out I feel guilty like oh, I'm not doing stuff I'm not you know being active and those things if I'm just stuck inside. It's so freeing. So I'm jealous Saturday games as well. So exactly get to watch man I'd stay and watch CJ Stroud terrible just a fate worse than death We're gonna talk about some key player props across week 18 and talk about whether all the key factors to consider You're in just one second But first a reminder to make sure you're subscribed to the covering the spread podcast feed wherever you get your podcast a lot Of good stuff already in there right now. 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What process do you go through to evaluate expectations for those players? Assuming again, the props are eventually up for them Right the the overall rule I would say is that there's no One thing you can apply to every situation. They're all completely individual and you know a lot of this It kind of reminds me of almost as preseason Where some of it is is coach speak where we have to kind of sift through What we're what we're hearing what we're expecting then also I use whether it's just like personal intuition When I think of someone like Carson Wentz, you know set to start I'm you know, we know that the what the Rams plan to do They said they're gonna rest Stafford and and cup and Kyren Williams and Higby Who couldn't who is not resting initially, but there could be some rest for him in the future Yep, but for me one thing like okay Carson Wentz like he's probably gonna go out there and in my mind I think he wants to sling it because he wants a starting job next year So that has me interested in his prop But just because he's a backup starting this week is not the same for another backup starting in a different team So every situation is completely individual Completely unique. We have to use a little bit of coach speak and then you kind of have to use a little Educated guess of what you should be expecting from that team and that player ultimately. I Do think that Carson Wentz and Jeff Driscoll are identical So both teams should be converted to passcatcher or both players should be converted to passcatcher You know if Carson Wentz for a tight end, maybe six around the league a bit longer So I personally think they're the exact same thing. It's at least with those two Specifically you can go ahead and apply apples to apples, but I also think the key thing to remember is you don't have to bet any of this If you don't feel comfortable with your evaluation of a player or a situation then just don't bet it And again sports books might not do that either because they might not post lives Like I've been looking for Jeff Driscoll rushing lines all week and have found nothing so far. It's very frustrating I would love to bet those But we're not quite there yet. So way those situations like Tom said consider the key factors look at what coaches are saying about that stuff and Blend that together and decide is this worth betting? Do I think I have an edge and then if you say yes to that then take a look at the markets and see Where things are at now tied into that time is we have a lot of evolving situations for this week due to resting players Everything's on the table here So which evolving situations are most on your radar for checking out potential prob value again? Assuming we do eventually get markets posted for those respective situations one would be Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars his health what's going on with him because they absolutely need to win and He didn't play last week, and it's also not just okay. Trevor Lawrence is good to go I'm just under the assumption that even if he does play he's not like theoretically 100% healthy Right, and that just doesn't impact them it impacts the overall offensive efficiency and more importantly the props for the receiver So I'm gonna operate under the assumption as of now in Friday morning that he will play he won't be a hundred percent It is a good matchup going up against Tennessee in there and their secondary But it doesn't mean we're gonna see amazing high volume passing so at that point I would look to You know some players that have lower a dots if he's not going to throw in the ball as deep You know trying to get some modest reception totals reception yards rather than of going to his passing yards directly So I think that's number one number two. I would say Green Bay receivers They haven't been healthy for how long Christian Watson started the year with this hamstring issue hasn't played in a couple weeks But they need to play and win so looking at their receivers who's gonna be available who's actually gonna be out there and Then what do their yardish props look like? So those are probably two at least initially as of now and with the Packers one like you said, there's no real like Like I always try to look at most relevant samples. There isn't one for that Like there was a time this year when they had Dobbs Watson and read all healthy, but that was before read really like I think kind of came into his own He was also dealing with some injuries during that time and Watson snaps were up and down and stuff like that So like I can even look at that sample to decide what to expect for this game this week. It's just kind of like I don't know like there isn't a relevant sample on this guys You're kind of using your best guess with regards to what their Usages will look like right and I said the same thing about the the Texans offense For Saturday's game where tank del gets hurt and then Schultz misses some games and equal columns missed the game And then CJ Stroud also missed some time, right? So it's like we're dealing with these sample sizes It's like yeah theoretically you want to look at the offense since tank del got hurt Brown's hurt too right and and now like even since then like nothing lines up We're just like I can look at a one game sample size when Keenum was thrown the ball But that doesn't really matter right. I'm sure is that they've had a game where they've had Laramie Tunsel at left tackle and all their past catchers healthy this entire year Which is like something I'd love to look into net for next year like the Texans if they get like better Health luck could go bananas right like I there is no like great sample on those guys. So the injuries and And Again like triple Lawrence not being fully healthy isn't just about his props. It's also about the receivers props, right? And the problem there is like Christian Kirk could come off of IR. Yeah this week We'll know that Saturday by 4 p.m. Eastern like they'd have to activate him by then and I Based on the practice videos. I'm still skeptical that he gets activated personally It didn't look like he was super super spry out there. So I don't know I'm I'm still assuming he does not go or I think there's a good chance. He doesn't go at least personally with that one At least we'll at least know by Saturday. So I would bet that if we get word from a shifty bomb on Saturday night about Lawrence We know what Kirk situation is. I think we'll get props posted Saturday But I think that you're right in Because last week was also kind of a must-win game for the Jags and Lawrence couldn't play there And that to me is a red flag as far as expecting to be healthy for this week I always like I don't want to get like two tinfoil hat ebrids like am I thinking like okay They maybe they could sneak a win last week and just rest him knowing that they could bring him back Right and still have one more shot is like sometimes sometimes I think about that I don't know if it's I mean the opponent is pretty tough in the Panthers Right pretty tough team to try to topple there only a 26 nothing victory this week out there That was that was uh by the skin of their teeth for right Okay, let's take a look at some some props in our post in time When you look at take a look at the markets of fan dual sportsbook Where are you seeing value as far as yardage bets for week 18? That that starts with Dalton Schultz. I spoke about him yesterday I think this is a pretty Straightforward game for the Texans and I and I said I think we're going to see a modest amount of scoring in this game It's not going to be like a Thursday night game. That's super low. It's not going to fly over It's going to have a modest amount of scoring Schultz I like his role and again, we're dealing with different sample size where he missed some games You know CJ shroud was out but good usage rate 17.7 target share in the last three weeks getting some red zone looks he's playing on good stamps Uh, it just lines up against the Colts and their defense weak against tight ends Should be I'm going to save the number two option in the passing offense behind Miko Collins with tanked L out Keep things as simple as possible For the Texans this week and are you looking at the yardage number for Dalton Schultz or catches? What are you which market is the best one one and a half or it's up to 43 That's that's pretty close. I would say that's fine. I probably wouldn't go past that though Yeah, and I think that's fair too given again the Noah Brown injury Um, he's been getting a lot of looks when he's been out there. Now you take him out of the equation It's basically just Niko Collins and Dalton Schultz Robert Woods hasn't been a huge factor in this offense since like week two So I think that like they got to go somewhere. I'd expect them to be effective So like Schultz to me is a good player to turn to if you're looking for some value to take advantage of the Noah Brown injury right Yeah, okay, so the number for Schultz 43 and a half right now at fandall sportsbook I also hope you're right about the amount of scoring in this game side the under at 47 and a half So, uh, modest is a great word to me. I think that we should lean into uh, modest for this game Yeah, I think that game is gonna Start relatively slow and and I mentioned on Prime time time yesterday Like I think we're going to see a slow start and actually I have a lot of interest in a live over Sure I think it's going to be we're going to see like kind of like a scripted beginning as we see in some playoff games Then the scoring picks up later is at least a trend I think I've noticed over the past few playoffs where a lot of lack of scoring in the last Square in the second half so that's where a live over would be really interesting Just don't pick up too much. That's my one request there. Okay. Which of the yardage bets Are you eyeing for week 18? Chris Olava 70 and a half and I know it's not the best matchup on paper over 70 and half to be clear to be specific I know it's not the best matchup on paper, but This the Saints have to win And the best path to or their best offensive player Is chris Olava So when we're looking at the lack of health with chimera Yeah, it's not a match where I love to attack via the air with the falcons. They're actually pretty solid Olava is still the option. I need to get the ball to and I know he hasn't been fully healthy at times this year But 70 and half for a player that has a super deep a dot high air yards He could break this off in two or three catches and may not be A consistent option in the passing offense just because of the matchup, but he can get this done in in I would say again two three four catches And I think that there are a couple of factors I could encourage the Saints to be a bit more passive in this game The first ones the falcons are pretty good against the rush Like from a matchup perspective. They're pretty good there chimera didn't practice again thursday and like Season on the line Do you really want to be run in jmael williams? Kendra miller a lot as a way to like try to move the football against a good rush defense But then also chimera is one less target earner out there So like I think it kind of all leads not like to Olava But also like I think rashid Shahid alt markets are very interesting given the way that he's used He's like downfield roll It's pretty conducive to getting chunk yardage and urge. Same thing you were saying with olava. So I think Both those do make a lot of sense checking out olava in the traditional one setting a half But then rashid shahi alt markets just because I'd expect there to be A lot of passes and a potentially pretty concentrated targetry on those passes for the Saints Right, like you said, it's if chimera is there and not fully healthy it's still not the best matchup And just get the ball to your best players like they have to win keep things as simple as possible Like I would prefer teams that need to win and also have a great matchup But at least we have one of them. We have a team that needs to win Yeah, it's not the best matchup on paper, but olava still should be getting the ball Yep, and I think that should be a pretty fun game also indoors, which does help downfield receivers to for olava What about touchdown bats where you see in value there across week 18 So I mentioned green bay. I like romeo dobbs at plus 220 And yeah, you could say it depends on if christian watson is healthy and there's you know a few different permutations to what Coder cannot be happening for them But again, we're dealing with and and maybe dobbs has just been the healthiest receiver So maybe that's just why I like him and he doesn't have the highest red zone usage rate in recent weeks, but They need to win. It's got a good number and at least he's out there, which Christian watson, I think I'm not sure if you would agree is maybe the most talented receiver in that group Would you say or I like read I like read most, but um, I don't know watson He kind of fuggles me a bit is what I would say If that's not a down thing on watson, it's more so I just think jayden read rocks Okay, but when I'm looking at this game and we're looking at some of the odds for Touchdowns christian watson's number The fact that he's coming off a hamstring injury. He could be pulled at any second Which always worries me for hamstring injuries Reed's number is fine at plus 140 if he's out there But dobbs the fact that he's the healthiest and it's at plus 220 and they need to win Is what makes thing makes the most interesting for me I don't know why dobbs is so much longer than those guys given that like his like Heaviest usage area always feels like it's towards the end zone now Like his his red zone usage for the year is 19% which is not amazing by any means, but like it's always lower When he's getting targets, it's close to the goal line, right? so when i'm looking at this differential where I always look for these inefficiencies where like even if a team's not scoring where earlier in the year I talked about olave And he was like plus 175 for a touchdown and he's the highest usage. He's the highest red zone all these things Yeah, the saints often struggle at times, but he's still the number one receiver and plus 175 or whatever it is Is too high of a number, right? So i'm just looking at the green bay offense Dobbs at plus 220 is the standout option, right? My primary annoyance is that jade and reed who gets uh some red zone rush attempts is plus 140 I wish it were still longer. Those were great days back when they uh weren't totally hip to The way he was using the red zone, but alas maybe next year we can get some uh People sleeping on jade and reed once again. Where else has seen value as far as touchdowns go? this might be a hot take And we have a combination of two things a a team that absolutely needs to win With tampa bay and b we also have a milestone And I don't like to get too deep into Contracting incentives and this and that but mike evans is plus 100 for a touchdown. Do not like that number however Mike evans needs two touchdowns To set the box single season touchdown record The box also need to win Now mike evans breaking off Eight catches 134 yards and two touchdowns is something that we've seen from him for however many years So a plus 800 Mike evans for two touchdowns I don't think Is that far of a stretch considering they need to win? And he also happens to have this little milestone, which I don't know if he knows about I don't know Baker knows about all these things, but like it makes sense that they should be getting the ball to Their best receiver right so A very small sprinkle at plus 800 would be my hot take for the final week of the regular season Uh, I love that. I think that's very fun.  I I would have to bring it up right now. I don't have it off the top of my head 162 yards on I think 12 targets and one touchdown there, but Clearly baker was cooking in that game Like he said, it's a high motivation spot for the buccaneers not as much so for the panthers jc horn I think will play but he also played in that first game about half the snaps He's his first game off injury, but like he was active for that game And it's also a baker revenge game like Like how can we not consider that what's baker to score two touchdowns? The baker also has a ton of incentives. Where is baker? They don't even have odds on baker to score twice Suspicious eight to one to score any touchdown. So uh baker eight to one to score a touchdown same odds as evans to score two Maybe we get a triple dip there with a baker one evans two for that one But I think that like again, it's you're taking advantage of a volatile wide receiver and Using his volatility to your advantage. I think that that is that is a fine way to look at things here So there are touchdown bets I have interest in but none of them are posted yet for some of these games And that's just a product of it being 18. There's also a ton of injuries For the for the Rams like I wouldn't hate taking a shot on a wence rushing touchdown. Sure Well, if he's if it gets posted who knows whatever might be Yeah, Pukinakua the quote from McVeigh was like he needs four catches and I think 29 yards Yeah, he does and then they're gonna be smart with him or whatever it is for it first four plays Is gonna be Pukinakua Pukinakua Pukinakua Pukinakua He's gonna play one series or two series at most and then he's out. So like I said at the beginning I think wence is going to try and sling it because he wants to put some good tape out there Because he wants to start a job next year Wence like going all out, you know Diving for the pylon for a touchdown wouldn't wouldn't surprise me. Yeah, I think that is a fun way to look at things And uh, right now no no numbers posted there are things to consider for that one Total's not super high 41 and a half from the rams are four point dogs So make sure you're weighing that when you see the wence number to decide, okay It's going to be a probably uh, not a huge Point output for the rams. So keep that in consideration for them But check out wence when he is supposed to see if you think there is value there Any other bets you're seeing tom as far as potentially values for week 18. Yeah, one more in that saturday game uh Colts Texans michael pitman Over six and a half receptions. It's minus 138. I Don't mind that at all. I don't mind some michael pitman alternate receptions You know looking back at his game log this year He is routinely piling up nine 10 12 14 targets in some of these games Then when we look at the Texans defense, they're solid against the run Right, they're solid against the run And moving the ball via jonathan taylor Is may not be effective. It's probably not the best path to them winning in a must-win game So why not go to your best offensive option? And I as I discussed on the pod yesterday Houston brings good pressure So if minch who's not going to be dropping back. We're not having time to drop back Pitman has a seven point nine e dot So he's going to be that consistent option as he's been all season piling up 10 12 targets And all of a sudden he has eight receptions. They may not be massive yards per reception just because You know his eight dots aren't super high and the pressure is going to be there But these these constant passes to him he could have eight receptions by halftime, right? And you mentioned the pass rush will Anderson didn't practice Tuesday or Wednesday But do you get the limited session in thursday? I think he'll go because he played last week So I think he'll be out there to kind of keep that pressure cooking on a Cold softens the line that's played really well this year So to their credit they could definitely hold up against a good pass rush But definitely worth considering with pitman the six and a half number you mentioned minus 138 on the over Checking out some alternate receptions for pitman To get a plus is plus 128 nine plus is two to one and 10 plus is plus 310 Preferred market for you tom there having seen the alt markets now. Do you want to go stick with the Seven plus or over six and a half or what do you think is the best route to attack pitman for receptions? It's probably six is over six naps is my main play But yeah, yeah, just taking a sprinkle at eight plus at plus 120 and I think is also viable Okay, so check out michael pitman check out the alt markets of that game And again check out what tom had to say about the game in full by checking out prime time tom in the prime time tom Prime time tom in the covering the spread podcast feed and along with his breakdown to bill's dolphins Which will be up tomorrow morning as well. That is tom vecchio Make sure you check him out on twitter at tom underscore Vecchio one check out prime time tom right here on the covering the spread podcast feed But also the daily iso you want to place another dfs on the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed tom Appreciate the time as always. Good luck to you this weekend. We'll talk to you once again soon Thanks for having me All right, you can find tom again on twitter at tom underscore vecchio one I am on twitter at jim sonnis you can find me on threads at jim dot sonnis And you can find fan dual research on twitter at fan dual research again Don't forget a week 18 previews up in our college football national championship preview up as well Back with you once again monday to take our first look at the wild card round betting markets This has been covering the spread right here on the fan dual podcast network


I'm Rusty Komori, and this is Beyond the Lines on Think Tech, Hawaii. I was the head coach of the Punahou School Boys Varsity Tennis Team for 22 years, and we were fortunate to win 22 consecutive state championships. This show is based on my books Beyond the Lines and Beyond the Game, and it's about inspiration, welcoming adversity, and building a superior culture of excellence. My special guest today is the host of the very popular Where Hawaii Eats TV show. She is Ann Lee, and today we are going beyond restaurants. Ann, welcome to Beyond the Lines. Hi, Rusty. Thank you so much for asking me to be on the show. It is an honor. You've had some amazing people on the show, and there's so many people that watch you as well, and really respect what you do. Oh, thank you, Ann. I feel the same about you. I love watching your shows, and I want to first ask, if you can share a bit about your background before really coming to Hawaii? I was born in Korea, and I came to the United States when I was three with my family. My dad was a dentist, and there was a New York dentist that was really a fan of his work. Back in the day, they would find these people and they would fly you to wherever, and then do a work visa and all of those things. It was an incredible opportunity that my dad took that leap of faith, and we ended up in New York. I actually grew up in New York, and I came to Hawaii right after about 9-11. That's when I came to Hawaii. Nice. Ann, while you were in high school, is it true that you played some tennis? I shared this with you, Rusty, because I know you were a tennis coach and you're an avid tennis player, so I was in eighth grade and tried out. At the time, there was only one tennis team. It was no JV or it was just Bar City. I had played a lot. I wasn't a compete, like I didn't compete or things like that, but I just had a joy for our tennis. I tried out for the team going into freshman year, and I didn't make the team, and I was devastated. I couldn't believe it, because every time that I tried to do something, I do my best to succeed, and my older sister, she was like a mother to me. She called the coach and she's like, my sister's devastated. She really, really wants to be on this team. So the coach, the goodness of her heart, she's like, well, just have her come to practice, and I changed the way that she saw me, and I ended up getting the most improved player award that year. So that really taught me a lot that if you really, really want to do something, you really have to put effort and really show that you can do it.  How do you balance your career and your family? It's been difficult. It's interesting what they say to you is that as the kids get older, it's easier. It's really not because when they're younger, you know where they are. They're at daycare. You know set pickup times. You know exactly their routine. You know who's in their class. You know all of those things. As they get older, they get the sense of independence, because I have a 17-year-old, a 15-year-old, and a nine-year-old. And my 17-year-old, he's going to be an adult in February, which is like, he's 18, but he doesn't even know how to really do laundry. So I'm really scared for him. He can cook though, he can cook, but they have this sense of independence, and that's where you don't know where they are. They're in vehicles or driving. They're with, you know, they're basically adults and you kind of have to let that go. So it's actually much easier when they were younger. I don't know how women, I don't know how families do it, because there's three of them. In my situation, there's three of them and one of me. There's three drop-offs in the morning. We just pray that we get to school on time. You know sometimes one person's going to be late and you just got to have to figure out who that person's going to be. I have a lot of close friends that are moms of three, which is crazy, but it takes a village and I think that having good friends, I think through the years, you develop really good friendships of people that you know and work with and grow to love and you become your own little family in some way. And so, yeah, there's times that I have to rely on some help, but I think you just don't think about it. You just do it. That's just the way it is.  Which one of the three will be late today?   That's why I really wanted you to share some of those insights.  Is there a best parts of being a single mom?  You get to have their undivided attention.  And then when they're not with me, gives you have a little break too and it wasn't that easy in the beginning.  You tell me the morning of, you know, like, those types of things you don't have to deal with.   No, and you're so right. I mean, you do need some time to do the things that you need to do. I can see that and you are a resident foodie. We all know about your TV shows, like I said, about all the restaurants. Now, do you like to cook? You know, believe it or not, I don't have this role because I like to cook.  I cook because I have to feed kids. It's a necessity, but to be honest, I don't enjoy buying the groceries, prepping it, cooking it, then cleaning it up. It's, to me, it's so much easier time-wise to go to a restaurant. That's why the restaurants, without restaurants, I would starve. They're my friends. I really do look to and support them as well, because when you think about it and you break it down, there's so many hours in a day and you just, you wanna spend time with kids. You wanna find out what they did that day and have that time. And sometimes when I feel like when you're stressed out about cooking and then we have homework and then we gotta do this, this and this, it's just very stressful. So I do not cook. I mean, I can cook, but I choose not to. What if your kids' survival depended on it? Well, yes.  And they wouldn't go, they weren't going away. They were always there constantly eating. And so, yeah, I had to cook. I had to cook at that time and they surprised me. Yeah, the pandemic forced your hand to have to cook. And I wanna know more about your Hawaii Eats TV show now. How did it start? And tell me about your first episode. The first episode, how it started was actually because of the pandemic and we wanted to figure out a way to really help the restaurants because they had suffered so much. And a lot of our sponsors were really like, yes, let's help them. That's really how it started. And speaking with the restaurant community was more like, and people were staying home more, they weren't going out. So they were glued to their televisions reading the paper. I mean, listening to podcasts. So it was a different time at that time and that's how that started. It was really to bring more light and light to the restaurants in the community because there were some restaurants that did close. Some new restaurants actually opened during the pandemic. So it was really highlighting all of those things as well. And I think people are just curious about food and it's visual, food is visual, colorful and they wanna see it. So that's really, I think why people were so fascinated. Anytime that you go into a restaurant and you see a server walking by with a dish and you look at that dish, it's like, what is that? And you ask your server, what is that dish? And so everybody has to eat, everyone loves to eat. And we just wanted to make sure we did an incredible job on communicating that. No, I love how it all started. And Ann, I was a guest on your show and it was so much fun being with you. And then we're having to eat on your show which is not the easiest thing to do, the eating and talking, but we also had a bottle of wine there and we did the filming at Giovanni Pastrami restaurant. Ryan Tanaka is the owner. And we had so much fun together, right? Yeah, I think we were also telling Ryan and he had to up his wine list a little bit. You know, just teasing. No, but seriously, yeah, but anyway, that's another conversation. But yeah, it's really, you know, if you think about the European countries or you think about a lot of different countries outside of the United States, having a meal is an actual, it's a thing. And they have two, three hour lunches, they have wine, they have all of the, it's an event. And sometimes, and I feel like sometimes we forget that, that having a meal together, it's a celebration. It's actually sharing time with that person and really enjoying what it is that you're eating and drinking and really, you know, I think that people lose sight of that. And I just definitely think that it's an experience. So you wanna be able to experience all the things that a restaurant has to offer. Well, you're definitely right about the experience and the celebration because after we filmed, I mean, you and I finished the rest of the Cabernet Sauvignon, right, Ann? We did, we did. I mean, that, we can't just leave it, you know? What do we have to do? No, but it was a really good time, that actual experience, cause I learned a lot about what Ryan was doing and Brother Ryan and Brother Rusty, with the Brotherhood Grimes, that was such a great thing you guys are doing to give back to UH Athletics. And it was, you shared a lot with me then. And then I'm actually able to share that information with the restaurants as well. So hopefully we can get more segue with this. Well, sister Ann, you also had one of my friends, Super Bowl Champion, Michael Bennett on your show. Where did you guys go and how was that experience? That was actually an amazing experience. I had met Michael at a fundraiser for hugs when I was incoming president for hugs. And he was, I believe we had on our June Jones that year and he was one of our guests. He was, he's super, super tall. Like really tall and just incredibly humble and nice. He chose Mudhead Water. And I was surprised by that. And I say that on the show because here I'm thinking this Super Bowl star, you know, he's a football player. He wants to probably eat some steak or something hearty. But he had chose Mudhead Water because of the different types of things that they have. Like there's this banana bread that that whole family loves. And they come, you know, they do go there quite often and they do a lot of catering with them. You know, so there's a relationship there. And you know, I did say to Michael, I'm like, okay, you've got to pick the menu items because I don't want to pick something that you know, you're not going to want to eat. So we deferred to the chef and the chef had actually selected some items that he knew that Michael would like. We also had his white pelle on on the second portion and her mom, it's her grandmother, her mother. Her mom or grandmother was originally from Oahu. So she does have Oahu ties. And what brought them to Oahu to live here was that they would come to have vacation here often, like sometimes once or twice a year. And we talk, and I asked Michael because he is still so young, why he retired? Because he still, I mean, think about Tom Brady was 40 and he did retire, then he didn't retire. And then I don't know, is he playing? I don't know if he's playing, but- He retired now. He did retire. Okay, so he's fully retired now. And I did ask him that and he said one of the most honest things and he said he wanted to be around for his family. He didn't want to do that to his body anyone. When you think about it, they do get thrown around.  I don't know who could really take that on, but he did that, he did that for his family. And I really had to, I respected him for that. He was like, wow, that was quite a decision, but he's doing things that he loves and she's doing amazing things. She's doing so many things for women and creating beauty lines. She has a group that gets together often and she empowers women. So it was really great to meet them, just wonderful, wonderful people and they have girls, I mean, they have kids. So they're very, very family devoted. No, I love it. I love Michael and Pelle and I'm so happy you had them on. And you also had Lieutenant Governor Silvia Luke on your show. And where did you guys go for that episode and how was it eating with Lieutenant Governor Silvia? So Lieutenant Governor Silvia, I met through my friend representative, Scott Nishimoto and she is just a wonderful, lovely, down-to-earth person and she's very similar to my background. She came here from Korea, she was born in Korea, but she came here when she was nine. So we kind of talked about the differences of, you know, cause it's like culture shock when you have accessibility to everything. And when I grew up, I remember my mom and my grandmother always just cooking everything. We never went to, I mean, we didn't go to restaurants. My family always cooked, that's what I remember. And then you come to the United States and it's like this accessibility, anything. Like I remember the first time I went to McDonald's and I was like, what is this French fry? Why is this so good? And it was addicting. It was like, how come it's never mushy? You know, and so it's that accessibility culture here. And then we talked about that. We also talked about, you know, why we had it at Podmore was she had, she was really integral in pushing this initiative of like protecting historic buildings and the Podmore building was one of those buildings. So the owners before purchasing the building they had this, it benefited them basically to be able to take over that building and make it historic and keep it, keep the foundation but they also included when they remodeled elements to make it theirs, you know. So there's bits of New York in there. There's bits of, from Chef Anthony he grew up in London. And so there's elements in there that remind him of his family and things like that. So it's a journey when you go in there and it's beautiful, it's absolutely beautiful. You feel like you're transformed in New York City but that's why we chose Podmore and the food is incredible and she loves the food. So that's how that went.  She really does, like she's a foodie too, believe it or not. So yeah. Well, I agree with you completely. I love Lieutenant Governor Sylvia, she's so much fun and I'm so glad you guys went to Podmore. I mean, that's a great place. And you know, with your TV shows and what I love about it is, like you mentioned earlier you're really spotlighting a lot of these restaurants which you're literally helping our community. You're helping these restaurants survive. Like you said, many of them didn't survive the pandemic and the ones that did, they're not necessarily like making money right now. A lot of them are still struggling to recover. And so it's such a great thing that you're able to go around and highlight these restaurants to try to support them which ultimately helps our community, right? Yes. Thank you for bringing that up, you know especially with what happened in Lahaina. So many, I mean, restaurants have just been impacted and I think not only restaurants, but the people like the economy. So if you think about what makes Hawaii we have so much tourism. So if you look at the hotel and restaurant industry I would say I think it's like 70% of our population works in that type of industry. So if we look at how do we support, we have to be able to support because without them being open, there's no tourism there's none of that. So yes, sometimes we don't want the traffic, you know we don't want those things we don't want long lines everywhere but it does help us at the end of the day we are a beautiful, beautiful state. It's probably one of the safest and nicest places to visit. You know, anytime that people come here or visit from the mainland they're always like it's so different here, it's so different.  So the culture here, it's so we I feel like that's what the restaurants do too. They're so accommodating, wonderful. There's so much that restaurants bring for us. You know, and look the Japanese, you know the tourism, the international tourism is not there as well. So they are really relying on the local community to also support them.  Yeah, I mean, we all have to speak and live Aloha and you have both of my books. I wanna know, did you like the books and what stood out to you in it? So I gotta tell you the way I came across your books I was, you and I were like two ships passing in the night. We would always like, we knew of one another. We knew like similar friends. But Walter Kuremitsu actually gifted my books gifted your books to me to give to my son who's going to St. Louis and Walter was the CEO of St. Louis. I wanna say like maybe 10 years ago or so something like that. You were president of St. Louis, yeah. You were president of St. Louis. So I gifted the books and I was reading them and it was like, it's so well done because it's like just certain points, certain points on anybody. You could be in high school. You could be the principal of a school. You could be anybody, but it resonates with everybody. And I gotta say, you know and I would have never had the opportunity to pick up a book if Walter didn't give those to me. So, you know, it's incredible. I think the bottom line is you've helped a lot of people because when you read it, you take what you write. Basically the person reading is going to take that element and really put it to their use on how they feel it's best for themselves. And what I found, you know when you had Chris Lee on, I was Chris Kim on Chris Kim, he, you know, being vulnerable like that.  And so for him to be able to share as much as he did with you and tears, you know that just really shows how important what you said, it spoke to him. And so in, you know, you saved him. You really did save him in that, in that, in that manner and he shares that. So it's very impactful. And I know that you're on your way to writing another book. Yes, I am. Book number three. Book number three. And so, yeah, there's going to be more wisdom that you're going to be able to share with us and I'm looking forward to that. I want to say the one thing that stood out like really spoke to me was finding your passion. It was number six, because I think when I was younger you think of passion, right? You think of passion. What is your passion? Oh, passion. What do I love? I love to shop. You know, I love to go to the spa. You know, that's what you think passion is but passion to me means doing something that doesn't feel like a job or it doesn't feel like a chore. It doesn't feel like, oh gosh, I gotta do that today. It's more like it's just natural. It's a natural ability and you want to do the best at it and you have the best intentions and that's what passion, I feel, is the way that I see what passion is or I feel passion is. No, I love how you brought up key number six. You're right. Key number six for passion. And I'm just so happy that Judge Walter Keremitsu gifted you the books for your son. And then you're able to watch the Sergeant Chris Kim episode. I mean, I had no idea that my books would have the effect to where it has, where it's helping people with their mental fitness of even saving people from depression and suicide.  There's a lot of lessons I think that especially, with my years here, I would never think in a million years that I would be living in Hawaii on an island and doing what I'm doing. If you told me that when I was growing up, I would have thought that you didn't know what you were talking about. The biggest lesson that I learned is go with your gut. There's always something that is happening to you feel it.  And nine times out of 10, it is true, it is true. So I've had the biggest lesson, I guess, was being able to forgive, forgive things that have happened, separating from my children's father or leaving a job or things like that. So I know it doesn't sound as, detrimental, I guess, but it's like those things, because again, it's passion, right? It goes back to passion. I'm very passionate about what I do. I'm very passionate about doing the right thing. And sometimes when things are not done the right way, you have to, you just make that decision for yourself. So it's really going with your gut, really going with your gut. I love hearing that insight from you, Anne, because you're right. Trusting your instincts is very key and forgiveness is very key. And I just have to say it was such a joy to have you on the show today, to hear insights from you having a successful business career, but also being a very successful single mom and for you just to really be sharing these insights. And I wanna thank you for taking time to be on the show today. Thank you, Rusty. This was again, an honor for you to ask me to be on the show. It was interesting, because I'm usually on the other side asking the questions. So it was kind of different, different for me to sit here and be like, okay, I gotta, now I have to do the answering. So I hope I wasn't babbling. I don't wanna be babbling. No, you were terrific, Anne. Thank you. Thank you so much, Rusty. And thank you for watching Beyond the Lines on Think Tech Hawaii. For more information, please visit rusticomori.com and my books are available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I hope that Anne and I will inspire you to create your own superior culture of excellence and to find your greatness and help others find theirs. Aloha.


فشرف بالشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يا بدا بدا وياله من شراف عظيم الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهد السبيل وشد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسانين إلى يوم الدين أما بعد سلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته my beloved brothers and sisters إن شاء الله وتعالى we're going to go into the next lesson last lesson we spoke about الإيمان بالملايكة we spoke about the angels and whatnot and إن شاء الله وتعالى today's lesson is going to be about الإيمان بالكتب believing in the books but the way I plan to go with إن شاء الله وتعالى through الإيمان بالكتب is in three stages so then three times إن شاء الله وتعالى I'm going to rub off the board and I'm going to rewrite إن شاء الله وتعالى the first one is is كيفية الإيمان بالكتب what does it mean to believe in the books and that's what I'm going to explain here and that's what you can see on the board right now what does it mean to believe in the books the second thing إن شاء الله وتعالى that I'm going to be speaking about is what are the things that can nullify a person's belief of the books what are the things that can nullify your belief of the books إن شاء الله وتعالى we're going to speak about four things that can nullify a person's belief of the books last but not least last but not least إن شاء الله وتعالى I'm going to be speaking about distinct characteristics which the Quran has that no other book shares with it so that's what we're going to be studying إن إله الكريم today so now I'm going to start إن شاء الله وتعالى with what does it mean كيفية الإيمان بالكتب what does it mean believing in the books but before I go into the كيفية الإيمان بالكتب I have to do a little introduction إن شاء الله وتعالى and that is what does it mean what's the definition of an إيمان الكتب what's the definition of an إيمان الكتب or what's the definition of الكتب the definition of the الكتب is as I wrote on the board هي التي تبمنت كلام الله the books are that which consists in it كلام الله الذي the speech of Allah الذي أنزله الذي أنزله على الله الذي أنزله الذي أنزله الله sorry الذي أنزله الله الذي أنزله الله الذي أنزله الله that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has sent down على رسوله on his messages sorry so what it is is that هي التي تبمنت is that which consists of كلام الله the speech of Allah الذي أنزله الله in which Allah has sent down على رسوله on his messages he sent down on his messages so الإيمان الكتب means the books and those books what do they contain what do they consist of it they consist of the speech of Allah in which Allah تبارك وتعالى sent it down على رسوله on his messages he sent it down on his messages pay attention here this is very important إن شاء الله وتعالى Allah says in the Quran there is evidence for it افتط معون أن يؤمنوا لكم وقد كان فريق منهم يسمعون كلام الله وهم يعلمون الله تبارك وتعالى يت hannoس في هذه آية افتط معون أن يؤمنوا لكم وقد كان فريق منهم يسمعون كلام الله so they heard the words of Allah أبدا التبارك وتعالى they heard the words of Allah أبدا التبارك وتعالى عن البيئة this is in Surat al-Baqara آيس 75 so here this verse is a proof and evidence in which Allah is telling us and informing us أن يقوم بعمل سبحانه وتعالى على المسجده ما يوجد فيه is the speech of الله سبحانه وتعالى يوجد فيه the speech of الله تبارك وتعالى إذا كنت أسألتك اليوم، مالذي يعني؟ الكوطوب، الكوطوب، الكوطوب، the definition that you're going to give me or the yeah the definition and explanation you're going to give me is that it's every book that consists in it the speech of الله تبارك وتعالى in which الله سبحانه وتعالى الله سبحانه وتعالى so that's now the definition we've now defined what it means by الكوطوب، the books so it doesn't mean a magazine that you've picked up from a shop or it doesn't mean a book you took from a library it's actually that which falls under this under this definition now we're going to move on to what does it mean or how can one believe in the books so now we're going to go into كيفية الإيماني بالكوطوب how to believe in the books and as you can see in the book I've written two ways that a person believes in the in the books the first one is الإيمان المجمل it's a comprehensive general belief of the books and we're going to speak about that إن شاء الله وتعالى and the second one إن شاء الله وتعالى is الإيمان المفصل the second one is going to be الإيمان المفصل it means the detailed it means the detailed belief of the angels the belief of the books so the second one is الإيمان المفصل it means to believe in the books in more details إن شاء الله وتعالى we're going to be speaking about that and what it means إن شاء الله وتعالى so let's start with the first of the two which is believing in the books الإيمان المجمل the general and comprehensive belief of the books what does it mean and what's the understanding of believing in the books in a comprehensive and general manner what it means is the amount of belief that if you don't come this is the amount this إيمان المجمل if you don't come with this amount then you're not a believer you are not a believer it's an amount that you have to come with in order to be a believer it's an amount إن شاء الله وتعالى إن شاء الله وتعالى whoever doesn't come with it إن شاء الله وتعالى then you're not a believer of the books إن شاء الله وتعالى إن شاء الله وتعالى إن شاء الله وتعالى Changeㅏ Changeㅏ so in general there's a percentage of What?changeㅏ so in general or something else لكنك تعتقد بها على سريل الإجمال في مواجهة جنرية هذا شيء يحتاج من كل شخص في تحديث من الذين يعتقدونه هذا هو ما قاله في صورة 15 الله سبحانه وتعالى وقل امنت بما انزل الله من كتاب وقل سيتو دا محمد امنت بما انزل الله هذا الذي قد قلت من الكتاب من البقية لذا نقوم بتفويل هذا الفتاة ونطرح لعلها في صورة 15 الله سبحانه وتعالى وقل سيتو دا محمد امنت بما انزل الله ونحن هناك فتاة فتاة نحن هناك فتاة فتاة فتاة في المعلومات العربية مواجهة This Matt in Arabic language, since it come as a Mosulah, which is a connective and it shows generalization. And it's in a context of affirmation right? It's in a form of what? It's in a context of affirmation okay. So we have here right now the word Matt. So what is it? What does be Matt? What does that Mant show us? It shows generalization. يعني أنني أعتقد أنه في كل بكتب فهذا هو ما هو أمانتو بكل ما أنزال الله من كتاب هذا هو ما يعني إذا كنت تريد أن ترغب في حياته ليست في حياته القرآن ولكن في حياته يمكنك أن تضع الأمر كل هنا وإنه سيكون the same إذا كنت تقول وقل أمانتو بما تقول بكل ما المعنى هو the same وإنه هو what the eye is trying to say expensive that I believe in every single book in which Allah cabin has sat down on his messenger س teeth this is the first part which is spoonful This is something that is needed it's a In some amount الذيgged the person who does not come with it يكون يقول بلكتب to the one who doesn't come with it is not going to be a believe of the books so and I gave you die the evidence and the understanding من ذلك الوصول. نحن now going to swiftly move on to the second part which is الإيمان المفصل. This is a step further now. This is actually a step further. It's actually that you don't just believe it in a generic manner. You're now going to go into it more details. You're going to go more narrow down. And as I wrote on the board, it's three things that you need to be. Three things that you need to إن شاء الله تعالى. And we're going to speak about each one إن شاء الله تعالى. Three things. So as you can see it's three. الإيمان باسمائها الإقرار بها والتباع ما في القرآن. So we're going to go in each one إن شاء الله تعالى and speak about it. The first of the three is الإيمان باسمائها. You actually believe in their names. So you're not just you don't have a generic and a comprehensive belief but now you're narrowing down your belief. You actually believe in their names. For instance you believe in a book called التورات. As Allah سبحانه وتعالى He says in the القرآن إن أنزل التورات فيها هودا ونور. Allah سبحانه وتعالى He says we have sent down the تورات and in it is guidance and light. سورة المائدة آية 44. So here there's in this verse it's saying something a book's name إن أنزل التورات. So here you are reading this القرآن and you see you see that word تورات being mentioned. So what's now upon you You're going to have to believe in this book and the name of this book. Okay. تورات. You believe in it because الله تبارك وتعالى He mentions it in the القرآن. Then you see Allah mentioning واتيناه الإمجيل. سورة الحديث. And Allah mentions it in ayah 27. Allah mentions واتيناه الإمجيل. We gave him إمجيل. Okay. Allah says we gave him إمجيل. So now what do you believe? You actually believe a book that's called الإمجيل. Because الله تبارك وتعالى mentioned it. سبحانه وتعالى. Then you come and you read سورة النساء. سورة النساء. And Allah تبارك وتعالى mentions it in ayah 163. Allah تبارك وتعالى He says واتيناه داودة زبورة. We gave نبي الله داود زبور. A book called زبور. So that's the third name. The third book. You don't now just believe that داود was given a book but rather you believe that the name of the book is called الزبور. So you actually your إيمان here is مفصل. It's more detailed and you're actually starting to believe in a name. And the name of the book. You also then go to for example سورة الأعلى آية 19. Allah سبحانه وتعالى He says صحف إبراهيم وموسى. The scrolls that الله تبارك وتعالى gave to إبراهيم. And نبي الله موسى. So صحف إبراهيم and موسى. That's another one. Allah تبارك وتعالى gave it to them. So you're gonna believe in it. You're gonna believe a صحف was given to a scrolls were given to نبي الله موسى. And it was also given to نبي الله إبراهيم. Now this is a narrow down belief of the books. That's the first one. You're actually believing the names of those books because they found in the Qur'an. The second thing is is. You actually affirm it. With unwavering conviction the way you you affirm it. You affirm it. And التورات. And you mean you affirm it. Especially you affirm the legislations that are in those books that our Qur'an tells us that was in those books. You affirm them in the sense you believe in them. That they were in those books. That they were present in those books. You believe in it. That's in terms of the the but our Qur'an you it's not just about affirming anymore. Okay. Our Qur'an is not just about affirming. Our Qur'an is a step further. It's actually a step further. And the step further is that you believe in what's in it. And you have to follow it as well. So last week where it goes. The Qur'an is not just مجرد الإقرار. That you say. Yeah. Yeah. This is in the Qur'an. Yeah. It's present. But then you don't want to follow it. No. It's you have to follow it. Whereas the previous books is just مجرد الإقرار. You affirm what's in those books. You say they were present in those books. They were a legislation sent to them. They were a legislation sent to them. But the Qur'an it's not just a mere affirmation and belief that they is present in the Qur'an. Or that the Prophet. This is what Allah told him to do in the Qur'an. It's not just a mere affirmation. It's rather implementation and actions that have to have to manifest on your limbs. And on your tongue. And it has to show on you. صحيح. So it تبع. Following. That's what you have. That's what it means that إيمان و المفصل. Also. Which is something I have to add here. Which is maybe the fourth one. I should add to here. Is that. That. I should actually write that down. Which is. The last one which is that the Qur'an that the Qur'an actually abrogated and took over the أحكام. That the Qur'an abrogated. Okay. Abrogated. That the Qur'an abrogated the previous books. Okay. The previous books. And the Qur'an لسق أحكام الكتب السابقة. That the Qur'an actually abrogated the previous books that were sent down. So. And the evidence for that is الله سبحانه وتعالى. A statement. و أنزلنا إليك الكتابة. Allah says to the professor. I said we sit down on you the book. بالحق مصدق اللي ما بين يديه و مهيمنا عليه. مصدق اللي ما بين يديه و مهيمنا عليه. مهيمنا عليه means what abrogated the previous legislations. And the previous laws. So the Qur'an came and it abrogated it all. So there's no legislation. And there is no command in any other book that you need to follow other than the Qur'an. The Qur'an is the only thing which you are forced to follow because all of the other legislations that have come have been abrogated. It has abrogated its rulings. Now pay attention here. What I wrote on the board. Okay. القرآن نسخة. That the Qur'an أن القرآن نسخ أحكام الكتب السابقة. That the Qur'an abrogated the previous rulings and rulings and jurisprudence commands. But why didn't I say that the Qur'an abrogated the previous أخبار. The previous news that were in the previous books. The reason is because أخبار are never abrogated. Stories and information and قصص stories and what's it called قصص stories and أخبار and things that have happened. Okay. They never get abrogated because that's going to be a lie.  I wasn't there. I was there. That's called a lie. That's not abrogation. But rulings do get abrogated. You were told to do something at a particular time and then Allah changes that سبحانه وتعالى and says you don't you know you no longer have to do this again. But rather what you have to do is this. So that's what it abrogated. It only abrogated the أحكام. But as for the stories then the Qur'an has actually come and it's actually mentioned those stories. So sometimes you find the same in their stories that we have in our stories. Maybe some of the places they've changed it and they've tampered with it. But the Qur'an is actually correct in the stories that it tells. So the abrogation the abrogation goes back to the أحكام. It goes back to the rulings and the commands that Allah has put forward سبحانه وتعالى. So now insha'Allah I hope we've all understood what it means to believe in the books. What it means to believe in the books. I'm now going to go into what are the things that can nalify your belief of the books. What is it that can nalify it. So my beloved brothers and sisters now that we've learned the first point which is كيفية اليمان بالكتب. What does it mean and how can one believe in the books. We're now going to move on to the second part of today's lesson إن شاء الله تعالى. And that is نواقظ اليمان بالكتب. What are the things that nalify a person's belief of the books. Okay. And this is very important because a lot of people are actually ignorant and unaware of that concept of what can nalify your belief of the books. And because of that sometimes being ignorant of it can actually make you fall into things that may even nalify your belief of the books. So be careful and it's important that you do learn it. Okay. As you can see I have written four إن شاء الله تعالى. We'll go through each one with this evidence إن شاء الله تعالى. The first one is اليمان ببعضها دونة بعض. The first part is the first one is you believe in some of the books and you disbelieve in the rest. So it's اليمان ببعض الكتب you believe in some of the books والكفر ببعضين and you disbelieve in the others. Okay. For example a person say I believe in طورات I believe in the طورات but I don't believe in the Qur'an for instance. The Qur'an that was sent down on the Prophet ﷺ. Then what we'll say to them is لم يكن مؤمن بالكتب. You don't believe in the books. Because you are meant to believe in what? You are meant to believe in all of them. Another person comes up to you and says to you I believe in the Qur'an but I don't believe in طورات. I don't believe in إنجيل. I don't believe in زبور. I don't believe in those. We'll say to that person لم يكن مؤمن بالكتب. That person does not believe in the books. Okay. So what is obligatory on each and every one of us is الإيمان بجميع كتب الله. We believe in all of the books of الله تعالى. The evidence for that is قوله تعالى the statement of Allah in سورة البقرة وإذا قيل لهم آمن ونسأل them believe بما أنزل الله قالوا نؤمن بما أنزل علينا ويكفرون بما وراءه وهو هو الحق مصدقة لما معهم. الله تعالى تعالى توزس بس ونسأل them believe in that which has been sent down بما أنزل الله. That which has been sent down from الله تعالى قالوا their response is نؤمن بما أنزل علينا. We will only believe in what's been sent to us ويكفرون بما وراءه and they disbelieve in everything other than it. وهو الحق مصدقة لما معهم. And this is the truth. It's the words of Allah تعالى. It's the truth that's there but they choose not to believe in it. So Allah تعالى tells us in this آية ويكفرون. They are disbelievers that they are disbelieving. So that those who say we don't believe in the other books. That's the first point. So you have to believe in all of the books. Okay. And the way you believe in it. We spoke about it in the first part. The second point is عدم التحاكمين الكتاب الله إعراضا أو إبان. The second point is that not judging by the book of Allah تعالى and the reason why you're not judging by it is عدم التحاكمين الكتاب الله. You don't make the Quran your judgment. Your source of evidences. You don't use that as your حكم. Your rules and regulations. It's not taken from the Qur'an and the Sunnah. The reason why you do it is إعراضا أو إبان. The reason why you do it is out of إعراض. You're turning away from it. And it's out of إبان which is arrogance. Okay brothers and sisters. So the person is actually turning away from it. Out of إعراض. Turning away from it. And the second one is إبان. So the حكم that the person takes from it is every law. Sister comes and she says to your brother. I don't want to wear the حجاب. So I'll say to her تعال. Let's look at the Qur'an and what it says regarding the حجاب. My beloved sister. Come let's go to the Kitab and see what the Kitab says regarding the حجاب. So we go to قوله تعالى the statement of Allah. يَا يَا يَا النَّبِيُّ قُلِّ أَزْوَاجِكَ وَا بَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَاِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُودِنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَ مِنْ جَلَابِيْ بِهِنَّ. الله كماني المساعدة في هذه المساعدة. To cover themselves up. To adorn themselves. To beautify themselves with حجاب. And cover themselves up. So the sister says I don't want to take it. And I'm not going to take this verse. And I'm not going to implement it. And it's not for me. And it doesn't apply to me. You see. And I don't believe in it. This now becomes إعراب. She has turned away from it. From this book that she falls. She's become. She's nullified is an إيمانو بالكتب. Believing in the book. She doesn't judge by it. She doesn't judge by it. The أحكام in the شريعة. When we go to the حكم of Allah. The law of Allah. The judgments of Allah. The commands of Allah. And we look at it. This person wants to turn away from it. But pay attention. The إعراب. The turning away. Is not just a mere turning away from it. For instance a person drinks alcohol or a person. A sister doesn't wear a حجاب or a person lies. For instance or a person cheats and whatnot. That is not judging by what Allah has said about that. Because Allah did tell her to pray and fast. And He did tell them brother to fast. And He did tell him سبحانه وتعالى To not cheat and not to lie. So this person is not judging by the book of Allah. But it's not out of إعراب. The law is it out of إعراب.  And that's not why they're doing it. And they're not doing it. Because they're turning away from the law of Allah. تبارك وتعالى. From the bottom of their heart. But rather what it is. Is that it's other external factors. So we don't say that this person has no نواقظ الإيماني بالكلية. But what we say is that their belief of the book is deficient. And it's weak. And that they should judge by the book of Allah. سبحانه وتعالى. And that's very important. And the evidence for that is Allah سبحانه وتعالى. He says. So that's the إعراب. Turn away from it. Allah says. Come to that which has been sent down by Allah. You see the hypocrites? They turn away from the book of Allah. They don't want to hear it. So this is not a characteristics of the believer. The characteristics of the believer is. The real sign of the true believers is that when they are called to be judged by Allah's and the Prophet ﷺ statement. The believers are what? Their hearts and their minds are ready. They surrender to it. They're happy. They're pleased. What does Allah say? Is it? Is it oblique? Okay. I'm going to do it. And they go and they do it. So it's important that the person does تحاكم and goes back to the laws and the commands of Allah تعالى وتعالى. Because your salvation and your prosperity lies in it.  Just like إبليس.  Allah commanded you to do something and out of arrogance He said I'm not going to do it. This is also Adam and somebody tells you best of the Qur'an and you become arrogant from it. Then remember that this is a ناقب من نواقضي الإيماني بالكتب. It's a nullifier. It will nullify your belief of the books. It will. Allah سبحانه وتعالى also says to us ويقولون أمننا بالله They say that they believe in Allah و بالرسولي And they believe in a messenger. That's what they claim to you And that's what they will say to you. و أطعنا ويوبيت ثم يتولى فريق منهم من بعد ذلك وما أولائك بالمؤمنين. So Allah تعالى تباركه تعالى Explisitly tells us in this verse They say to you I believe in Allah. They will tell you I believe in the messenger. They tell you I obey Allah in this messenger. ثم يتولى فريق منهم Then a group of them will turn away. ثم يتولى فريق منهم من بعد ذلك After they will turn away from it. You see الله يقول وما أولائك بالمؤمنين. Those are not believers. They are not believers. They have no Eman. الله تعالى الله تباركه تعالى He is saying that they turn away And as I said to you The turning away has to be إعراض But the matter of turning away Has to be matter of قلب مجرد إعراض I mean مجرد Just the mere fact of turning away From the law And rules of Allah Doesn't make you a kafir Or else All the sinners And all the people who commit sins Will fall under that And that's not the case Okay It means when the person Turns away from it From their heart It means when the person Turns away from their heart نعم But it's not just the turning away From the action And not doing it نعم The third one which is The third one here Is اعتقاد To believe أن القرآن محرف Or ناقص Oh this is another one This is another one Which is believing That the Quran Is actually distorted You actually believe This Quran that we have today Is actually distorted نعم We don't even have the correct Version of the Quran Because it's distorted Or It's deficient You actually believe That the Quran today Is distorted It was tampered with Or It is what It is ناقص It's deficient Some things are missing from it This is what It's very dangerous والله This is a very dangerous belief And this goes against what And ايمانو بالكتب And it nullifies The person's belief of that From Belief of the books Because what we know Is Allah says to us Explicitly in the Quran That's what we know for sure As believers So سورة الحجر ayah 9 Allah says We are the one who sent On the zikr Meaning the Quran And we are the ones Who are going to protect them We are the ones Who are going to protect them So we sent on the Quran We are the ones Who sent on the sunnah Of the Prophet ﷺ Because the zikr Also encompasses the sunnah We're going to protect it We're going to make sure That nobody tampered with it Also الله تبارك وتعالى Says in سورة الفصل At ayah 40 At ayah 42 Allah says Allah tells us in this verse لا يأتيه الباطل من بين يديه ولا من خلفي The Quran False will cannot come to it From the front Nor can it come from the back to it Meaning False will cannot In any way For more shape Carap the Quran And change the Quran Distort the Quran Whatever اي قات تنزيل من حكيم الحميد The Quran is sent down from الله تبارك So anybody who believes That this Quran is distorted In any way For more shape Who believes in it Or believes that the Quran is deficient Some things are missing from it That person has actually come with That which nullifies Their belief of the books So remember how we place How we put this We said Believing that the Quran Has actually been changed And distorted Or even deficient Is not full It's not complete Some things are missing from it That belief Whether you believe that Letters have been changed Or whether you believe That حلقات have been changed Or whether you believe Actual sentences and verses are missing Then this is It nullifies It nullifies Your belief of the The books And that's dangerous With my beloved brothers and sisters It's very dangerous Especially nowadays The Orientalists are pushing This narrative And this argument That the Quran Has actually been distorted And it's It's actually not As we Muslims claim that It's protected And it's safe So they will bring All those شبوحات And doubts to you So as a believer You first of all By default position Before you even Which you shouldn't even Look at the doubts That they bring forward But if you're a person of knowledge And أهل العلم And a person of understanding And you're dealing with these issues The ussal and the foundation That you're built on Is that Those two verses الله تبارك وتعالى Says إنه نحن ونزل لديكر وإنه له لحافظ That's what you believe من حكيم من حبيب Once you've acknowledged That the Quran Can't be changed Because Allah told you That he's gonna protect it Are you with me By beloved brothers This is From that foundation You lift up from Proving that That statement is true Because you believe that By default You believe الله تبارك وتعالى Is protected in this Quran As for the previous nations As Allah تبارك وتعالى He says about them بما استحفظوا من كتاب الله They were told to protect Their own books The previous nations They were told to protect Their books They were told to look after it They were told to make sure That it's not happened with They were told to Save guard it As for us No No No Our Quran الله تبارك وتعالى Said to No I'm not letting it with I'm not giving it to people To protect it I am gonna protect it إنه نحن ونزل لديكر Where the ones we sent it now وإنه له لحافظ And where the They were going to protect it Okay So Allah تبارك وتعالى Is going to protect this Quran As for the Sunnah الله تبارك وتعالى Has made people protect the Sunnah فقام عند دالك الأئمة بالنصرة الديني ونصح الأمة فميزوا صحيحها من مفترا حتى صفت نقية كما ترى As for the Sunnah Allah made men for it Allah made أولا أمام People of knowledge Who come And what they do is They are the ones who Cleanse it And clear it From the distortion Of the fabrications That innovators And people of misguidance Have thrown at The Sunnah of the Prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام As for the Quran On the other hand As for the Quran On the other hand الله تبارك وتعالى He took it on himself To protect it He didn't leave it with anybody else He's the one who's going to protect it And Allah placed Means and ways that He protects it سبحانه وتعالى From them is that As you can see My beloved brothers and sisters The Quran is memorized Generations after generations Centuries after centuries Group after groups The Quran is being memorized And it's been It's in the heart of the people As Allah سبحانه وتعالى He tells us in the Quran وإنه لتنزير رب العالمين نزل به الروح الأمين على قلبك لتكون من المؤمنين بالسان عربي مبين This Quran Was actually poured Into the Prophet's heart Remember when he tried To read with Jibril And he wanted to memorize it You see And he was moving his tongue fast الله said to him لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به إن علينا جمعه وقرآن فإذا قرأناه ستبع القرآن محمد don't move your tongue Don't try to recite with us Very fast Leave it to us It's our responsibility Where the ones We're going to pour it into your heart We're going to make it Oh get deep into your heart You see So the Quran Was poured into his heart عليه الصلاة والسلام And from his heart He poured it into the heart Of his companions Not one companion Not two companions Not three companions But hundreds of companions He poured it into their heart عليه الصلاة والسلام And they memorized it And so the Quran Was actually It was transmitted From Early Generations After generations So anybody Who wants to look at the matters Particularly to the Quran Has to first of all Understand What type of people Were the Arabs And what kind of people were they And I want you to And I'm This issue I'm researching And I'm looking into Very strong And I'm trying to build an argument From many angles Insha'Allah For the Du'at And the Talab To the Ilm In the western world And of course In the Arab world That can benefit from Insha'Allah Is that The first thing That needs to be spoken about Is كيف كيف كانت How was it حفظ العرب And the memorization Of the Arabs And their brain And how they memorized And how much Important they used to give it to This is insha'Allah One of the مباح The first topics That I need to talk about Because the background information Will allow you to realize أصحاب رسول الله How were they like When they memorized the Quran And their memory And their حفظ And the إطقان of it And how he passed it to them And then how much How the تبعين They took it on So whatever the papers And the scrolls And the places That it was written on What's stronger Than all of that Is the memory of the person Today My beloved brother He says Don't go far Don't go far God, don't go far Can a person In the UK Forget the Arab world Where masha'Allah There's no حفظ Can a person Actually stand in a mosque And recite A page of the Quran Get it wrong And no one will be able to uncorrect it This is This is UK today تراويحي here There has been People correcting him From different lines Different lines This is in a country Where masha'Allah The حفظ And people memorize Are very little Going to the Muslim world Is even more larger In our mouth And my beloved brothers and sisters Is that this matter Should not in any way Make you question Make you question Make you question The authenticity And the preservation of the Quran لا شك ولا ريب It should not No, it should not But إن شاء الله This is as brothers Is going to be a research And a thorough investigation And works will be done On إن شاء الله And it should not Now We're going to be going To the last one Which is اعتقاد To believe أنها تضمنت كلاما مخلوقا Another dangerous thing We're here today لتصميم الناس That the Quran Actually has In it The Quran Has actually got in it And brothers By the way By the way This Right now We only believe Regarding the Quran Okay The other Books we believe That they've been Champed with And they've been changed And they believe that This is only for the Quran By the way Okay This Allah told us يُحَرَ يِفُونَ وَلْكَلِ مَعَمَ وَضِعِ Specific Allah told us That they changed their previous books Okay This is for the Quran That's why It is specifically to the Quran اعتقاد أن القرآن I'm talking about the Quran here Okay Specifically The fourth point Which is again Another scary point Which is اعتقاد To believe أنها تضمنت كلاما المخلوقا That you believe That the Quran Or even the previous books That were sent All the previous books That they consist of Speech that were created Okay And that it wasn't the speech of Allah Rather it was speech which was created This is what ناقف It nullifies The belief of the previous books Every Every book we've been told This verse clearly tells us That the previous books And the previous They had the speech of Allah in it Not the speech of a Creator Creation Not the speech of a creation But the speech of the Creator Because the speech of the creation Is created Whereas the speech of the Creator Is not created Okay The speech of the creation Us The human beings And whatnot Is created Our speech is created The angel's speech is created The speech of the Creator Is not created Okay And the previous books The speech which they have In it Is the speech of Allah سبحانه و تعالى So anybody who believes That there's speech Of the humans in the Quran Or the speech of angels in the Quran The speeches of the prophets Or the messengers are in the Quran This is their speech Not the speech of Allah It's rather a speech of Then this person Has actually come with what Nullifies The belief of the It nullifies The belief of The books Now pay attention here My beloved brothers and sisters Okay When we say that You have to You have to believe It's the speech of Allah We mean two things Is what you have to believe That it's the speech of Allah For Okay Okay Pay attention here When we say that you believe That it's the speech of Allah We believe The حروف The letters Are the speech of Allah And we also believe The معاني The meaning This is the serious Situation here right now Because Because Because The people of innovation Like the شاعر And the جهمية And the likes of them They will say to Yes the meaning Is Allah's speech That's what we That's what they mean When they say It's the speech of Allah When they say It's the speech of Allah They refer you to the meaning But they say to The wedding that we have with us It's not Allah's wordings Because what they believe Is that the speech Of Allah Doesn't come out of him He creates it outside Okay That's why they say That the كلام Of Allah Is كلام نفسي It's rather in him And he doesn't come out أهل السنة And جماعة Believe Allah And the Qur'an That we have with us Is not only the meaning from him Rather the wordings Are from him Is wordings are from him And when they say Because sometimes The disbelievers They say that as well They are inspired They used that word Inspired Right We say No no We don't believe inspired No no no We actually believe This is the word Is of Allah تبارك وتعالى ذلك الكتابه That then That lamb That calf Is the wedding of Allah Okay We also believe The معاني The meanings that are in The Qur'an That we have today The meaning that are in it Is also from Allah تبارك وتعالى Simultaneously Okay That's very important So when you're saying That the Qur'an Is the speech of Allah You mean the حروف The letters And you also believe that That you also mean The معاني The meanings that are in it But if I pass it to you Oh I'm only referring to The meaning Then this is a misguidance And this goes against The statement of that It goes against the The اجماع Of the أهل السنة الجماعة صحابة رسول الله The companions of the Messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام قرنبعد قرنب Generations After generations What أعملت السنة Unanimously Agreed upon These four My beloved brothers and sisters As you can see Anybody Anybody who comes With any of these four They will It will cause And it will nullify The belief of the Of the books Insha'Allah I'm going to now Explain and go into the The last The last point from the Three points that I was Going to talk about The last one which is The distinct characteristics That the Qur'an has This distinct characteristics That it has That no other book shares with it That it's distinct And it's uniquely known For the Qur'an الله تعالى الله تعالى والتعالى But now Insha'Allah At the final stage Of what it means To believe in the books الله سبحانه و تعالى خصائص Of the Qur'an And this is specific This one's not For the other books But this is only For the Qur'an These distinct characteristics Which the Qur'an has The first one is نزل مونجمن The first characteristic is that The Qur'an was sent down مونجمن What does مونجمن mean? It means The Qur'an came down Based on situations And things that were happening Okay As الله سبحانه و تعالى Says in the Qur'an وقرآن فرقناه لتقرأه على الناس على مكث و نزلناه تنزيله صلى الله عليه و تعالى يسيزه قرآن و يسيزه و قرآن الفرقناه الله قرآن سبحانه و تعالى In different situations In different things That were happening At the time of the messenger عليه الصلاة و السلام لتقرأه على الناس على مكث و نزلناه تنزيله أصول الله صلى الله عليه و تعالى يسيزه صورة و الفرقان وقال الذين كفروا لولا و انزل علينا لولا و انزل علي وقال الذين كفروا The disbelievers ما they say وقال الذين كفروا لولا و نزل عليه القرآن جملة واحدة كذلك لنوثبت به فؤادك و رتناه ترتيلا وقال الذين كفروا لولا و نزل عليه القرآن جملة واحدة كذلك لنوثبت به فؤادك و رتناه ترتيلا So this verse tells us that The disbelievers try to use an argument to the prophet عليه الصلاة و سلام If only the Qur'an was said to you all at once And Allah responded to them and he says كذلك لنوثبت به فؤادك The Qur'an was sent down منجمل حسب الوقائع The Qur'an was sent down in stages because so it can solidify your heart And that's the reality of it that the sahab was meant to memorize the Qur'an and they were meant to take it in عليه الصلاة و السلام his companions And that's why the Qur'an came down in these different situations And of course it gives them benefits in the sense where every time a situation happens if الله تبارك و تعالى directly addresses that situation there's a tomah nina tranquility that their matters are being controlled by الله تبارك و تعالى and they have solutions in the issues that they are that they are looking for That's the first characteristic The previous books they were sent one time all of them whereas our Qur'an was sent down stage stage The second one is معجزة باقية The Qur'an is a it's a miracle The Qur'an is a miracle And this miracle doesn't stop Every previous prophet he came with a miracle and his miracle was over When the prophet died the miracle died with him As the poet said Every previous prophet that came Every previous prophet that came Whatever they came with in terms of their miracle it died with them نبي الله موسى came with a stick When موسى died the stick died And that miracle was over نبي الله عيسبنو مريم عيسبنو مريم came with a miracle The miracle was that he could bring life to the dead with the permission of Allah And that he could kill the one that had leprosy And etc All of that with the permission of Allah Of course But when موسى was raised and taken up by الله تبارك و تعالى That miracle no one else was able to do it صحيح It was a miracle It was only attached to him As for our messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم The miracle in which he came with The miracle he came with عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم It still remains even after he's dead And that's this Qur'an that we have today It's a living miracle As الله سبحانه وتعالى He says تبارك الذي نزل الفرقان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيرا تبارك الذي Exalted High and majestic is the one الذي نزل الفرقان The one that sent out the Qur'an He sent out the Qur'an على عبده on a slave ليكون للعالمين نذيرا So this Qur'an could be a Warner to the people A Warner in what way That there's no other wordings And anything else That's able to fulfill The message in which الله wants to convey As precise Than this Qur'an Okay This is the only thing And this is the only language الله تبارك و تعالى Chose To fulfill his Last message with So what is this I tell us That the message is going to go Until the day of judgment This Qur'an is not going to go It's going to be Until the day of judgment Very good Number three As you can see on the board Which is that مهيمل That it's مهيمل And مهيمل of course Has many meanings in it It is that it's حاكم That it's also a شهيد And it's a مصدق And it's also a ناسخ Is that it governs All other previous books This is the govern In other words The Qur'an tells us The previous books believed in this Will take it from the Qur'an Okay If they look at their books And they tell it Tell it to us We'll say Whoa whoa Has the Qur'an told us that If we find that That the Qur'an has told us it Then yes We take it from them Because the Qur'an Judges everything else Okay It's a حاكم It judges it Also Also it's شهيد It's a witness for it The word مهيمل One of the meanings That it has is that It's a witness It testifies To things that are In their book It testifies to It says Yep That was in their book You see The reason is because It's a حاكم And it's a It's a حاكم And that it's a شهيد It's because all the other books Yeah All the other books They went through Distortion and changing Where's this Qur'an Didn't go through that And we'll speak about that Insha'Allah In the last point So as Allah تبارك With عالى Tell us in the Qur'an وأنزلنا إليك الكتابة بالحق مصدق لما بين يديه من الكتاب ومهيمل ومهيمل عليه ومهيمل عليه So it abrogated All of the previous religions It's all abrogated But there are some verses In the other books Which the Qur'an came And it agreed with it And it accepted That we will take it Because our Qur'an accepted it And our Qur'an allow us to accept it And our Qur'an affirmed it Not because it's in their book But it's because it's in our book And our Qur'an Solidifies it So that's what the word مهيمل عليه عالى الكتابة means Last but not least Is that the Qur'an is محفوف All of these are distinct characteristics For the Qur'an only So It came down حسب الوقائع It came down based on situations It's معجزة باقية It's miracle It's forever going to stay All the previous prophets With all the previous religions Their miracles ended And it was over When those prophets went But this one Never Till the day of judgment إن شاء الله و تعالى And the last one Which is Sorry The third one is That it abrogated All the previous books And it is also A judge over all the other books And it's a witness for them In matters And it is also a It's a hakim And it's a ناسخ And it is also a شهيد And that it is also a مصدق It testifies And it agrees with them In some matters That's what it is Distinct characteristics for it The last Distinct characteristics Of the Qur'an is That it's محفوف It's protected It's safeguarded That's not for the previous religions The previous books They weren't protected As Allah SWT He says إن أنزلنا التورات فيها هودا و نور يحكم بها النبيون الذين يحكم بها النبيون الذين هادو والربانيون والربانيون بما استحفظوا والربانيون والربانيون والأحبار بما استحفظوا من كتاب الله وكانوا عليه شهدان In this ayah الله تعالى تعالى It tells us إن أنزلنا التورات فيها هودا We sent down Taurat in it is guidance And there is in it نور يحكم بها النبيون الذين أسلموا The prophets Who surrendered to their Lord الله تعالى تعالى للذين أسلموا للذين هادو Like those who are Jews للذين هادو للذين هادو والربانيون And those who are rabbis والأحبار And those who are The أحبار are the scholars of the The scholars of the Jews بما استحفظوا من كتاب الله That which Allah has protected their religion for them وكانوا عليه شهدان So this ayah Clearly tells us إن أنزلنا التورات فيها ودا ونور يحكم بها النبيون الذين أسلموا للذين هادو والربانيون والأحبار بما استحفظوا من كتاب الله وكانوا عليه شهدان This is a claim That they were taught to protect their own books They were taught to save God their own books But as for us No It wasn't بما استحفظوا من كتاب الله Our rabbis And our scholars And our Our دعات And our طلبات And our علم Were not told to protect our books Like for them For us, when it was it الله تباركه تعالى Clearly told us إننا نحلو نزلنا ذكره وإننا له لحافبه Where the ones we sit in the Qur'an And where the ones are going to protect it وصل الله تباركه تعالى He says لا يأتي الباطل من بين يدي ولا من خلفي تنزيله من حكيم من حميد That Allah has taken over Protecting this Qur'an Allah has taken it over And that it's him Who is going to protect it Even if the Ummah don't memorize the Qur'an today الله will protect it سبحانه وتعالى One way or another He will protect it سبحانه وتعالى So the verse that I read which was The verse which I read إننا أنزلنا توراته في يهودة ونور يحكوم بها النبيون الذين أسلموا للذين هادو والربانيون والأحبار وبما استحفظوا من كتاب الله It's in Surah Al-Mā'idah ayah 44 I conclude there My beloved brothers and sisters I hope insha'Allah And I have allowed you to all understand What it means to believe in the books Insha'Allah And the next lesson We're going to go into believing in the messengers What does it mean? الإيمان بالرصول Believing in the messengers إن شاء الله وتعالى Anything which I have said that was wrong A mistake A shock coming It's from me الشيطان And Allah and His messenger are free from it سبحانك الله وبحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله أستغفرك وأتوب إليه


Cast your mind back to the world before the internet.  Remember what it was like when you first discovered the world of Pocket Monsters, when every episode of the cartoon series introduced you to a wonderful new friend, when peeling back the foil on a fresh packet of cards brought 10 or 11 tiny slices of beautiful artwork and the excitement of discovering a shiny new rarity to add to your collection. Rumours circulated on the playground about how to catch them all. Depending on the era in which you first became aware of Pokémon, you might have heard of a secret truck near the SS Anne, or of the all-powerful Poker Gods, or of Picablu or Missingno. You might have heard that there was some way to blast into space to capture deoxys, or that a strange creature named Rotom lived in an abandoned mansion. Some of these rumours were true, and some were not. It didn't necessarily matter. They all fed the urban myths surrounding the game series, and made the world of Pokémon feel tangible and immediate. Who knew what lurked out there in the wild woods and fields? All you could be certain of was that there were plenty more mysteries to be uncovered. But then, you became aware of the Internet, and suddenly, that which was once obscure and uncertain became disappointingly concrete. The creators of Pokémon have always found it difficult to keep up with the Internet. They've always tried their best to inject a sense of uncertainty into their games, but alas, the world's largest information network is just too good at spreading knowledge. Even, and indeed especially, knowledge that is far better left unspoiled. Maybe a Pokémon is only available at certain times of the day, or on certain days of the week. Maybe it's only present on select randomly chosen tiles within the overworld, its location inexplicably tied to a trendy phrase that's been picked up by islanders who live on the other side of the world. Or maybe a Pokémon isn't present in the game at all, and can only be obtained through a special download event. No matter what, earnest Pokémoniacs find these hidden secrets. They pour through the game's code, unlocking all its wonders, so that a week or so after the release of any main series Pokémon game, it's possible to visit Bulbapedia and learn everything you ever wanted to know, and more, about what secrets await you in a particular game. If you're anything like me, then at first you might have found the Internet to be a very useful tool, before eventually getting tired of just how boring it makes the process of Pokémon hunting. Especially when, in order to keep up with the Internet's ability to unpack and scrutinize the Pokémon world, Game Freak has simply resorted to making Pokémon training more tedious. I honestly think that the world would be a better place if nobody understood what an IV or an EV was, or how Pokéball capture rates worked. But then comes Meltan, and for the first time in decades I am genuinely filled with a childhood sense of wonder and curiosity about what's coming next. Many Pokémon have been introduced to us in an unorthodox fashion, particularly through the anime series. If you're old enough to remember the first season of the show when it was new, you were aware of Togepi long before the Pokémon was ever available to catch and train within a game. The same goes for Ho'oh and Snubble, and the amazing scene at the start of the first movie, in which Bulbasaur fights a Dom fan, and we all shouted in the excitement of seeing such a cool new Pokémon in action. Then there was Bonsly, who appeared in a cameo role in Pokémon XD, Gale of Darkness, a generation before it could be caught in a game. These fun Pokémon reveals have always caught the public imagination, because they help to hint at an even larger world that is still full of mystery. But Meltan is something new. For the first time ever, Pokémon trainers stumbled upon a mysterious creature that had no name and no explanation. What was this thing? Was it a glitch like missing, no? Or a brand new pocket monster that had yet to be revealed? Eventually it was revealed that Meltan was here to stay, and suddenly a series of urban legends became canon. It was one of those rare moments in gaming where fan theories actually proved to be true. I love this. I love that Pokémon Go is such a fantastic breeding ground for these kinds of stories. Back when Pokémon Go first arrived, we all rushed around outside, eager to catch as many Pokémon as we could. But nobody involved with the game seemed particularly interested in explaining what we had to do. I remember rushing to a park with a friend, trying to figure out how to even trigger a Pokémon encounter, unable to even understand how to interpret the information on the screen before me. What did these footprints mean? Where did I need to go? What were Poker stops? And how was I supposed to interact with them? Pokémon Go's design back then was frustrating in its obscure vagary, but it also helped to create a sense of wonder and awe. Fellow players would share tips and tricks about how to find certain creatures, both online and in the real world. If you had just spotted a rare Clefairy, you'd tell random strangers where to go in order to find one for themselves. I am so pleased that this sense of mystery is returning to Pokémon. The benefit of an MMO that's set in this world is that new mystery elements can be added with each update, so we don't instantly learn everything about a game five minutes after its release. This means that Niantic can slip a new Pokémon like Meltan in without anyone being any the wiser until the specific time in which it's meant to be revealed.  Our household enjoyed one wonderful summer playing the game. It really was the highlight of the otherwise miserable 2016. But eventually, we put it down and didn't return. Part of this was because the weather got cold, but more importantly though, I'd burnt through my phone battery so fast so often that it was starting to get a lot less use from every charge. I just couldn't justify wearing out my device in the hopes of catching a Pikachu, which I never actually managed. Also, I accidentally mulched my prize lapras into candy. I'll never forget you, Ludo. Sleep well, sweet prince. That said, just as I've never played much Eve online, but I enjoy hearing the stories of player exploits, I consider Pokémon Go to be a fantastic spectator sport. I love hearing rumours and secrets and urban myths that spring up around the game, and the mystery surrounding Meltan was particularly exciting. I can only hope that Game Freak continues to use the game to bring us new innovations within the Pokémon world. These kinds of cultural talking points are what makes the game feel surprising and genuinely immersive. Because, for better or worse, we all live in a Pokémon world. You or I will never be the greatest master of them all, the greatest master. But nonetheless, it's fun to try. Urban myths like Meltan are what makes this quest truly worth the effort.