Where are the Kings

Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

⚠️ AI-Generated Content: This transcription was automatically generated using AI. As-salamu alaykum. Ummah Madhu, first of all, I think we are very happy and blessed, especially to all our friends and brothers and sisters from Syria. God bless them. Alhamdulillah. There is a news, news of happiness for all of us. Alhamdulillah. But where are the signs of happiness? Where are the sweets? Where? Where is sugar? Where is sugar? Tomorrow. Everybody has sugar. Thank you, Alhamdulillah. Jai Hind. Alhamdulillah. The second thing I want to go into my actual khatara is, Soha Allah, those of them we see here, people who came as refugees, I talk to a lot of them, I talk to a lot of refugees, I talk to Iraqis and Syrians. Just to listen to their stories. And if you see their stories, Soha Allah, people who had factories, people who had businesses, people who had big hopes, people who were professionals, they lost everything. On top of that, they lost family members, they lost their sons and daughters, they lost their parents. They came to this country as refugees with nothing, nothing. They started doing, somebody who owns a factory, somebody who owns a big business, started working as a manual laborer in somebody's shop, started driving a taxi and whatnot. Imagine, this is not a story. The question is, what does it do to your heart? What does it do to your confidence? But SubhanAllah, each one of them is an inspiration of Allah. So anytime I see any difficulty, Alhamdulillah, Allah has kept me free from all difficulties, but anything that looks like a difficulty, I think about my friends. I'm deliberately not mentioning names because MashaAllah, there are so many of them. If I mention somebody, somebody will say, you did not mention my name. So I'll be like, what? I don't want to put myself in trouble. So, but Alhamdulillah, so this is something very important. I think this is something we should do, all of us is sit with people and talk to them and listen to their stories. It is a matter of great inspiration. As I said, we are talking about this because of what is happening and happened here, Alhamdulillah. But it applies to everybody. I have lived a long life and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala caused me to live in times with awareness and knowledge. So to give you a very quick list, I have seen the Russian-Cuban Missile Crisis in this country, 1962. I saw the Soviet Union, the USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics at its peak and I saw it collapse. Doesn't exist anymore. I saw the breakup of Pakistan, East and West Pakistan and the formation of Bangladesh. And I saw what happened now, what's happening in Bangladesh. I saw the peak of power of Indira Gandhi, absolute government under emergency in India and I saw the assassination of Indira Gandhi. I saw the assassination of our son Rajiv Gandhi. Right? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has shown many, many things. I saw the peak of the power in Iran of Shah, Raza Shah Pahlavi and the enormous coronation ceremony of him and his wife Farhad Iba. And I saw the same Raza Shah Pahlavi when he died. No country would accept the body to be buried. Same person. And many more but I think this is enough. That's why I say, live with awareness, keep your eyes open and ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala what is it that I'm seeing. When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned in his kalam, And ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala what is it that I'm seeing. When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned in his kalam, Who will even cry? Who cries for them? Who even regrets? Who will shed one tear? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in surah Dukhan Allah said, Imagine how many gardens and springs the tyrants left behind, As well as crops and splendid residences, palaces and luxuries which they fully enjoyed. And so it was. And we awarded it all to another people. And neither heaven nor the earth. Wept over them nor was their fate delayed. In all of these stories of so many things, so many changes. And wallahi, my love is my witness.