:salam2:
I pray that all of you brothers and sisters are well Inshallah...
So since November 4th...and the "historic" moment which the U.S. witnessed by having Barack Obama become its first African American president...
I have been hearing people harping over the following topics...
ooohhhh inshallah he will fix our condition
oooohhhh inshallah he will solve our issues (i.e. Palestine & Iraq)
oooohhhh inshallah he will bring change to us as well (mind you these are people living in MUSLIM COUNTRIES!!!!)
Ya Allah!!! why did he pick an Israeli-Zionist for his Chief of Staff???...shame on him...we thought he's better than that!!!
Ya Allah!!! why has he not done anything for Iraq yet???...he was lying..it's obvious...shame on him!!!
tsk tsk tsk!!!...he has not mentioned anything about our issues and conditions...Americans should have voted for McCain instead!!!
tsk tsk tsk...we thought now that he is president he will bring us comfort and affluence..we haven't seen anything!!! (mind you AGAIN...these are people in MUSLIM COUNTRIES!!!)
so...
SERIOUSLY?????
is THIS what we have come to???...
first of all...
affluence and comfort come from Allah...it blows my mind that anybody with all conviction...waits for it to come from another HUMAN...when they're Muslim...and they should KNOW BETTER!!!
and second of all....
we have people living almost 10,000 miles away from here (U.S.)...watching and analyzing...every "um".."uh"..and "blink of an eye"...Obama makes!!!...crossing their fingers...and hoping that he will show up on tv with that charming smile...and give us THE DOME OF THE ROCK BACK...or better yet...WITHDRAW FROM BAGHDAD OVERNIGHT!!!...or perhaps...be so nice as to shut down Guantanamo...and along the way...give solace and compensation for the innocent Afghans suffering...or even maybe take in a few Russians for war crimes committed in Chechnya before Eid Al-Adh'ha...
it's PREPOSTEROUS!!...nonetheless EMBARRASSING!!!
why in the world would you want ANOTHER COUNTRY to come do what YOU'RE supposed to do for yourself???
PLEASE...don't give me the AMERICAN SUPER-POWER/INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE talk!!!
Making a strong will for HAQ and fighting for what is ours earns us not only the ears that will listen and the eyes that will look...but also the support of an Omnipotent Almighty Lord!!!...Who can get us through anything...and with His permission..allow us the accomplishment of anything...
Obama will and can and has the right to assign whom ever he wants to his staff...cabinet...or even carpet cleaning duties!!!...he is THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...not...Saudi Arabia...not...Iraq...not...Pakistan...not...Indonesia...not...Afghanistan...not...Algeria...not...Sudan...it's THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...
it only MAKES SENSE...that he will pave a path leading to whatever benefits...*himself*...*his* country..and...*its* people...oh and in case I forgot to mention which country that would be...it is...THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...NOT THE MIDDLE-EAST AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS!!!
don't get me wrong...I am not saying I have given up my stand on issues concerning Muslims...what pains and harms any Muslim...pains and hurts ME!!!...because as a Muslim I am meant to stand with haq even if it costs me my life!!!...
but seriously...and sorry if it sounds tough...as an Ummah...we need to have less whiners...and more fighters...to at least POINT US SOMEWHERE...and instead of watching TV to see what Obama is up to today...perhaps we need to get moving and begin a movement to earn what we have lost and fix our own problems with our OWN EFFORTS...our OWN MINDS...our OWN MEN...and thus...our OWN HANDS!!!
members of our Ummah..sitting in their homes...legs propped up on couches..cigarettes or sunflower seeds in hand...with about 3 cups of tea laying on the table (flies buzzing around are optional!!!)...comments of the sort you read earlier going back and forth...need to get that already!!!...they need to understand that President Obama...President This..and President That...will not give them the time of day (or night for that matter) if they don't set a foot down and raise their voices high!!!
and remember the following:
Verily never will Allah change a condition of a people until they change what is within their souls [Ra'd 13:11]
&
"Surely, Allah wastes not the reward of the Muhsinun (the good-doers)." [Al-Tawba 9:120]
I just thought I'd say this...because really it's frustrating me...and I don't know how many of you have noticed what I noticed...but on my part...I am going to say what I just said to anyone who harps and whines about the topics listed above!!!...at least I'll make them stop doing that if nothing else!!!
Thank You for reading (possibly replying) and May Allah Bless You!!!
I pray that all of you brothers and sisters are well Inshallah...
So since November 4th...and the "historic" moment which the U.S. witnessed by having Barack Obama become its first African American president...
I have been hearing people harping over the following topics...
ooohhhh inshallah he will fix our condition
oooohhhh inshallah he will solve our issues (i.e. Palestine & Iraq)
oooohhhh inshallah he will bring change to us as well (mind you these are people living in MUSLIM COUNTRIES!!!!)
Ya Allah!!! why did he pick an Israeli-Zionist for his Chief of Staff???...shame on him...we thought he's better than that!!!
Ya Allah!!! why has he not done anything for Iraq yet???...he was lying..it's obvious...shame on him!!!
tsk tsk tsk!!!...he has not mentioned anything about our issues and conditions...Americans should have voted for McCain instead!!!
tsk tsk tsk...we thought now that he is president he will bring us comfort and affluence..we haven't seen anything!!! (mind you AGAIN...these are people in MUSLIM COUNTRIES!!!)
so...
SERIOUSLY?????
is THIS what we have come to???...
first of all...
affluence and comfort come from Allah...it blows my mind that anybody with all conviction...waits for it to come from another HUMAN...when they're Muslim...and they should KNOW BETTER!!!
and second of all....
we have people living almost 10,000 miles away from here (U.S.)...watching and analyzing...every "um".."uh"..and "blink of an eye"...Obama makes!!!...crossing their fingers...and hoping that he will show up on tv with that charming smile...and give us THE DOME OF THE ROCK BACK...or better yet...WITHDRAW FROM BAGHDAD OVERNIGHT!!!...or perhaps...be so nice as to shut down Guantanamo...and along the way...give solace and compensation for the innocent Afghans suffering...or even maybe take in a few Russians for war crimes committed in Chechnya before Eid Al-Adh'ha...
it's PREPOSTEROUS!!...nonetheless EMBARRASSING!!!
why in the world would you want ANOTHER COUNTRY to come do what YOU'RE supposed to do for yourself???
PLEASE...don't give me the AMERICAN SUPER-POWER/INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE talk!!!
Making a strong will for HAQ and fighting for what is ours earns us not only the ears that will listen and the eyes that will look...but also the support of an Omnipotent Almighty Lord!!!...Who can get us through anything...and with His permission..allow us the accomplishment of anything...
Obama will and can and has the right to assign whom ever he wants to his staff...cabinet...or even carpet cleaning duties!!!...he is THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...not...Saudi Arabia...not...Iraq...not...Pakistan...not...Indonesia...not...Afghanistan...not...Algeria...not...Sudan...it's THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...
it only MAKES SENSE...that he will pave a path leading to whatever benefits...*himself*...*his* country..and...*its* people...oh and in case I forgot to mention which country that would be...it is...THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...NOT THE MIDDLE-EAST AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS!!!
don't get me wrong...I am not saying I have given up my stand on issues concerning Muslims...what pains and harms any Muslim...pains and hurts ME!!!...because as a Muslim I am meant to stand with haq even if it costs me my life!!!...
but seriously...and sorry if it sounds tough...as an Ummah...we need to have less whiners...and more fighters...to at least POINT US SOMEWHERE...and instead of watching TV to see what Obama is up to today...perhaps we need to get moving and begin a movement to earn what we have lost and fix our own problems with our OWN EFFORTS...our OWN MINDS...our OWN MEN...and thus...our OWN HANDS!!!
members of our Ummah..sitting in their homes...legs propped up on couches..cigarettes or sunflower seeds in hand...with about 3 cups of tea laying on the table (flies buzzing around are optional!!!)...comments of the sort you read earlier going back and forth...need to get that already!!!...they need to understand that President Obama...President This..and President That...will not give them the time of day (or night for that matter) if they don't set a foot down and raise their voices high!!!
and remember the following:
Verily never will Allah change a condition of a people until they change what is within their souls [Ra'd 13:11]
&
"Surely, Allah wastes not the reward of the Muhsinun (the good-doers)." [Al-Tawba 9:120]
I just thought I'd say this...because really it's frustrating me...and I don't know how many of you have noticed what I noticed...but on my part...I am going to say what I just said to anyone who harps and whines about the topics listed above!!!...at least I'll make them stop doing that if nothing else!!!
Thank You for reading (possibly replying) and May Allah Bless You!!!