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The speaker explains that oppressors wrongly believe power makes them untouchable, but the Quran teaches that God is fully aware of every injustice. He emphasizes that corruption harms the wrongdoer first and that accountability is inevitable.
One of the
greatest mistakes of the oppressors and wrongdoers is that they think that power, authority, control, wealth provides them with eternal immunity.
Provides them with the power of doing whatever they want to do, whatever they are pleased with without accountability.They think they become untouchable.This is the mistake they commit.But the Holy Quran says something different.Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
Do not assume.Do not think.
Never think that Allah is heedless or unaware.
Never think not even for 1 second that God is unaware.He doesn't know what's happening in his kingdom on his earth.He doesn't know.See, because those people are so successful, so powerful, so arrogant.They wreak havoc in the land and God is doing nothing for them.Nothing.He's just watching.Or even he's not watching.Astaghfirullah.Some Many people say in these circumstances, they say, "Where is God?Where is God?Where is his justice?"God says,
Never think that Allah is ghafil, unaware, heedless.He doesn't see.He doesn't listen.
of what the wrongdoers, the corrupts are doing in the land.This authority and this power is not eternal.It's not permanent.The unjust doing their injustice is not forgotten by God.It's not even overlooked by God.God sees everything.And the tyrant cannot escape accountability in this life.Cannot escape accountability.The Quran says, oppression and tyrannyand corruption is not a crime against others, against against uh humanity only.The corrupt is inflicting a damage on himself first, himself.
He is working toward his downfall and self-destruction.
This section draws on sayings of Imam Ali and examples from Surah Ash-Shams to show that the oppressed will ultimately prevail. The destruction of Thamud is used as a warning that persistent arrogance and injustice lead to ruin.
One of the most beautiful hadiths of
He says to his son, Imam Hassan, He says, "What are you, Hassan?
Do not be overwhelmed by the oppressionthe oppression who abuses you.Do not be overwhelmed by that.By his injustice inflicted upon you.
This oppressor, this wrongdoer, who is trying to hurt you and oppress you, is ultimately working for his own destruction, for his own downfall.While he's While he's hurting you, while he's hurting you, you think he's he's hurting you, he is hurting himself.He's hurting himself.
He's working towards his downfall and his self-destruction.What and also what and your benefit.At the end, the last round, how many rounds we have in boxing?I don't know.12?12.Wrestling, how many in wrestling?Only three?
Okay.Alhamdulillah, I'm learning new things.Allah says in this life there is wrestling and boxing and it has rounds.Maybe one, maybe two, maybe sometimes 20.Maybe 50, but the last round you win.The oppressed is going to win, not the oppressor.He's going to be knocked down at the last round.And one of the most powerful verses in the Quran and lessons is Surah Ash-Shams, chapter 91.Try to read it in your prayer.It's not too long.When you do Maghrib, Isha, the loud prayers, the Fajr, try to read this Surah Ash-Shams, chapter 91.Kathabath Thamud bi taghwaha.Thamud, tyrant community, arrogant community.They rejected faith through their arrogance and mischief.Kathabath Thamud bi taghwaha.Ith imba'atha ashqaha.The worst, the most wicked of them, he took upon him- himself to hamstring the she-camel.The she-camel.Ith imba'atha ashqaha faqala lahum.Their prophet Salih, alayhi as-salam, was reminding them.
Faqala lahum Rasul Allahi naqatullahi wa suqyaha.This she-camel belongs to God.Let it enjoy life.Let it enjoy its drink.Wa suqyaha.Fakathabuhu.The entire community, they did not stand with with the truth.They opted to stand with falsehood, with injustice, with oppression, with corruption.Fakathabuhu.They rejected the prophet.Fakathabuhu fa'aqaruha.They brutally slaughtered or hamstrung the she-camel.Fakathabuhu fa'aqaruha fadamdama alayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwaha.And God, in his turn, he left no mercy.God is the most merciful, but sometimes there's no room for his mercy.There's no room for his mercy.Fadamdama.He destroyed them completely.Destroyed the entire civilization.They left no single survivor except Salih himself, the prophet.Fadamdama alayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwaha.means he leveled their territory.It was leveled.It was leveled.It was a powerful earthquake, 9.something.Allah is not going to be regretful about what he did to them because he did justice.
What he did was justice.
The speaker addresses why tyrants may appear to prosper and cites Quranic verses about God giving wrongdoers time before punishing them. He stresses that divine patience is not approval, and that believers should remain hopeful and trust God's promise.
Some people say We see the tyrant always a smiling, healthy, he doesn't get any COVID-19, you know, no flu, no ishal, no nothing.He's always fresh and happy and smiling and a bragging and The answer is in the Quran also.We believe in the Quran.Where is the answer?I don't have an answer, God has an answer.God says in Surat Al Imran
The disbelievers, the arrogant should not ever think that when we give them time and a chance and they are in office, they are in power, they are corrupting and they are still safe, nothing happens to them, they shouldnot misunderstand us.They should not think that God is happy with them and God is endorsing them and helping them.When he increases their period, their age, their health, their time it's not We want them to increase in their sins,
in their violations, to increase.Why?So when we take them, we take them with no mercy.With no mercy.We pour our wrath and anger on them without regret.There is no one who has more than There will be uh humiliation punishment for them.Not just any punishment.Sometimes it's a punishment, sometimes it is a humiliating punishment.Which is bigger than that.This is the answer.In Allah Ayumhilu wala Yuhmil.God, his policy, this is his policy.He's patient.He's patient with the wrongdoers.Allah is patient.He does not punish them the following day, the following week, the following month, the following year.No.Maybe maybe they return.Maybe they wake up.Maybe they change.Maybe they transform.Because God is merciful.But when they don't listen, they keep corrupting, they insist on their corruption, walahum adhabun mohim.So,
some people, tyrants, they can intimidate people.They can bully people, but they cannot intimidate God.No power is greater than the power of God.They can bully their nations, other nations, other people, other countries, but they cannot They can escape human justice, human court, but they cannot escape divine justice.Inna rabbaka labil mursad.Indeed, your Lord is watchful and vigilant.Watchful and vigilant.They cannot escape his justice.This is why we have to be hopeful.Muw'mineen, always be hopeful.Whenever you go through difficult times, whether it is economic or political oppression or whatever, or hate, you have to be patient.Don't lose faith.Never say God has forsaken us, has for God has forgotten us.Where is his a promise?The promise would come at the right time if you are patient.Bala in tasbil, the Quran says to the companions of the prophet in the battlefield, bala, yes, if you are patient, I will send.
God does not have any false promises.God is not politician to give false promises.God is the Lord of the truth and justice and mercy, a reality.So, when he gives a promise, the promise is going to be the promise is going to be achieved.And this is what we saw last Thursday, last Tuesday, not Thursday.Two days, three days ago.We saw here the whole world was watching what was happening in America.
Imam Ali Alayhis Salaam again has a beautiful saying.He says, "Why in the ayam when I do why in the world?"Always justice and truth will be fresh and in you, even if it takes ages for it to happen.Ages, many years.At the end, it will arrive it fresh.It will arrive new, brand new, the truth.While on the other hand, falsehood defeated, bound to perish, bound to be defeated, why in even though the whole world it stands with bottom.This deranged multi-billionaire Elon Musk, how much money he spent?How much money?Do you know?You read the news?447 million dollars.447, almost half a half a billion.This is stingy man.Rather than giving his money to the homeless people, to the hungry people, for health care, for education, for medication, for, you know, the millions of poor people who are living in this country.
We call it the richest country, but we have the largest number of the poor people living in this country.We don't have food.Do you know that?They don't have food.I was recently in the East Coast, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia.I passed it through communities.You can tell they don't have food to eat.They can't They can't afford food.And this crazy man spends half a billion dollar.But then Allah says
Those evil people, they spend their money stingy.They don't spend it for good cause.They spend it for bad cause.They will spend it, then this money is becomes hustler for them for them.Regret for them.And then eventually in a gentleman you shall learn.
We thank Allah for his help.We thank Allah for his mercy.We thank Allah for his justice.We thank Allah that he does not abandon the believers.He's there.We thank Allah for fulfilling his a promise.Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alamin.
The sermon shifts to recent election results and argues that people rejected war, hate, and foreign interference in favor of justice and dignity. It then broadens into a critique of political arrogance, the need for accountability, and the importance of gradual reform through civic action.
The only way you must only was
The results of the recent election are very loud and clear.No more unjust wars.No more meddling in the affairs of other nations.No more bloodshed.No more killing women and children.No more genocide.No more lobbies and interest group that dictate the policy of America.The decision has to be independent.Does not come from tele people.No more bullying.No more lies.No more fabrications.No hate.No more hate.The American people do not like hate.They cast the ballots, they cast their voice saying no more hate, no more Islamophobia, no more racism, no more discrimination, no more using the money of this country, the taxpayers, people who work sometimes three shifts to make endsmeet, and then their tax money is going to a foreign country.No more.This money has to be spent in this country.On education.It has to be spent on housing.
It has to be spent on medical assistance to those who cannot afford.Many people in this country, they travel abroad for medical treatment.They have the best doctors in this country.This country, you know, creates, manufactures medicine.Some people in this country cannot afford the medicine.They have to go on and purchase it elsewhere from poor countries.No more of these things.
So, they said it very loud.And then,American the leaders, all the leaders, they should know that the greatness of any country is not measured by its political might, military might, or political dominance, or even economic power.It should be measured by its integrity.It should be measured by justice, by respect for human dignity and human lives and human rights.This is what makes a beautiful and and great.Not using your military power to crush others, to intimidate others, to threaten the whole world.To bully even Europe, even your allies are being bullied.Even Canada, north of us.Being bullied and intimidated.This is wrong.This is wrong.Such country is not a great country.It's a weak country.The person who always bullies and threatens, you have to know he's weak.He's weak.He lacks logic.He's not reasonable.He wants to impose his will by force, by threatening others.
This is what he does.And this is a sign of weakness and insecurity.
American people, they deserve leaders who serve their interests, not the interests of the foreigners.And they uphold their values.How much money we are wasting?This country needs this money.It needs the money for its own people.People here are hard-working people in this country.Why should their money go somewhere else?Why should we help other people?And I hope I I wish we help them to build hospitals, to build the schools, to build orphanages.We help them to destroy hospitals, to bomb schools, and churches, and mosques, and marketplaces.To bomb them, to destroy them, to kill innocent I would never forget, for the rest of my life,
when the war started on Iran, they bombed a school, elementary school.180 young girls, they died in that school.And none of them came and said we apologize.It was a mistake.None of them.None of those thugs in power.They came and they said we are sorry we killed 180 innocent souls, girls going to school.In a rural area, a poor area, nobody takes responsibility.They put the blame on others.Even when they are defeated, it's not them, it's others.You see arrogance?Do you see the rule?This is arrogance.When they take do not take responsibility for anything.American people, they deserve a better government.A government that promotes peace, not war.People are tired of war.War is not going to achieve anything.This is unjust war.None of your business to travel thousands of miles and and and threaten other countries.
This is none of your business.Your business is to take care of your people here.Here, in your own country.Bring welfare, bring dignity.Many people cannot afford the grocery.Look at the gas prices here.I was I was in the East Coast.Gas price was at 3.39.3.39 and people there were complaining.I told them, "Come and visit our golden state."It is 6.57, almost 7.And we are still silent.People deserve help.God is going to send his blessings when we uphold justice, when we don't abuse our own people.But alhamdulillah, the result And this is what we mean.This is let me say this.This is Sometimes you have to provide accountability before your own people.Your people are going to hold you accountable.But sometimes, and soon, you have to provide accountability before your Lord, before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.This is part one.
We have another part, part two.Part one was done by the American people.They gave their opinion.They decided their decisive opinion about this government.They announced it through ballot box.Through peaceful means, but Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala has an opinion, also.And this is what he says, "Inna rabbaka labil mirsad."He's very vigilant and watchful, and we will see the result of his justice.They cannot escape divine justice.When you hurt people, when you hurt nations, when you hurt communities and societies, when you hurt millions of people, you have two types of accountability.One before your own people.They're going to teach you a lesson.They're going to humiliate you.The second The second is by God.By God.In this life, before the akhirah.Before the akhirah.Allah says the oppressor, the zalim, is going to see is going to see the result of his oppression in this dunya before the akhirah.
Before they give him some recipe in this dunya.Appetizers, I should say.The appetizer takes place in this dunya, but the main delicious meal in the akhirah, inshallah.We ask Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala to protect this nation.To protect all peaceful nations worldwide.Whoever loves peace and stability and security really, and he works for it, may Allah bless and protect them.And also Also, let me mean I thank you, the Muslim community in this country, the American citizens.American Muslim community who went to the ballot box.Many of you were despair.You were telling me, "Sayyid, what's the point?What's the point of, you know, going to the ballot box if if if a tyrant is replaced with another tyrant?"Friends, there is no absolute justice in this life.Even if you go to Muslim countries, are they perfect?Huh?We have perfect leaders, perfect presidents, perfect prime ministers.
Huh?Where is it?Show them.There is no absolute justice, but at least we have to do something.We have to change.We have to change.
Allah will not change our circumstances and and unless we take the initiative.And you took the initiative.May Allah reward you.Keep doing the good job.Be proud of this country.You can change, inshallah.Slowly, slowly we can change.We can replace tyranny and corruption with relative I'm not saying absolute justice, but with relative justice, inshallah.
The final section covers upcoming religious trips, commemorations, school fundraising, and community events. It ends with a request for prayers for two ill community members and a closing invocation.
Well, meaning we have Ziyarat trip coming in December.The Umrah is is full.The list for the Umrah is full, but there is some room for the Ziyarat of the Atabat of our Imams in Iraq.So, if you want
to join, sister Fariba is here to help you.She's sitting somewhere here.And inshallah, this year we're going to have a Hajj group, inshallah.After a break of 12 or 13 or 15 years, I don't know when was the last time we went to Hajj with you.This year, inshallah, we're going to have a Hajj group.So, if you want to know about the details, also sister Fariba Arab is here.And we're going to commemorate the martyrdom of Lady Fatima Zahra Salam on uh Thursday.On Thursday, inshallah, November 12.And tonight we have the youth session at 7:00 p.m.And also Arc Academy, the school, the full-time Islamic school, which is going to open, inshallah, August 2027, which is only 5 minutes from here, off Red Hill.You can go and see the building.The building requires money.Alhamdulillah, you paid from your own pocket.
You paid the money to purchase the building for 4.4 million dollars.This is a fascinating achievement by this community.We did not get money from a government or, you know, Elon Musk or, you know, the money came from you guys.Alhamdulillah.Now, we need money to construct this building, to make a beautiful school, inshallah, to be ready to receive your children.And schools in this country are not less important than mosques.Schools for your children.If you want them to be proud of their faith, if you want them to say, "Yes, I'm a Muslim.I'm not ashamed of that.I'm a proud of my religion."And they practice their faith and their religion, send them to Islamic schools, good Islamic schools.Inshallah, Arc is going to be one of the best Islamic schools in the region, inshallah.So, we need your help.We're going to have a fundraiser on November 21st, which is on the flyer.
The The address is here, only 5 minutes here in Irvine.So, uh answer the the There is an email and and reserve your your seat, inshallah.Last but not least, I ask you to join me to recite dua for our honorable brother Dr.Mehdi Taqee, who had a very critical heart surgery.Inshallah, they're going to discharge him maybe today or tomorrow from the hospital.And and our dear brother Haj Samir Amili, who needs a kidney transplant.So, we need to pray for both those beautiful, wonderful leaders of our community.
Muhammad and Muhammad.