Abdelrahman Badawy – The Fall of Andalus poem in caption

			This is why we need to study history.
		

			This is why we need to connect to
		

			our previous peoples. Wallahi reading this poem made
		

			me feel connected to our brothers and sisters
		

			in Al Andalus 800 years ago. The things
		

			that he describes, I feel it in my
		

			heart myself. This feels like he's talking about
		

			today, but this poem was written many, many
		

			years ago. So it actually gave me hope
		

			and it gave me connection to our people.
		

			Because every single Muslim that has ever lived
		

			wherever they are, whatever language they spoke, whatever
		

			color they were, they are your people. And
		

			there's a beauty about that that you cannot
		

			find anywhere else. Imagine meeting him the next
		

			life and saying, your poem spoke to me
		

			in New York City 800 years later. And
		

			I felt exactly what you were feeling. I
		

			felt a kinship. I felt a brotherhood. And
		

			I wish I could go back in time
		

			and tell you that, hey, the Muslims continue.
		

			And tell you the Mongols didn't end at
		

			all. In fact, the Mongols are forgotten. Who
		

			talks about them? In fact, the fastest growing
		

			religion in the world in 2023 is Islam.
		

			All of the seeds of the next stage
		

			are already planted for those who see them.
		

			I wish I could go back and tell
		

			these Muslims that, hey, don't worry. Allah has
		

			a plan.
		

			They plan and they plot and they scheme,
		

			but Allah is the best of planners. And
		

			don't you worry, everything that Allah Subhanahu Wa
		

			Ta'ala has promised will come true.