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.