Ali Hammuda – Palestine Reimagined #09 Arrogance
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The speaker discusses the concept of arrogance and haughtiness, which is a common theme in various nations across multiple verses. They share examples of how these traits are responsible for political crisis, war, and political crisis, and how they are a common theme in various nations. The speaker also discusses the importance of arrogance in society, citing studies and the need for better government practices.AI: Transcript ©
When you sift through the Quran for Ayat
verses that speak of the pharaoh of Egypt,
one thing jumps out so blatantly,
arrogance.
It's like a thread weaving through different parts
across various verses. Each snippet, each verse that
touches on the pharaoh is like a spotlight
on his towering
arrogance.
You see this theme again and again, painting
a vivid picture of his character in the
Qur'anic narrative. And let me share with you
a few of those ayaats. Allah Almighty said
Indeed the pharaoh elevated himself
in the land.
Allah Almighty said
And indeed the Pharaoh was haughty in the
land. Similar word to the word before it.
Arrogance, haughtiness.
Allah Almighty said,
He and his soldiers behaved arrogantly
in the land with no
right, thinking that they would never be returned
to us.
In another ayah Allah Almighty said, and pick
out the same word, the same theme of
arrogance,
haughtiness,
Allah said
We sent upon them the flood,
the locusts,
the lice,
the frogs,
and the blood,
as separate signs
but they were arrogant
and became people of criminals.
Allah said in yet another ayah in the
Quran,
Moses
said, I seek refuge in my Lord and
your Lord from every arrogant one who does
not believe in the day of reckoning.
Arrogance,
oppression
are among the primary causes
of the downfall of individuals and civilizations
alike.
Because it leads to the loss of balance
in all aspects of life,
where one no longer views the events of
life as they are, but as he is.
Pharaoh and his people were among the most
arrogant
and that arrogance was one of the primary
causes of their downfall.
But here's where the observation becomes that much
more remarkable.
Not only does the feature of arrogance appear
almost every time the pharaoh is mentioned,
but it is a common theme in almost
every one of the nations that were destroyed
in the past. Each time,
right before these nations collapsed,
it was arrogance steering the ship.
So take with me these examples.
Shortly before the people of Noah
were drowned,
what did they say to their prophet?
Bring
us what you threaten us.
Bring us what you threaten us with, if
you are truthful.
Arrogance.
Similarly, shortly before the people of Hud were
destroyed.
What did they say to their prophet?
The same words.
Bring us what you threaten us with, if
you are one of the truthful ones. Arrogance.
Shortly before the people of Prophet Salih were
destroyed, these are perished nations, what did they
say to their Prophet
Bring us that which you threatened us with,
if you are truly a messenger of Allah.
Do you see how it's a common theme?
Now, having said this, let's fast forward to
the pharaohs of today.
Arrogance or haughtiness,
as mentioned by Gerald Steinberg, an Israeli political
scientist,
is the trait that is responsible for Israel's
existential political crisis.
What was the word he used? Arrogance?
Gideon Levy, an Israeli journalist. He said behind
all this lies Israeli arrogance. You said, we'll
arrest, kill, harass, dispossess,
protect the settlers busy with their pogroms.
We'll fire at innocent people, take out people's
eyes, smash their faces, expel, confiscate, rob, grab
people from their beds, carry out ethnic cleansing,
and, of course,
continue with the unbelievable siege of Gaza Strip
everything will be alright.
And the threats of flattening Gaza prove only
one thing.
We haven't learned
a thing,
and that arrogance is here to stay.
See, when journalists are targeted,
and the act is openly acknowledged with a
sign and nod from the global community.
When Christian worshipers are met with spitting,
when the 3rd oldest church in the world
is reduced to rubble,
When the bombing of Gaza
turns into a ghastly show with people lounging
on a cliffside,
snacking and cheering as if it was a
spectacle.
When
Jewish women in Israel are given long term
birth control injections by their government, because their
skin is the wrong color.
When you see
Benjamin Netanyahu
standing before the UN,
carrying a regional map, which
completely amidst Palestine now.
When Israeli ministers
call again and again for the new king
of Gaza,
what does it speak of?
It speaks of profound
arrogance
and it speaks
of a countdown
because Allah does not tolerate arrogance on that
end.
Ibn Khaldun, who is considered by the way
as the father of historiography and sociology and
economics,
demography studies.
He made an observation,
that was the sum total of decades worth
of travel, observation
and reflection.
He said
injustice
announces
the ruin of civilizations.
Allah supports a just state.
Even if it's non believing.
And Allah does not support an oppressive state
even if it is believing.
Only the blind therefore cannot see how falsehood
has started to collapse and how illegitimacy
has rotted to its core and how the
repercussions of Zionist arrogance have already started to
manifest.
Both scripture
and history have shown
that several things are needed for the world
to finally fall on any empire.
And on top of that list
is arrogance.
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