Hamza Yusuf – A Year-End Message From President
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A representative from Zaytuna College is thanking their supporters and students for their support. They have achieved several goals this year, including creating a beautiful environment for students to study, promoting Islam and education, and drawing closer to the Prophet's teachings. They hope that people will donate to the college to help fund campaigns and bring healing to families affected by war.
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Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem Wa salatu wa
salamu ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa
sahbihi wa salam Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa
barakatuh On behalf of Zaytuna College, on its
faculty, its staff, all of the students, just
want to give you a heartfelt thanks and
gratitude for all that you've done as donors
and supporters.
We've been able to achieve several things this
year that are very exciting.
We've also had probably one of the best
classes we've had as an incoming freshman class,
really stellar students, and so we're seeing a
lot of positive activity at the college, and
we're looking forward to doing even more this
coming year, and with your help we'll be
able to achieve that.
Alhamdulillah, we've had the beautification of the campus,
we had some generous donors that actually donated
to ensure that the environment that the students
study in is a beautiful environment.
People that come here, the visitors, are really
overwhelmed by the sense of peace that they
find at Zaytuna, so what we're trying to
do here is very difficult because we're living
in a time, there's just a lot of
ugliness in the world, there's a lot of
confusion, not to mention all of these horrific
wars that are happening and injustices, but we
want to promote a different way, we want
to promote the way of Islam, the way
of peace, the way of education, the way
of practice and devotion, and drawing near to
our Lord, so you've been helping us do
that.
Alhamdulillah, we have our studio and we've already
produced four, what I would argue are really,
really exceptional quality, and inshallah those will be,
they're already being launched now, so you'll have
access to these things.
I'm really hoping that people will join the
12,000 strong if you're not a member,
this actually really helps us, even though they're
small donations, but they're consistent, and the Prophet
ﷺ said that all the the best actions
are the ones that are done continuously, even
if they're small amounts, so I really hope
that people will donate generously to the college
at this year and campaign, it really helps
us in going forward, and again I just
want to thank everybody, Allah ﷻ bless all
of you, your families in these times, may
Allah ﷻ bring peace to the places where
there's conflict, inshallah bring healing to the families
that are in tribulation, and may Allah ﷻ
forgive us our shortcomings in these trying times
that we find ourselves in, but there are
also times where we have to work and
and do our best to do our part
in making this world a positive place and
not a negative place, especially for our young
people, and to keep in mind and not
forget, that the end of the fair is
for the people of piety, the people of
righteousness, the tyrants will never endure, there will
always be redressing of wrongs in this world,
and if they're not redressed in this world,
they will be redressed in the next world,
so may Allah ﷻ bless the people wherever
they are in trying to bring about a
different way, that's what we're trying to do
here, and that way is the way of
our Prophet ﷺ, the way of peace, the
way of prosperity, and the way of forgiveness.