Lauren Booth – What the media wont tell you about Turkiye Earthquake
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The segment discusses the testimony of some children pulled from rubble in Turkey, and how the mainstream society has an understanding of angels. The segment also talks about the experiences of people in distress, and how they should give in for help and support. The segment ends with a statement about the spirit of Islam and its impact on people.
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That's the spirit of the people.
How many believe that?
As-salamu alaykum.
I pray this finds you well and blessed.
Listen, I just wanted to make a quick
video about some of the miraculous stories and
rescues that are coming out of Turkey.
We're going to be looking at the testimony,
the first-hand testimony of some children pulled
from the rubble and what they are saying
about what kept them alive.
And we're going to be looking at how
the mainstream society, secular western society also has
an understanding that angels walk amongst us.
SubhanAllah.
People who have survived a near-death experience
often speak of a moment of clarity, but
some even go further, swearing that a sort
of supreme being helped them through the trauma.
When I was in Islahiyeh, one of the
worst-hit areas, I was going around a
camp of 3,000 displaced people and I
found it incredible the amount of people who
would, you know, wave and smile and say
Allahu Akbar.
They have an acceptance in their heart of
Allah's Qadr and decree upon them.
So who are we outside to then confer
upon them the status of the dismissed one,
the one who is alone?
All of us have believed in Allah and
his miracles and his books and his messenger.
We are not different from any of his
messengers.
And they said, we heard and we obeyed.
And we gave you forgiveness, our Lord, and
to you we shall return.
If this life is the end point and
there's nothing after this, then truly this is
a pointless place of hardship and what's it
all for and we can get very nihilistic
and annoyed about it.
I get you, that is a horrible state
of mind to be in, but it's not
the reality.
The reality is that we are born by
God's grace, we live this life with hardships
and trials and multitudes of blessings every single
day.
But the people who are Muslims and in
a believing state and in an understanding moment
go, right, we've got all of that, Allah
provided us with life, we belong to Allah
and from him we will return and Allah
will bring us to the next stage and
if we love him, he will give us
better in return.
Children are talking about angels feeding them, that
they were not alone.
This experience of angels visiting and comforting in
times of hardship, many adventurers have reported it.
John Geiger is the author of The Third
Man Factor, The Secret to Survival in Extreme
Environments.
For a religious person, I think this book
is proof of the existence of guardian angels.
Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition, his ship Endurance was
trapped in the ice and he escaped with
his men and so he had this experience.
The last man out of the South Tower
of the World Trade Center had this experience,
you know, way up above the impact point
in the World Trade Center.
Jim Stavigny, a climber, had it, an unseen
presence arrived and gave him very specific direction
on how to survive.
May we inspect our hearts and ask the
one who can make the earth tremble to
make it a place of security for us
and with our patience and the sakina that
he gives, a means of eternal bliss in
the next life.
Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, walillah alhamd.
We're making a dua with this brother here,
it's almost certainly Syrian.
Allahu akbar, ya rab.
Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah.
How strange are the affairs of the believer.
All that happens to believers, all of it,
said the Prophet ﷺ, is good for them.
If pleasing things happen to them, they have
gratitude and that was good for them.
If distressful things occur to them, then they
are steadfast.
And our response should be to give in
charity, to make dua for all of those
impacted, to recite Qur'an, to encourage others
to give, and above all when tribulation comes,
return to Allah in true repentance.
Mashallah, that's the spirit of the people.
Alhamdulillah.