Maryam Amir – Power and wealth

			Watching people clap for Netanyahu
yesterday made me think of a set
		

			of Quranic verses the story of
Qarun. He is a rich, powerful
		

			person, and there are people who
the Quran describes as wanting to
		

			be like him, if only they were
like him. Now we know that there
		

			were fillers in the seats of
Congress. So they were just random
		

			people paid to be there, just paid
to clap for him. And then we know
		

			that AIPAC and Israeli lobby
groups pay people in Congress
		

			extreme amounts of money,
		

			or honestly, not that much, for
selling out their souls. So so
		

			they are paid to be there, but
their proximity to Netanyahu goes
		

			back to this idea that they want
to be people of power, that they
		

			want to be in positions of power
like Arun. And the Quran mentions
		

			that there's another group of
people who are reminding those
		

			people, calling those people out,
trying to get them to see past
		

			this facade. But then what
happens? The Earth swallows Arun,
		

			and no one was able to help him
against Allah, nor could he even
		

			help himself. To tell you why that
particular part is such a comfort
		

			for me, because sometimes when I
look at people like Satan, Yahoo,
		

			genocide, Joe, people who are I
mean, they are butchering children
		

			and their family, but then I think
about the genocide is of the past,
		

			and when I think of them and my
intense hatred for them. I realize
		

			they're not here anymore. They're
with Allah. No one could help
		

			them. Not meet Allah. They were
not able to help themselves. Not
		

			me, Allah. They are with Allah. So
look at what is mentioned in the
		

			set till Kedar will that eternal
home in the hereafter is reserved
		

			for who those who do not seek
tyranny nor corruption on the
		

			earth. Allah links in this verse
with that the outcome is for the
		

			God conscious. And who did he link
God consciousness to those who are
		

			not seeking tyranny or corruption
on the earth? Allah could have
		

			chose any descriptors, but in
talking about power and status and
		

			the wealth of Arun and everyone
else being deluded by it, he
		

			connected it to people who are God
conscious, being able to see
		

			through it, and instead knowing
that, despite the delusion of
		

			where we are now, there is an
ultimate hereafter you.