Maryam Amir – Why doesnt God stop them

Maryam Amir
AI: Summary ©
The speaker discusses the responsibility that comes with being in control and using the power to make justice happen. They share a personal story about a woman from Russia who talks about her child being murdered and how she believes that God is unaware of what oppressors and wrongdoers do. The speaker emphasizes the importance of letting people experience their suffering and making a difference.
AI: Transcript ©
00:00:00 --> 00:00:05

I have heard people ask, where is Allah? Where is God when children

00:00:05 --> 00:00:10

are being murdered? Right now, in Raza, there are over 700 children

00:00:10 --> 00:00:13

who have been killed. And it's understandable that when we feel

00:00:13 --> 00:00:19

so powerless, we look to whom we know is full of power, the all

00:00:19 --> 00:00:22

powerful, Allah. But I want to show you something

00:00:23 --> 00:00:27

I know that might seem completely unrelated, but would you ever say

00:00:27 --> 00:00:30

that God is the one who didn't stop me from dropping that stuffed

00:00:30 --> 00:00:34

animal? I know it's a benign example, but where are we placing

00:00:34 --> 00:00:39

responsibility and accountability? God created us with free will

00:00:39 --> 00:00:43

given very clear guidelines on how to use that free will for justice

00:00:43 --> 00:00:47

and the protection of innocent lives. When we put the onus of

00:00:47 --> 00:00:53

responsibility on God, on Allah, we then also absolve full

00:00:53 --> 00:00:57

responsibility from the murderers, the perpetrators. There is a

00:00:57 --> 00:01:01

reason why we have a day of judgment. A function of the Day of

00:01:01 --> 00:01:04

Judgment is to give full justice to those who never receive justice

00:01:04 --> 00:01:09

that no matter how many courts try someone who is responsible for

00:01:09 --> 00:01:12

genocide and war crimes and apartheid and occupation and

00:01:12 --> 00:01:17

everything else, it will never be. There's no punishment that could

00:01:17 --> 00:01:20

ever suffice the amount of people, of innocent civilians that have

00:01:20 --> 00:01:22

been harmed and killed and murdered and murdered and

00:01:22 --> 00:01:25

massacred and displaced. In the Quran, there's a verse that says,

00:01:25 --> 00:01:29

Do not think that God is unaware of what the oppressors or the

00:01:29 --> 00:01:33

wrongdoers do, that he is just giving them biding their time

00:01:33 --> 00:01:37

until a day when there will be horrors. I know it's hard to hold

00:01:37 --> 00:01:40

on to faith when there's so much pain, but listen to a woman from

00:01:40 --> 00:01:48

Russia speaking about herself and her child, Allah Abu Asmaa,

00:01:48 --> 00:01:49

highlighted for

00:01:51 --> 00:01:56

bed with a better hair will handle me not to feel as regular Abdullah

00:01:56 --> 00:02:04

ibn Anglo, Let's knee. Bogoli ma and has a speed. Demo, mood bagula

00:02:04 --> 00:02:08

Shake that will has a speed. The mood bus mish with the mood be

00:02:08 --> 00:02:08

there.

00:02:12 --> 00:02:17

Should eat Subhanallah remains made killing male account,

00:02:18 --> 00:02:20

you can hear bombs in the background of that voice note.

00:02:20 --> 00:02:23

It's not the people there who are suffering, who are asking, Where

00:02:23 --> 00:02:27

is God? It's all of us who are watching from the comfort of our

00:02:27 --> 00:02:31

homes. So remember to put the blame of accountability on the

00:02:31 --> 00:02:35

oppressor. Know that there's a day of judgment for a reason, and ask

00:02:35 --> 00:02:38

ourselves, what are we doing when we have the power and the

00:02:38 --> 00:02:40

privilege to make a difference? You

Share Page