Mirza Yawar Baig – We see with our knowledge
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The speakers discuss the history and events of Syria and other countries, including the fall of the monarchy and recent regime changes. They also touch upon the beauty of architecture and the application of mathematics in personal experiences. The importance of knowing the reality of everything and bringing authority to one's deeds is emphasized, along with the importance of learning and bringing authority to one's deeds. The speakers also remind the audience of the importance of learning and bringing authority to their deeds and being a good person.
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious,
the Most Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of
the worlds.
And peace and blessings be upon the messengers
and prophets, Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace
and blessings be upon him, and upon his
family and companions.
Peace and blessings be upon them all.
Next.
My dear respected brothers, sisters, elders.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of
the worlds.
We are witnessing history in progress.
I have already done that and I do
it again on my behalf and on the
behalf of all of you to congratulate our
brothers and sisters in Syria for gaining their
freedom.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala granted it to
them.
And we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
to protect them and to protect all Muslims
wherever they are.
When we read the accounts of what has
happened in Syria in the last few days,
we can say that we were witness to
that.
Some of us can say that about the
fall of USSR. I don't know how many
of the younger people here even know the
full form of what USSR was, but it
was a global force to be reckoned with.
And the fall of the monarchy in Iran.
I was witness to the coronation ceremony of
Shah Raza Shah Pahlavi.
And more recently, what happened in Egypt and
Iraq and other places.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told us about
the way the world works and to look
beyond the obvious.
When we see events unfolding where those who
thought they were impervious and immune suddenly had
to run for their lives and seek refuge
and all their wealth and power couldn't save
them, we must thank Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala for His mercy and grace in delivering
those who were suffering under these tyrants.
Imagine all the power to do good and
to help people and to create a beautiful
country and to leave a legacy of honour
that their wealth and their power offered them.
Instead, they did what they did.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala warned us and
Allah said, قَمْ تَرَكُوا مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ وَزُرُوعٍ
وَمَكَامٍ كَرِيمٍ وَنِعْمَةٍ كَانُوا فِيهَا فَاكِهِينَ كَذَٰلِكَ
وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَمَا بَكَتْ
عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنظَرِينَ Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala said which means imagine how
many gardens and springs and it refers to
all the accoutrements and the signs of luxury
that the tyrants left behind as well as
crops and splendid palaces and residences and luxuries
which they fully enjoyed and then so it
was Allah's Hakam came to be and Allah
says we awarded all of that to other
people and neither heaven nor earth wept over
them nor was their fate delayed but I
want to say also that given the recent
history of regime changes I hope the Syrian
people that they should beware and not just
focus on the toppling of statues because in
previous events when people were occupied in celebrating
in the streets their destiny was being sold
without their knowledge more importantly we need to
ask ourselves what can we learn all of
us from these events to correct our ways
and for this we have the Kalam of
Allah, the Quran Al-Kareem and the Sunnah
of Muhammad Rasulullah I remind myself when you
that we see with our knowledge we see
with our knowledge where we see a beauty
where we see beauty in a building Al
-Hamra for example beautiful palace an architect sees
how Al-Hamra is constructed the entire palace
everything is constructed on one very simple mathematical
principle and that is taking the hypotenuse of
the square which is the diagonal distance between
the two opposite corners of a square and
taking it in a protractor and moving it
to the right and creating a rectangle because
that becomes a little bit longer the hypotenuse
is longer than the side so creating a
rectangle on that and taking the hypotenuse of
the rectangle and again circling to the right
and creating a taller rectangle the entire palace
is built on a very simple beautiful mathematical
principle so for an architect or a mathematician
who understands that the Al-Hamra palace is
of course something of beauty but it's also
a marvel of the application the actual application
of mathematics in architecture the eyes of the
mathematician and the architect are the same like
you are in my eyes but they see
because of their knowledge and they see more
than we can see and the same thing
apply this to any personal knowledge to physicians
to artists to whoever they see with their
knowledge where we see rulers and empires rise
and fall a historian will see the material
and political reasons for it whereas a person
of real insight sees the hand of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala behind the events I
remind myself I knew that the akal the
brain the intellect is not a source of
information it's not a source of knowledge this
is the big you know shaitani or shaitani
trap and deception that shaitan puts everybody in
it's I it must make logical sense to
me why did Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
said he said we taught Adam the names
of everything name meaning the reality of everything
all everything in creation and whatever Allah means
by that everything did he say that because
Adam was created without a brain did he
not have a brain in his head did
he not have intellect the brain is like
the intellect is like a brand new computer
you open the box you turn on the
computer does it do anything can you do
anything I'm not talking about the computers nowadays
they come pre-loaded with a lot of
stuff but if they didn't come pre-loaded
and you say no my machine is bad
machine is not bad machine is a machine
it has the capability and the capacity to
do many things but you first have to
feed in that data you have to feed
in the programs you have to feed in
a operating system you have to free to
feed in all kinds of software and then
the machine will work will function and even
then the machine can only function within the
purview of the knowledge base it has if
I come to you and I say to
you that you need a brain operation or
you need maybe appendix appendix removal okay forget
about brain up I know what an appendix
is mine got removed and got people made
mistakes for which I paid obviously doctors mistakes
they don't pay they either go into the
cemetery or somebody else pays so I say
I know what it is about so lie
down I'll do appendix operation on you because
you need to have it removed I will
do it logically you will tell me you
are insane you should be put into a
into a thing because how can you logically
decide what to cut for god's sake you
have to study anatomy you have to study
physiology you have to study surgery you have
to study the whole human body and see
how it works and you have to be
trained under a surgeon blah blah blah blah
blah before you can touch me not only
will it be illegal I would be insane
if I allow you to do that because
your logic does not function in the absence
of basic knowledge the brain is not a
source of information it's not a source of
knowledge it's a processor of knowledge the knowledge
has to come from somewhere in the human
being there are two sources of knowledge one
is Tajraba it is your experience you fall
into a hole you know there is a
hole and the other one is knowledge which
you cannot possibly get by experience because you
can never have that experience for example what
happens in the grave you can have the
experience but you can't come back and tell
me about it I would love to if
somebody did that they can't do it what
happens on the day of judgment there is
no way to get that knowledge by experience
but we need that knowledge because we are
going to be in that place one day
make no mistake about it and that is
where the knowledge of the Wahi Ali is
from Rasulullah Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala through
Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wasalam ran like like rats
looking for a hole to try to find
a hole through which you can escape without
passing through the Rasul alayhi salam good luck
to you there is no way that anybody
is getting into Jannah without passing through the
Rasul alayhi salatu wasalam no way that is
the source of inform of knowledge and information
Tajrabag for worldly things and the Wahi for
worldly things and other worldly things my brothers
and sisters is very very important we see
with our knowledge we
see with our knowledge every living thing has
sight a cow sees or dog sees a
cat sees you see I see but the
difference in perception is based on knowledge that
is not a question of sight they all
have sight they have better sight than you
and I have David Attenborough has not just
beautiful sight but also access to some of
the finest equipment camera equipment in the world
so that he sees the qudrat of Allah
at a level that we can only dream
of when may Allah grant him hidayah before
he dies not once does he say subhanallah
Allah said that is why Allah said they
are not blind because their eyes cannot see
they are blind because their hearts cannot see
because the side that I am talking about
the inside comes from a heart which is
filled and illuminated with the khashyat of Allah
Allah gave us many examples of those who
had wealth and power and what they did
with it and he sent warners to them
to try to correct them but they were
so drunk and intoxicated with what they had
that they ignored them or they killed them
or and when they exceeded all their limits
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did not call
them to account Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
said when they exceeded all limits when they
ignored all the warners Allah said we opened
on them the doors of everything in this
in this world we gave them more money
and more wealth and more power and more
influence and more politics and everything more and
more and more and more and
when they were engrossed and completely immersed and
enjoying all that power and wealth and glory
and oppressing people Allah said we grabbed them
without any warning and they were broken in
despair my brothers and sisters when we read
the different stories in the Quran al-karim
story of Yusuf alaihi salam for example from
being the victim of attempted murder to being
sold into slavery to being wronged wrongfully accused
and imprisoned and then to be made to
be made the ruler of Egypt we see
the story of Ibrahim alaihi salam which is
again a story of test after test after
test the key thing is and of course
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also narrated for
us the stories of the opposite the stories
of the pharaoh of Egypt Firaun and Namrud
and Shaddad and Haman and Qarun it's very
very important to remind ourselves even though the
stories refer to the Ambiya and to rulers
the the ayat and the lessons are not
only for rulers and Nabi's the ayat and
lessons are for us that is why Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala reminded us of who
he is and he said Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala said say oh Prophet
oh Allah Rabb and Lord over all authorities
you give authority to whoever you want and
you remove it from whoever you want you
honor whoever you please and you disgrace whoever
you please and all good is in your
hands and surely you alone are most capable
of everything Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent
his kalab and he sent his messenger to
teach us how to navigate this life so
that we can become real winners of this
race Allah said Allah
said whatever good whoever does good two things
do good and have iman whoever does good
whether male or female and is a believer
has iman Allah says surely we will bless
them with the most beautiful existence in this
world and we will certainly reward them in
accordance to the best of their deeds see
the mercy of our Rabb Jalla Jalaluhu Allah
says I will take the best deed they
did and give them that reward equal to
that reward for all their good deeds no
matter what the level of the other good
deeds was to show us what this way
is the way towards hayat and tayyiba in
this world and to khatima bil khair and
to jannatul firdaus inshallah we ask this for
from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for all
of us Allah sent his messenger Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa alayhi wasallam and Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala told us blanket statement laqad kana
lakum fee rasoolillahi uswatun hasana for who liman
kana yarjullaha wal yawm alakhira wazakarallaha kathira Allah
said indeed in the messenger of Allah you
have an excellent example for whoever has hope
in Allah whoever wants to meet Allah and
whoever remembers Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala a
great deal my brothers and sisters Allah told
us that the way to live is to
follow his messenger Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam always
be aware that we will die I know
we know I know we know that in
our heads we need to know it in
our beings in our hearts in our viscera
and that this can happen at any time
I remind myself I knew that winners are
decided at the end of the race so
focus on winning the race forget everybody else
doesn't matter what this one is doing or
that one is doing don't get distracted in
the race keep running focus on the target
and if we do this then inshallah we
will have a beautiful life on this earth
and jannah in the hereafter