Mufti Menk – The Favours of Allah on Banu Israel And Us
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The speaker discusses the importance of showing gratitude to the almighty during times of crisis, specifically during difficult situations like the current crisis. They stress the need to identify and reward the people who have lost their lives and may be facing difficult situations. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of not losing everything and being thankful for the good things that have come to mind.
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Take a look at what Allah says
to the children of the Prophet Yaqub
or Jacob, may peace be upon him. They
were also known as the children of Israel.
O children of Yaqub,
O children of Jacob, may peace be upon
him,
Remember
the
favors that I have favored upon you and
that I have given you virtue above the
others.
Allah says, we have given you virtue above
the others.
For you and I, there is a lesson
in this. Allah repeats this thrice
in Surat Al Baqarah to say, Oh children
of Yaqub, remember,
We favored you. We bestowed upon you a
lot of favor. Just because you're in hardship
right now does not mean that we did
not give you favor. We've given you a
lot and we continue to give. My brothers
and sisters,
look at your limbs, the organs.
Look at your eyesight, your nose, whatever else
we have. Look at the faith we have.
Look at the families we have, the little
food we have, the little shelter that we
have. If you're watching this particular program, then
imagine what those who have nothing
would be going through right now. It would
mean we are privileged somehow. So if you
would like increase, you must be thankful and
show gratitude.
You must learn to identify the favors of
Allah. Think about them.
During times of crisis, when you concentrate on
the positives,
you will definitely
make the negative that is right in front
of you seem very small.
And SubhanAllah, those who concentrate on the negative
will forget all about the positives.
So here is Allah telling us, do you
know what?
I have favored you and I want you
to ponder over the favor
and I want you to remember it and
be thankful. Show gratitude.
So my brothers and sisters, when we are
going through hardship, we look at those who
have gone through greater hardship.
And when we are in the favor of
the Almighty,
we always
thank the Almighty.
They say religiously,
you should look at those who are higher
than you, doing more than you, happier than
you, more content than you are in their
worship of the almighty so that it will
actually encourage you to do more in your
worship of the Almighty.
But when it comes to material items
and when it comes to the loss in
terms of the worldly things, look at those
who have even less than you. So if
you're just having a meal a day, take
a look at those who are having a
meal every 3 days or who don't even
have a meal. If you cannot afford to
go to school but
you still are with your parents, take a
look at those who don't even have parents.
If you have shelter, take a look at
those who are homeless.
If you have
feet, take a look at those who don't
even have feet. SubhanAllah.
So these are some of the ways of
achieving
comfort in times of crisis,
Different types of crises. You've lost a job.
Take a look at those who've never had
a job.
You've actually
been through hardship. You have a sickness. Take
a look at those who have a bigger
sickness,
more severe. Take a look at those who've
lost their lives. May Allah
make it easy for every single 1 of
us.