Mufti Menk – The Favours of Allah on Banu Israel And Us

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.