Mufti Menk – Your Choice

			Subhan Allah. So the whole point of today's discussion, my brothers and sisters, is to remind us
that yes, Allah is in control. And everything happens by the world permission, power and decree of
Allah without a doubt. But part of the decree of Allah is that he's given you and I, a certain scope
of choice, a certain leeway. He's guided us. He's given us a brain. He's shown us the path and then
he said, walk on this path. And all you had to do is work on it. We choose not to work on it. And
then we say, but it was Allah. people choose to murder they choose to cause disaster they choose to
oppress. Within our homes. We have disasters with the in laws and outlaws. Within our homes, we have
		

			disasters with brothers and sisters and siblings and parents and children, whoever else it may be
within our homes, we don't even follow the instruction of Allah. People are complaining, they're
suicidal because their parents don't want to get them married simply to people who might be of a
darker complexion or a lighter one. Allah subhanho wa Taala make it easy for us and then we want to
blame Allah. And then we want to say Allah was unfair, Allah was unjust. When we were shown the path
by Allah given the brain by Allah told and reminded again and again that we are going to go back to
Allah and yet we just continue on earth like that's not going to happen. Where were you before you
		

			were born? You were nothing zero not even mentioned. I was nothing completely non existent.