Muhammad West – Lessons from the Earthquakes

			Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
		

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Allah hydrophillic Killa he IG marine Nabina Muhammad in while early he was happy he what tab you're
in Allah whom BSN Illa yummy Deen from my bad. We begin with by praising and thanking Allah Subhana
Allah to Allah for His favors which he continuously bestows upon us. The greatest of all of them
being the favor of Eman, the favor of being believers who have submitted unto his world and who
follow the guidance of His messenger Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, we ask of Allah who
Tabata Kota Allah during this blessed day of Juma to send his choices, greetings, salutations and
		

			blessings upon his beloved and the one who was sent to guide humanity and as a leader to the final
OMA, to come to this particular earth. May Allah subhanahu wa to Allah make us among those whom He
is pleased with in the dunya and importantly within the everlasting ABODE OF THE akhira Allahumma
Amin. My respected gathering honorable elders, beloved brothers and sisters in Islam.
		

			We find ourselves living in times of turmoil and times we're in we face challenges throughout the
Ummah and it is only but the Divine Will of Allah subhanho wa Taala that from time to time he will
place his creation during certain tests that they go through. And Allah Who Tabata Kawata Allah will
cause that the creation phase good times within the lives and also difficult and trying times. And
this is the way of Allah who terracotta Allah and this is how he has world for his creation and the
believers as well to go through different stages of the lives and this is why Allah Who terracotta
Allah says to us within the noble Qur'an pertaining to his way and how he does things and he says,
		

			well then Taiji deli sunnah Attila heeta Videla, and you will never ever find an alternative to the
way of Allah subhanahu wa to Allah. So with this in mind, it is important that we make mention of
certain points today during our Joomla lecture. And that is the fic of divine trial known as El
tila. Allah Tabata Kawata, Allah will definitely put the creation to child. And as we all know by
now, the recent happenings and devastations which our Muslim brothers and sisters in the regions of
Turkey and Syria have experienced, may Allah subhanahu, utter Allah grant them alleviation. May
Allah ease the plight? May Allah have mercy upon the deceased, may Allah subhanahu wa to Allah
		

			grant, ease and comfort to those who are alive and who have been saved from this particular turmoil
and this particular difficulty that they have been put through my beloved brothers and sisters in Al
Islam. At the onset of this discussion, it is important for us to note that Allah subhanahu wa to
Allah has never intended this particular life of ours upon this dunya the life of hours upon this
earth, it has never been intended to be a home of enjoyment,
		

			and a home of everlasting state of bliss. In fact, the dunya in and of itself is a home of Bella, a
home of empty land, which is to go through testing, to go through difficulty and yes, at times,
there are definitely times of joy and happiness, but the everlasting abode of joy and bliss is set
aside and it is skipped for the believers in the Hara. For those who have done righteous deeds, for
those who have worked very hard in this dunya for them, they will be in an everlasting state.
		

			have happiness in the bliss of paradise May Allah subhanahu wa to Allah, count us among them
Allahumma Amin. And so we learn from this that instead Allah wanted this dunya which is the abode
before the everlasting abode of the era to be an abode of trials and testing, whereby His servants
go through adversities whereby they face calamities, in order as Allahu terracota Allah has told us
and as mentioned to us within the noble Qur'an, whereby he says, Lea beluga COMM A you can ascend or
am Allah, Allah has done so in order to make manifest and clear who of the creation are going to be
the best in the deeds. And as we find Allah terracotta Allah also mentioned to us whereby he says in
		

			Surah, tool Ambia I have 55 They have one, when a blue Combi Sherry will fade the fitna. What Elena,
to Jeroen, and most definitely, we will put you to trial with goodness and with difficulty with evil
and bad, what Elena to own, and unto us, you will inevitably return. And on this note, I also wish
to mention a well known verse pertaining to the testing of this dunya Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah
says to us within Surah Al Baqarah, whereby he mentions the testing that he will put people through
on this particular Earth and during our lifetimes, and Allah says that surely, we will test you with
certain things within this dunya while enabling one can be che immunol Houthi while Jewry, one xe
		

			mineral M one he will emphasis Allah, we are most surely going to test you with those matters which
will bring about fear and anxiety within your lives. Allah says will enable one Combi che in mental
health, there are going to be moments of fear and difficulty within your lives. And then he
continues to say one xe mineral M while Allah also says that he will test us with a decrease in
wealth from time to time. This is only but natural to occur upon this dunya people have wealth now,
in a few months time or a few years time, they may not be as prosperous as they were before. And
Allah also says that He will put His servants through joueur jus meaning hunger, they may go through
		

			starvation, they may not have sufficient resources to take care of themselves. And then he says
fourthly, that Allahu terracotta Allah will surely cause that there are going to be souls among your
loved ones among your family, your friends, your colleagues, among the members of this ummah, they
are going to depart from this dunya because the dunya is temporary, and it is not eternal, the dunya
is not permanent. And then Allah continues to say why Bashir is sobbing, so give glad tidings and
give good news to those who are patient, to those who persevere to those who understand that Allah
subhanahu wa to Allah is definitely going to test all of us. And Allah will put us through trial and
		

			error, to see who are going to be the best within our deeds. And so Allah subhanahu wa to Allah
says, We're Bashir is Siberian, and levena either Assad but who Musa give good news and glad tidings
to the patient ones, to those who are committed and persevere. Who are they? What is their
disposition? What is the character like? Allah says, Those who utter words those who utter the
statement Alladhina ka LW, those who say, either a saw but whom was Seba, when a calamity befalls
them. In LA, he were in LA he Raja rune, verily, without a doubt from ALLAH, do we come and unto him
is going to be our most definite return? And then we learn from this, that the believer is the one
		

			who takes heat from the admonishments of ALLAH SubhanA who were to Allah and who prepares
accordingly for that particular meeting. Yes, Allah may cause that certain people upon this dunya
live longer than others certain reach certain people reach
		

			Old Age, certain people develop sicknesses and diseases and that becomes the result of the ending
from this dunya. In today's day and age how many a young people do we not hear of suddenly passing
away within our very own community? People having heart attacks, people becoming ill, people losing
their lives. This is the journey that Allah subhanho wa Taala has placed all of us through and so he
says to us, within the Noble Quran, or hassy Bennacer au Turaco a year Kulu Munna hula, you've known
this mankind at large with a Muslim or non Muslim, but let the believers take special heed of this
particular message from Allah. Do the people think says our Lord, that they will be left only but to
		

			say Amen. We have believe. We have Iman, we have submitted Unto Allah, wa Humla. You've ternoon but
they are not going to be tested. They are not going to be put to difficulty and through trial. Allah
then tells us why allah codified 10 Aladdin amicably him and most surely, Allah has tested divinely,
those who came before us, the nations before us who were under this dunya prior to our existence, so
too, they will also put through difficulty and through testing and through calamity of various
degrees. And Allah then says, fillet out lemon Allah, so that Allah Tabata Coletta Allah is a way
and most certainly Allah knows that which was which is and which will be, so that Allah make may
		

			make many fist fell out lemon Allahu leadin Sadako when they are lemon, Alka, the bean so that Allah
subhana, who were to Allah makes many faced those who are truthful and to His covenant, and those
who are only but bearing false testimony to the conviction in Allah upon this dunya or those who
have in totality turned away from the Lord, may Allah subhanahu wa to Allah safeguard us from that.
And so the lesson my respected gathering in Islam is the testing will most surely take place, how we
handle ourselves during tests, and during calamities. This is also key. It is not only but a matter
of experiencing a calamity or a taste, and that you do not beat to yourself after the test and after
		

			the calamities that Allah has placed you through. So our next question would be, why do these
disasters, why do earthquakes and these natural calamities take place? Why does Allah subhanho wa
Taala plays his creation through these particular difficulties, as he mentioned to us within the
Quran as well. Woman new syllable Yachty inlet with Allah says, and we have not seen these signs, we
have not seen these earthquakes, and these calamities and disasters to take place in town with
		

			except as a warning, except so that we may instill fear within the hearts of the believers. And so
intelligent is the Muslim intelligent is the Muslim ummah, those who have believed in Allah subhanho
wa taala, who when these calamities take place, even though it may be very far from our shows 1000s
of kilometers from where we are, it does not mean that Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah is not sending
us a message as well. It does not mean that we do not do retrospection, it does not mean that we
take heed and stuff of ourselves appropriately. Instead, Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah sins these
messages, he sends the signs as wakeup calls to the creation so that we reform ourselves and that we
		

			better ourselves. These are times as well, that when they creation become heedless, they are
reminded once more of the absolute power and control of Allah Jota Baraka were to Allah. Therefore,
he says to us within Surah Al Anam called who will Cordero Allah yerba Alikum either Berman fo pico
o mean takhti or Julie Come, o el bisa come Shia. Were you the cocoon where you the cabal.com but
it's about Allah Who terracotta Allah says to say that it is he alone in
		

			For them, oh Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, that Allah alone is the one who is encoded. He is
in absolute control, he is in absolute power, Allah is the One who may cause an either a an
affliction, a trial, to descend and to come on top of you to come from above you or from above your
feet, or Allah says to confuse you, so, that you may disperse upon this land and become and find
yourselves in various groupings and tics, and that you taste the violence and that you taste the
punishment of this world. And the difficulty that human beings put one another through, and then
Allah says over K phenol sorry full Yachty la Allah who may have Cahoon, let this be a message says
		

			Allah opendoor. Look carefully. Take the appropriate heat, take the appropriate measures to
understand and to correctly implement and apply yourselves. Allah says, look how we diversify the
signs that are yet the signs of nature, the signs of calamity and disaster, so that the creation,
that the people that they believe is especially so that they may understand, so that they may
comprehend. So they believe the true mean and Mina is not the one who years and who sees what
happens around them, but then they do not take the necessary message that Allah wants from them to
develop and to nurture the character. They are a birder and they believe in accordance, the great
		

			scholar of Islam Al Imam, Abdul Karim Rahim, Allah Tabata, Kota Allah, He says, in reference to
this, and even though came live centuries ago, but look at the wisdom of the Allameh. And that which
they have left for this man behind have knowledge and insight, he says, and Allah subhanahu wa to
Allah may allow the Earth from time to time, Allah subhanho wa taala, Allah will cause that upon
this earth, great earthquakes will appear great earthquake, earthquakes will occur upon this dunya.
And from that, as a result of these natural disasters, fear may be instilled in the hearts of the
believers, apprehension, from evil and bad will settle within our hearts as believers we will engage
		

			in and we will be reminded of repentance and turning back to Allah, giving up sins, and pleading to
the Almighty terracotta Allah to guide us and to protect us. And even though time also says and so
that the believers made the great evil and so that they may turn away from the harm that Allah does
not want them to engage in during this particular lifetime on this earth. And so our call in our
message to us all is the fact do retrospection of ourselves. Take stock of your life as a believer,
regardless of your age, regardless of your accomplishments, regardless how close you may deem
yourself to Allah, or how far you may deem yourself away from your low terracotta Allah and strive
		

			towards spiritually cleansing and rejuvenating your souls. Allah says to us as a reminder in the
Quran, in Surah, 42 IFTT they have wama or Saba con me mostly, but in Furby ma Casa Bella ad comm
Allah says absolutely every calamity and misfortune that occurs to you this is as a result of that
which your own hands have occurred since Allah, what have you done with your life? What have you
done, during the activities that Allah forces you to engage in within this dunya? Is it upon His
pleasure? Who is it upon his Miss pleasure? And Allah reminds us that despite these tests come as a
warning to you and as a result of what your own hands have occurred. Allah also says to us, we are a
		

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			he is the same Lord, who is extremely forgiving, and Allah forgives and overlooks a lot of the sins
of mankind. May we return to Him in Toba and in obedience, Amin and so to remind ourselves to ponder
over the miraculous guidance of the Quran. Imagine ALLAH SubhanA wa to Allah is really
		

			yield 1400 years ago, and he says, Amina Hello, Cora, a tea at home but sooner by attend well Hoonah
imune take stock of these particular reminders my brothers and sisters in Islam, Allah says do the
people of the towns do the people of the cities? Do they think for one moment that they may feel
secure against the commandment against the coming of the Wrath of Allah? The anger of Allah subhana
who were to Allah but sunnah our punishment, were whom now imune whilst they are asleep at night,
our Amina kura. And then Allah continues to say, Oh, do the people of the towns and the cities and
the villages do they think for one moment that they are safe and secure? A yet to whom? So now,
		

			though, how we're home yellow baboon, that our punishment may not come to them during the daytime,
whilst they are playing about whilst they are engaging in the day to day activities and affairs.
This is a question Allah poses to us. It means never, ever think that you and I are secure from the
wrath and the punishment of Allahu Tabarka to Allah. Instead, always be prepared. Those who were
afflicted the night before the earthquake had occurred and taken place. Did they ever think to
themselves that they are going to be comfortable in their own homes, that the next morning they may
find themselves beneath the rubble Subhanallah This is the power of Allah, when Allah wills
		

			something to occur, all he has to do is to say Kuhn, fire Kuhn be and it is. And so the Allameh
mentioned amuru, who banal Caffi were known, the commandment of Allah lies between the two letters
of calf and noon, before Allah subhanahu Attallah even at his cone, then it already occurs. And this
is an important lesson to us, that your life can change at any moment in time. Don't think that you
are healthy, that sickness may not overtake you don't think that you are young, that you have many
years ahead of you. And don't think as well that you have reached old age that you are safe and
secure. And now you may lag behind in your Ibadah or worship of Allah subhanahu wata Allah ma. They
		

			believe that is he or she as Allah instructs Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who was the most
pious and who worshipped Allah the best and who knew when understood this deen and was the one who
feared Allah the most. Even Yet Allah informed and instructed his beloved Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, why Buddha, Rebecca had to kelia clean and worship your Lord until you're keen
until the certainty of death comes to you. And so respected brothers and sisters. Allah continues to
say within these verses of Surah to RAF, Amin Omeka, Allah reminding us and warning us can they
surely feel secure against the plan against the punishment of Allah? Fela, Manuel McCullough he
		

			Enlil comal has zero name. No one. Absolutely no one is secure from the plan of Allah. Absolutely.
No one thinks that they are saved from the anger of Allah and from the planning of Allah except the
hussy rune, except those says Allah who are doomed, those who are misguided and those who are
losers.
		

			We also make mentioned today of the fact that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam for warned us
that the hour of the day of km will not be established, until certain signs come to us and occur
among the signs of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says, religious knowledge, knowledge of
the shadows of Allah will be taken away, how will it be taken away? By the Allameh, the righteous
scholars of this ummah will pass away and the people will find themselves in states of ignorance.
And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam continued to say, earthquakes will become very frequent,
and time will pass quickly. Do we not see today that Allameh have passed away? Do we not see today
		

			that earthquakes are taking place across the globe? Do we not see today that time passes by quicker
then perhaps it used to 2030 or 50 years ago, that time happens and goes by very very quickly. This
is indeed a sign of the hour and afflictions will appear
		

			evil and bad will appear upon this dunya and murderers will increase and also at the same time,
money will overflow among the society. So much so that either you find people are in very, very poor
states or they are those who have a lot of wealth, but they do not depart from that wealth upon the
pleasure of Allah subhana who were to Allah, and we end off by making mentioned my dear brothers and
sisters in an Islam, many may ask the question, is this a punishment from Allah? Or is it a merciful
reminder for us to turn back towards him? Let us look at what Allah says to us. In the Quran, he
makes mention and he says, Valhalla facades are filled very well. Bihar.
		

			Indeed, Mr. Facade corruption, it has become rampant and it has become very much out in the open.
Allah says upon the land and on the see why the Marchesa but at the NASS because of what the people
have engaged in because of the sins and the transgressions and Allah says to us, why do these
calamities occur? Leo the car home, barber levy Amarillo, la isla whom your own, Allah says so that
he may cause them to taste a slight bit of the bad and evil deeds that they have performed, and in
order that they may return back to Allah from the evil and the sin that they have engaged in. And
then we also find on the other hand, this that had ochre in Turkey and in Syria does not necessarily
		

			mean it is a punishment for the people. And that Allah subhanho wa Taala is displeased with them.
But so too we find that trials are presented, trials are given to the believers based upon the level
of the Eman the faith and their religious commitment. So it doesn't always mean that when you are
afflicted that Allah is dissatisfied with you, or that Allah is punishing you. Instead, Allah
innovates you the Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has said that the people closer
as we know within this ummah, and especially closer to the end of times, they will be setting signs
of the hour which we have mentioned. But the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to us that in
		

			the Hadith that said even ABI Waqqas narrates people will be put through trial and error. The
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was asked, Who will be placed through the most difficult T and
through the most error, and he said, Those who follow my way, but before following my way, he said
the NBA, the NBA will go through the most difficult, then Famille M fellow fell and fell, then those
who follow and then those who follow. In other words, this hadith means and refers to the stronger
your Eman, the stronger your religious commitment, the greater Allah will test you, Allah may notice
the one who is already far off the path and the one who is this obedient to Allah. Instead, he will
		

			put to test and trial the one who is strong in faith. Why, so that he may raise the degree in the
Kira in the year after, through that Bella through that calamity that he has placed them within?
What are our action points, my dear brothers and sisters, we engage in abundance so far, when
matters like these take place, we seek towards free forming ourselves towards bettering our
conditions because Allah warns us did the people not return to me in obedience when my signs that
come to them, so we strive towards purifying our souls and worshipping Allah better and coming close
to him in accordance, and then we also show humanity towards Allah subhana who were to Allah and ask
		

			for his protection from evil and bed and at the same time, we are merciful towards those who are
experiencing difficulty we help them where we can, and we engage in giving as much charity as
possible. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says that sadaqa charity, two three ohada Rub, it
distinguishes or extinguishes the anger and the Wrath of Allah subhana who were to Allah. And
lastly, a point of action that we take home with us today is that we make abundant dua for our
believing brothers and sisters of faith who have been afflicted because if you cannot physically
help with your hands with your body, no Can you sin them of your wealth and of your aid that you
		

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			provide them through the money that Allah has given you, then the best that you and I could do is to
make sincere dua to Allah subhanahu wa to Allah and ask that he alleviates the struggles and that He
grants them ease and difficulty and that he assists them that He has mercy upon the date that he
kills the ill that he assists the women, the elderly, and the young children who have gone through
this particular trial. May Allah subhanahu wa to Allah also cause that it is a reminder and a wake
up call for all of us, and that we returned to him in Toba insincere repentance that he threw that
makes us among the successful and those who He is pleased with in this dunya and importantly in the
		

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