Rania Awaad – Allah is in control
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The speaker discusses the lack of control and the importance of belief in helping people avoid suffering from overwhelming anxiety and fear. They explain that belief in God's power is crucial to avoiding suffering and that people should trust their friend's actions to protect them in the future. The speaker uses the example of the CEO of a company being reassured by a different level of control than the individual they work with.
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In this very moment with everything that we're
seeing and witnessing
an entire genocide, many actually,
but particularly the one we're witnessing right now
in Palestine,
People are asking where
we feel a lack of control. We don't
know how to help. We first feel helpless,
especially from over here witnessing
what's happening. Is Allah actually
in control?
And the answer, of course, is a resounding
yes, of course Allah
is in control,
and his control is different than human control.
His control is complete
control and with divine wisdom that we may
not fully understand or know the how and
the why, the where and the when and
the what.
And this is part of where belief comes
in or faith.
So think about this. If you had a
big problem or a big issue and your
friend tried to console you
and they might say to you, don't worry,
don't worry, maybe it's maybe a person and
this is true, right? We came out of
a pandemic in which there was quite a
number of,
job losses, right? People were being laid off
a lot, quite a bit.
And there was definitely this sense of like
if a person heard that their company was
going to lay off 50% of the company,
they don't know which 50% they're in.
They're going to have a lot of worry,
anxiety, issues, lack of control, sense of like
feeling no sense of control,
and your friend comes to you and tries
to console you and says to you, no,
no, no, don't worry, inshallah, inshallah, inshallah, you're
going to be in the
50% that's safe.
You might feel a little bit reassured,
but are you really reassured?
Why?
Because you know your friend doesn't actually have
control over that company. Do you know what
I mean? They don't have the actual answers.
They didn't see who was the person, the
half that was going to be let go
and half that was going to stay.
And so,
when we compare that level of control
to the control maybe of the company's CEO,
if you were to bump into them, right,
and they're like, don't worry, you're in the
50% that's staying, then you're
much more reassured because you say that person
has more control. Right? They have more sense
of what's happening.
Now imagine the control of Allah, azza wa
jal, if Allah says to you,
you are protected,
you are safe,
and you will have safety even if you
experience a lack of safety in this world.
Your belief as a believer, as a Mu'min,
protects you in the hereafter.
Is that not more reassuring than even the
CEO?