Sajid Ahmed Umar – Ramadan 2019 – EP11 – Oppression Never wins

			Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim al hamdu Lillah wa Salatu was Salam ala rasulillah who Allah Allah, he
was a big man in my bed. Assalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Welcome everyone to my one
reminders Episode 11 1440 years after the Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam from
Mecca to Medina. Today in this episode, I take you to sort of the locus of Ayah number 37. So, this
is the 28th floor of the Quran, and I'm taking you to Ayah number 37. And in particular, the last
part of the eye in which Allah says in the hula, you have Volume One. And here we have another
principle from the principles of life. Allah says, indeed, the wrongdoers the oppresses will never
		

			succeed will never succeed. As long as they remain upon wrongdoing and oppression. Why do I
translate it as never succeed as long as they remain upon their own doing? Well, I gather this
understanding from the fact that Allah subhanho wa Taala uses the present tense in this particular
area. He says in Nola, you flee who you flee, who is the present tense. And in the Arabic language,
the present tense doesn't only carry the meaning of now, but it carries the meaning of now in
something continuous. So when a light instructs us he's not saying that the wrongdoer will not
succeed, rather, he's saying will never succeed as long as they remain upon the wrongdoing. Because
		

			sometimes somebody might say okay, they won't succeed, but it will be temporary, it will be
something temporary, and then they will succeed. But looking at the technicality of the present
tense that Allah subhanho wa Taala uses in this area, we gain a greater understanding that Allah
subhanho wa Taala will never ever grant success upon an oppressor and wrongdoer. As has been the
theme brothers and sisters in Islam, over all our man reminders Now, for this particular month, we
actually highlighting and citing principles from the principles of life. That's what we have been
doing. And this is yet another principle that the wrongdoer and the oppressor will never ever
		

			succeed. And I take you back to a previous episode, where we related to sort of like am I in which
Allah says, well, karma or the Euro, irrespective of the smokescreens, they excuses that they throw
out to justify whatever they doing wrong is wrong. And Allah is saying, as a universal law, wrong,
will never be granted success. falsehood will never beat the truth, even though it might have
temporary gain, even though it might look as if it is winning, and it is ahead. We know that the Tao
of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi, wa sallam was, was for 13 years in Makkah, and the Quraysh were
severe amongst the Muslim sanctioning them and beating them and cutting ties with them, and
		

			threatening them and usurping their wealth and their property, and not giving them their rights for
the simple fact that they said that the Lord was Allah subhanho wa Taala. And they thought by them
doing this, that this means they upon the truth, right. The you know, they were upon falsehood, they
were the wrongdoers. They were the oppressors. And yes, with a loss wisdom, the oppression had
momentum, but it was
		

			it was deceiving moments, brothers and sisters in Islam, deceiving moments and then after the
Muslims went to Medina, year 14 and 15, and you had better happen, Reality Check struck them when
they came forward. All right, are heard.
		

			They were given a reality check. But looking at the events, it could be considered a draw, but then
battles after that digit, they just couldn't manage to curb the efforts of Islam curb the efforts of
the truth, even though they look like they were in the front over time. As the you know, the second
hand ticked, and the our hand moved, and the days became completed, and added up into weeks and
months and years and so on and so forth. They saw that a lot of their best meant, we're switching
camps, and following Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam and his message of believing in what Allah
subhanho wa Taala and believing in Him being the final messenger and believing in the hereafter.
		

			Wrong, oppression. falsehood will never ever succeed never ever in the hula Valley moon, the work of
the oppressors and the wrongdoers will never succeed, nor will their message succeed. Brothers and
sisters in Islam, Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us this idea in in the context of musala, he set up
addressing around when Musa alayhis salam says my lord is more knowing than we are you have who has
come with guidance from him and to whom will be succession in the land in the home. Indeed,
wrongdoers do not succeed.
		

			And for those who are, you know, looking at this context carefully, you see that the principle I'm
sharing is indeed a principle of life. It's been a principle from the beginning of life, and will
last till the end of life here we have this lesson being shared in a different century to our
century. So it doesn't mean we in the 21st century, that the principle does not hold true. Brothers
and sisters in Islam, the greatest oppression, no doubt is this belief and associating partners with
Allah, as local man said to his son, as you brought him up in the shirt led to Shrek Believe it or
not associate partners with Allah in the shitokai level, Navin, indeed shirak is a great oppression,
		

			the greatest oppression, no doubt, and then oppression and wrongdoing
		

			flows down from that into other segments of life related to the relationship that we have with
ourselves. Sometimes we, we wrong ourselves in our diet, in our lifestyle. We wrong ourselves in
terms of putting our nature in front of our iMac. And some people have a strong nature. Some people
have a weak nature, right? So imagine mandates that if you have a weaker nature, right, you have to
you have to build yourself up to support the truth. And never ever allow oppression. To spread. Your
Eman has to now build your character. You have to put your Eman before your personal preference.
Some people have this character where they don't want to get involved. But your mind has to drive
		

			you towards getting involved. And some people have a strong character where they don't need
convincing to be involved but they involved and then they involvement creates oppression. So they
have to use the man and put the man before they strong character and hold themselves back so that
they avoid oppression. So sometimes wrong ourselves by not giving our Eman it's hard. It's right and
putting it before our nature. We allow our character to supersede our Eman whether it's a softer
character or a harder character. Both characters require a man to calibrate it Eman to nurture it if
we don't, we are pressing and running ourselves. And in doing so we will not succeed. Then we
		

			oppress other people, people who are close and people who are far by not looking after the rights of
you of the human beings, as stipulated by Allah subhanho wa Taala.
		

			And, you know, we've spoken we know, you know this, this writes with parents and with relatives, I
want to talk about, you know, marital abuse brothers and sisters in Islam and I mean abuse, where we
verbally abuse a spouse verbally abuses his or her partner, and it's more than the husband abusing
the wife. Right? This is a type of physical abuse and then actual physical abuse where you lay your
hand in an abrasive way on your partner.
		

			emotional abuse, intellectual abuse, you belittle the ideas, you belittle the thoughts, you belittle
the contributions, you make them feel inferior in terms of the thinking. Now imagine a wife living
in the situation over years and years and years. Well, this is implicit imprisonment. Right? And and
shortly she's going to start believing that she's not intelligent, she's going to start believing
that she's not worth it. She's going to start believing that she is the the the fire of her
husband's life. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect this is a wrongdoing and oppression,
irrespective of the culture you come from.
		

			And talking about cultures, then we have wrongdoing and oppression in that we have parents who allow
their daughters to remain in abusive relationships, just to save the family name. Just to save the
family name. I've come across cases. I apologize if I come across a bit strong it's out of passion
because it's hurtful to see this where parents forced their daughters to remain in abusive
marriages. They got their daughter married to the wrong person who doesn't have marriage maturity
and doesn't deserve to be a husband. And then he abuses their daughter and then they force her to be
patient and remain there. Why? Because if she's divorced, it will spoil the family name. This is a
		

			an oppressive culture and an oppressive standard. This is wrongdoing in Lehman, brothers and sisters
we can go on and on in the whole area of wrongdoing and oppression irrespective of its format. And
nature and form will never ever be successful a principle of life set down by Allah subhanho wa
Taala Allah subhanho wa Taala forgive our past and correct our affairs I mean Salam aleikum wa
rahmatullah wa barakato.