Suhaib Webb – You’re A Torch!
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A man describes his conversion journey to Islam, including his struggles to embrace Islam and his love for God. He describes the importance of being a Muslim person and his role as a holy bus carrier. The man emphasizes the need to be prepared for difficult times and bring manifested light to a confused world.
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Assalamu Alaikum
Years ago, when I first like accepted Islam,
I was out with the brothers from Jamat
and they took me to this brother. He
had a liquor store.
And they told me, like, tell him your
story because, you know,
honestly speaking and and everyone knows this,
you know, conversion, it can be kind of
rocky. You know what I mean? It can
come with some serious, serious challenges.
So subhanallah,
I told the brother
my conversion story.
And he was selling like, man, mad dog
20 2040 ounce, like he was selling everything.
It was wild.
And then he got angry at me.
I was a little bit passionate too.
And he said to me, like, why did
you even embrace Islam?
Like, why do you even care?
He was like Prophet Muhammad
He was like he was an incredible person
and no one will ever be like him.
So, like,
we're we're we're
we are exonerated
from following his practices.
We are immune. Excuse me. We have immunity
from following
prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And that actually
kind of bothered me because at that that
stage in my conversion, like, Islam was still
a ocean,
a deep ocean, and I really didn't know
what to do, man. But then I came
across a verse in Surat Al Ahab,
where Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala describes the prophet
as Sirajan
Munira
Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam that the Prophet Salallahu Alaihi
Wasallam
is this bright shining light,
Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam
A torch.
Imam Razi says something so powerful that makes
every single one of us the saint and
the sinner.
When we say, we
are now
for sharing light.
Al Razi says that Allah describes the prophet
sallallahu
alaihi wasallam as Siraj al Munira
because the torch
in the time of the prophet
was a source of guidance for people during
the night. It helped them steer clear of
danger.
It was a source of warmth.
It was a source of direction.
But most importantly, Al Razi said that a
torch was shared from one tribe to another.
So the prophet being this imminent light that
Allah has created, subhanAllah,
to be the final messenger,
and we being his followers, we are all
carrying the light of the prophet We
are all
torchbearers.
We are all a port in the storm.
We are all a we are all a
place where people can find the alhamdulillah
refuge
and direction
and safety
through the fog of this dunya.
Never underestimate
the importance of being Muslim, man.
Never underestimate
what that means for you. No matter the
difficulties that you're going through with your family,
through your marriage, through your children, through your
friends, whatever.
You have the light of Muhammad
ready to be shared in this very difficult,
harsh time
and bring illumination
to a world that is confused
and covered in fog.