Waleed Basyouni – The People of the Trench
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The transcript describes a disturbing story about a woman who killed her and her partner in a trench. The speaker emphasizes the importance of avoiding punishment and the awareness of one's actions and emotions to avoid negative consequences. The segment also touches on the negative consequences of not letting people go and rewarding emotions. The Darth Vader is emphasized as the foundation of the project, and the importance of remaining true to one's values is emphasized.
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Alhamdulillahi wahdahu wassalatu wassalamu ala man la nabiyya
ba'dahu nabiyyina muhammadin wa ala alihi wa sahbihi
wasallimillahumma tasliman kathira wallahumma laka alhamdu haqqan haqqa
wa laka alhamdu ta'abudan wa riqqa la
ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minal zalimin
ashhadu an la ilaha illa allahu wahdahu la
sharika lah wa ashhadu anna muhammadan abduhu wa
rasuluh Allahumma salli wa sallim wa barik ala
nabiyyina muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wasallimillahumma
tasliman kathira All praise due to Allah and
his praise and blessings and peace be upon
our Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wasallam
his family, his companions and his followers until
the Day of Judgment.
I bear witness that Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala is the only one worthy of worship
and Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wasallam his
last and final messenger.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says These
verses and surahs of the Qur'an and
the Qur'an and the Qur'an and
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the Qur'an and the Qur'an Tell
us the story of the people of the
trench.
Those who were tested so hard, so hard,
by the king of their village.
Those who were burned alive.
A trench was dug, filled with fuel and
branches, trees, trunks, trees, and it lit up.
Then they brought the believers and they start
asking them to leave their religion or they
will be tortured to death in fire.
Men, women, elderly, children, all kind of people.
The only reason they were killed, the only
reason they were burned, the only reason this
genocide took place, it's because they believe in
Allah, Al-Aziz Al-Hamid.
That's an unbelievable type of torture.
Just the scene, it is so disturbing.
What a crime.
When you take these innocent men and women,
children and elderly, and you burn them alive
to the extent that a woman came with
her child, infant, who is still live off
her breast milk.
When she saw the fire, she kind of
hesitant and her child told her, Ya Ummah,
be patient, stand fast, you are upon the
truth.
Then she entered the fire and she refused
to leave her religion.
That is so many lessons can be driven
from that story.
But I want to pass all the great
lessons and stories I can derive from these
verses to only pause or reflect and focus
on one point.
It's amazing.
Quran did not mention any type of a
hasten punishment or an instant punishment to those
people who killed the innocent, who committed the
crime.
We don't see the verse telling us that
they were swallowed by the earth or God
have sent a flood or a rain of
fire to destroy them.
As a matter of fact, the story just
continue all the way until it mentioned how
the believers were thrown into the fire.
Quran did not mention what happened to the
transgressors.
It told us what happened to the one
who abused, but not what happened to the
abuser.
Is it how it will end?
Is it how those poor people will go
free?
They will not be held accountable?
No.
The reality is that this verse came to
emphasize and the fact that should be clear
in the mind and the heart of every
Muslim who sees injustice happening around the world
today in many different levels, in many different
corners in the world, and especially in the
heart of the Muslim land today.
A fact comes and declared by the surah
in the most beautiful way.
The one who owns the heavens and earth,
the one who is in his hand everything,
the one who witness and knows everything happening
in his kingdom.
So what happened to those people did not
happen while Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala not
aware or not aware of or has no
knowledge of or he was distracted from it.
The question is still, how come they commit
all this kind of genocide, this kind of
killing and they just go free like that?
No, they did not escape punishment.
Because the punishment is not only in this
earth.
Because the punishment for the crime is not
only in this life.
The truth, the fact that we have always
to keep in mind that the true recompense
and the true judgment and the true punishment
and the true reward is not in this
life.
It's not what happened in this life.
It's what will happen next after people return
to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
That's why the verse goes, The
verse goes to tell you those who have
tortured, burned the believer or the believing men
and women and did not repent to Allah,
they will be burned in hellfire.
They will be burned in the hellfire.
When and where?
In the hellfire, in the day of judgment.
What a big difference between this fire and
that fire.
How can you compare a fire that made
by humans versus a fire made by Allah?
A fire that is going to end your
life in a few minutes.
A fire that will end your life in
a few minutes.
But the fire of the hereafter is forever.
This fire in dunya led to the acceptance
and to the mercy and to the reward
of Allah.
While the fire of the hellfire lead to
the anger and to a continuous punishment till
Allah knows how long.
It's so important to keep that in mind
while you're looking at what's happening around you.
That you don't ever ever for a second
forget that this dunya is a temporary.
That this dunya is worth nothing to be
a form of reward or a form of
punishment.
And no one will just escape Allah.
No one will just go and will not
be held accountable for their actions.
This whole life is worth nothing in Allah's
eyes.
The Prophet ﷺ passed by a dumpster area.
An area where they dump their garbage.
The Prophet ﷺ saw a skin
of a sheep.
That the meat of it eaten by vultures
or dissolved by the earth.
It's stinky.
It is bad.
Then the Prophet ﷺ picked it from its
ear.
What's left from it.
And he held it up.
And you can imagine the flies around it
and the worms.
It's disgusting.
The Prophet ﷺ picked it up and hung
it up like this.
And he ﷺ said to his companions, Which
of you would like this to be worth
a dinar?
They said, O Messenger of Allah, if it
was alive, none of us would have bought
it for a dinar.
O Messenger of Allah, if this was alive,
nobody would even pay a dirham in it.
It is messed up.
Even if it's alive.
And like this, who would buy anything?
And the Prophet ﷺ kept doing this auction
on it.
And they said, O Messenger of Allah, no
one would buy it.
You see how you look at this worth
nothing?
That's how Allah looks at this life.
It's worth nothing.
حتى تهوى الدنيا في أعينهم وتنزل من قلوبهم
Let it fall down.
Hit the ground.
So you can see the dunya also falling
from your eyes.
Falling from your heart.
It's not worth it.
Nothing in this dunya is worth it.
That's why Allah ﷻ might let some people
go away with their crimes.
Might not let you go away with your
crime.
Let you go away with your injustice.
Let you go away with your lies.
Let you go away with your cheating.
Let you go away with so many things
wrong that you have done.
Let you go away with so many disobedience
of Allah.
Because this dunya is not the place to
reward or to punishment necessarily.
Might happen.
إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ هَوَانِهَا عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ
عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّهُ لَوْلَا خُشْيَةَ فِتْمَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Because Allah ﷻ worries that this might lead
so many believers to leave iman.
Otherwise Allah will do it.
But Allah ﷻ knows that our iman is
not strong enough to take it.
What is it?
أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَوْلَا أَنْ يُفْتَنَ الْنَّاسِ
لَوْلَا أَنْ تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْمَةً لَجَعَلَ هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا بِحَذَافِيرِهَا
لِلْكُفَّارِ وَمَا أَعْطَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا قَطْلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ Allahu
Akbar.
Afford him love to Allah ﷻ.
He will not give you anything from this
worldly life.
He will give it to all to the
disbelievers.
And keep for you completely your reward in
the hereafter.
But Allah didn't do that because it's hard.
وَإِن كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةُ
عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ If Allah wants, He would
make everybody, all the kuffar, they get everything
that you can imagine in this life.
All these luxury lives.
Even their homes are made, built from gold
and silver.
Allah ﷻ, all this is very little comparing
to the akhirah.
That's why Allah ﷻ always remind us when
we see those who are arrogant, when we
see the disbelievers, the wrongdoers, those who don't
care about Allah, those who think about the
hereafter.
Don't be tempted by their status.
Don't be angry because they are in such
power.
Because it is just a temporary time.
Always keep in your mind the akhirah and
what Allah ﷻ prepare.
And you will know there is no real
gain here.
فَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكَ تَقَلُّبُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي الْبِلَادِ مَتَاعٌ
قَلِيلٌ ثُمَّ مَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمْ وَبِئْسَ الْمِهَاتِ Don't be
tempted by how powerful they are in this
dunya.
It's a temporary joy, temporary power.
قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ
Enjoy your kufr.
Enjoy your disobedience.
Enjoy your haram.
You're ending up in hellfire.
How long it will be?
70, 80, 100 years?
Then you end up in the akhira.
You end up dead.
Compare that amount of years to a life
that has no end to it.
قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ عَدَدَ السِّنِينَ قَالُوا
يَوْمًا وَبَعْدِنَ السَّدْرَكُ وَقَالُوا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ When
they compare the amount of days that they
lived in this dunya compared to the akhira,
this dunya for them is like a day.
They said, you know what, not even a
day, half a day.
That's what the people will say on the
day of judgment.
قَالَ إِن لَبِثْتُمْ قَلِيلًا لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ It's
a very small amount of time, if you
truly know.
That's why the believers always keep in mind
what Allah says in the Qur'an.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ وَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ الَّذِينَ
عِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ اللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ
عَلَى مَا يَفْعَلُونَ Sometimes Allah might let you
see the punishment, see the reward.
Sometimes and many times He wouldn't.
That's why in the same surah, in the
end Allah said فَعَالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ He does
what He wishes according to His infant wisdom,
subhana.
Then He followed that by the story or
alluding to the story of Fir'aun and
Thamud.
And those two nations Allah destroyed them in
this life.
So sometimes He does that and make you
see that and witness that and sometimes He
doesn't.
But I know that for sure in the
akhira nobody will just pass, will give a
free pass.
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّى يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُعَدُونَ
Let them live, let them enjoy, let them
laugh until they come the day when they
come out of their grief.
And you will be held accountable for their
actions.
إِنَّ هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا دَارُ جَزَاءٌ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا
لَيْسَ الدَّارَ جَزَاءٌ وَلَكِنَّهَا دَارُ عَمَلٌ وَالْآخِرَةَ دَارُ
جَزَاءٌ وَلَا عَمَلٌ This dunya is a place
to do, to act, not to get rewarded
or to get punished, necessarily.
But the akhira is the place where you
will be rewarded and punished and no actions.
You can't offer anything at that time.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala among us,
among those who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
give them the best of this dunya and
the best of the akhira.
أَقُولُوا مَا سَنَتُمْ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُوا اللَّهَ لِي وَلَكُمْ بِاَسْتَغْفِرُوا
حَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَحْدَهُ وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى مَنْ لَا
نَبِيَّ بَعْدَهُ وَبَعْدَ Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
says وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ
خَيْرًا لِأَنفُسِهِمْ أَخَيْرُ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ
لِيَزْدَادُوا إِثْمًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ We did not
give them a break, give them time or
we did not hold back the punishment because
we like you because we favor you, because
you are close to Allah because you are
on the side of the right No It's
a fitna, it's a test and trial from
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ عَاهَدَ
اللَّهَ لَأَنْ آتَانَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ لَنَا الصَّدَّقَنَّ وَلَنَكُونَنَّ
مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ Some people said ya Allah give
me money and I will show you what
I will do فَلَمَّا آتَاهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ بَخِلُوا
بِهِ When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave
them what they did they became stingy وَتَوَلَّوهُمْ
مُعْرِضُونَ They turned away Did Allah tell us
what happened to this person?
Did Allah tell us that Allah burned their
wealth?
Destroyed their gardens?
Allah told us that the earth has swallowed
them?
No What was the punishment?
And just to open your horizon فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ نِفَاقًا
فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ يَلْقَوْنَهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا
اللَّهُ تَسَلَّتُ الْعُقُوبَةِ دُونَ حَتَّى أَن يَدْرُوهُمْ بِهَا
The punishment was that Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala filled their hearts with hypocrisy So they
meet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with no
tawbah With no repentance With no good deeds
كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
بَلْ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا بِكُفْرِهِمْ Allah sealed their
hearts because of their kufr إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُمْلِي
لِلظَّالِمِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يُفْلِتْ Allah gave
al-Dhalim that break That time Not because
he's happy with him Not because he cannot
destroy him and stop him No, because he
wants him in the Day of Judgment To
be punished in the most severe way I'm
saying this because Sometimes Some of my dear
brothers and sisters When they see this kind
of injustice happening in the world They start
searching What happened to them?
What is gonna happen?
How Allah will destroy them?
How Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will end
up the life of such and such person?
You know Habibi, don't worry about that إِنَّ
رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has His
plan for them You might not witness anything
in this dunya You might go away with
it But they will never go away with
it afterwards That's something to keep in mind
You as a husband, you might go away
With abusing your wife Because you have more
money You're a husband, you might go away
In a divorce case because you have a
better lawyer You as an employer, go away
Because you have more powerful lawyers And you
know, the corporation in your side You as
you know, as a police officer Go away
because the law is in your side Or
you can bend the law You as a
politician, you as a country You might go
away with it Because you think, you know
what I'm backed up by, you know The
western world or eastern world or whatever Or
by your numbers or by your tanks and
power You will not go away with it
in the akhira All this that you rely
on in this dunya Will not benefit you
in anything in the akhira You will ask
for their help And they will free themselves
from you Say, I don't know you I
run away from you They will run away
from you As this make us patient Also
it should make us, in the same time
Care to do the good And don't necessarily
expect the reward for it in the dunya
To be noticed and to be praised for
it in the dunya Because you know also,
the akhira khair wa abqa Allahumma inna nasaluka
an tusliha ahwalana wa tusliha niyatina Allahumma a
'izza al-islam wa al-muslimin wa adilla
al-shirka wa al-mushrikeen wa ahmi hawzata
al-deen Allahumma inna nasaluka yadha al-jalali
wa al-ikram an tubrima lihadi al-ummati
amra rushd yu'azzu fihi ahlu ta'atik
yadha al-jalali wa al-ikram wa yu'maru
fihi bi ma'ruf wa yunha fihi ani
al-munkar Allahumma aslih ahwal al-muslimin Allahumma
aslih wilatahum aslih ulama'ahum aslih shababahum aslih
nisa'ahum aslih dararihim Allahumma man tawalla wa
aslih min tawalla lahum amra Allahumma walli alayna
khiyarana wa abrid alana shirarana wa ja'al
wilayatana fiman khafaka wa attaqaka wa rahimana yadha
al-jalali wa al-ikram nahnu wa al
-nasu a'ammata yadha al-jalali wa al
-ikram Allahumma a'ajjil bifaraji ikhwanina fi filistin
wa ja'al da'irat al-saw'i
ala man dhalamahum wa khadhalahum ya hayy ya
qayyum Allahumma inna nisa'aluka yadha al-jalali
wa al-ikram an tultufa bilmuhajjalina al-mustadha
'afina fi filistina wa lubnana yadha al-jalali
wa al-ikram