From: mmasood@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mohammed A Masood)
Subject: Lessons for the Ummah
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 14:51:04 GMT

	Salaam,

	Things have changed and  are  changing  rapidly.  The  recent  events  
	in  the  Muslim  Ummah are showing the wrath of Allah (swt) is coming 
	on us MUSLIMS.

	First, it was Iraq, Kashmir, then Bosnia, and now in Pakistan.  Allah 
	(swt)  is  catching  us  slowly, but surely.  Nawaz   Shareef,  Prime 
	Minister of Pakistan, in order to save his seat  is  doing  what  the
	MASTER is dictating.  NOT the MASTER of the THE UNIVERSES, THE HEAVEN
	& THE EARTH, but the MASTER of the WHITE HOUSE.  This was very  clear  
	by the change of policy of the Pakistani Gavernment towards the Afghan
	Jihad.

	I  am  still  trying  to   comprehend  what  is  Pakistani  government 
	trying to achieve by such an action!  Allah (swt) will help the right-
	eous group  from  places where we  cannot  imagine,  but  the question
	arises why are we  hesitating  to  help  that  group?  Are  we  afraid
	of the U.S.?  What about Allah?

	'O Believers, fear Allah as HE should be feared and see  that  you  do
	 not die save as Muslims'  3:102

	'O Prophet, say to them, "If you flee from  death  of  slaughter, your 
	flight will avail you nothing; after that you will enjoy life but  for 
	a little while only."  Ask them, "Who can protect you  from  Allah, if
	HE intends harm for you? And who can prevent HIM if HE intends to show 
	you  mercy?"  In  fact, they cannot find a protector and helper against
	Allah.'  33:16-17

	Ironically  by  stopping  the  aid to the Afghan  Mujahideens, we  are 
	thinking that we are being the greatest help in establishing the Isla-
	mic Government in Afghanistan.  What a fools paradise  we  are  living 
	in!!!

	Instead, now we have been inflicted by the greatest disaster  ever hit
	to  Pakistan - the  floods  in the northern area of Pakistan.

	'It is HE Who makes the lightening flash before you to fill  you  both 
	with  fear and with hope:  It is HE who raises clouds laden with water.
	The thunder glorifies HIM with HIS praise and the angels, too, glorify 
	HIM in awe of HIM.  HE lets  loose thunderbolts and (often) smite with 
	them whomsoever HE wills, while they are wrangling  about  Allah.  The 
	fact is that HIS plan is very effective.  13:12-13

	Some of us, so-called intellectuals, will say that  these  floods  are 
	due to monsoon season, or whatever scientific reason, this has happen-
	ed.  It might be true, but do we ever care to listen  to  Allah (swt),
	what HE is saying in Qura'n!  What devastation it has brought  to  the 
	economy of Pakistan.  So far we have lost half of the roads and bridges
	in the north.  All of the  cotton  crops  is  lost.  All  other  vege-
	tation is lost too.  Why?  Allah is catching us also.  Brothers  think 
	why  are  we  getting  these calamities one after the other.  The loss
	of the crops means so much of hard work of the farmers, their families.
	The loss of bridges and road loss of transportation and  communication 
	with the people in the farms.  All the economy booming steps taken  by 
	Nawaz Shareef would be affected too.

	Now, look at Bosnia.  How much the people are suffering?  And  we  are 
	talking about protesting to the White  House, the  U.N. -the  criminal 
	organanization of the world, to look into the  matter  of  Bosnia  and
 	take some steps.  We are acting as if the criminal regimes  of  US, UN,
	and ours MUSLIMS lands don't  know what is happening in  Bosnia.  I'll 
	give you few examples, what UN has done so far:

	o	The Kashmiri problem is not resolved for the last 45 years
	o	Palestinian problem is well-known to everyone
	o	Recently, the Afghan case.  How they have worsened it, instead 
		of resolving it.
	o	I read the news that even though the weapon embargo  is  there 
		in Bosnia, and the Europeans are still aiding the  Serbs  with 
		the weapons and the US is helping with the intelligence 
		information.

	These are few examples of the so-called PEACE keepers of the world and 
	the result of NEW WOLRD ORDER!!!

	The most recent example of  UN PEACE keeping job is you know at BOSNIA:
	When the Muslim forces took over the  Sarajevo  airport, the  next day
	French President Mitterand arrived in Sarajevo, so the UN  forces took 
	the charge of the airport to provide protection and security  for  the
	President.  Then when he left, the Serbs took  recaptured  it, because 
	the UN forces did not show much of the resistance, because  they   are 
	PEACE keeping forces.  Another example, whenever, Muslims capture road-
	ways, leading in and out of Sarajevo, the  UN  take  charge  with  the 
	excuse that we need it so we can transport food and  other  provisions.
	Then, when the Serbs attack that area, it is recaptured by  the  Serbs,
	because UN forces are PEACE  keeping  forces.
	
	And we still want to go to them to solve  our  problems.  How  pitiful!
	For how long we'll go to seek honor or help from  them, on  the  other
	hand Allah (swt) says:

	'. . . And the one whom Allah degrades and disgraces has none to make 
	him  worthy of  honour; Allah does whatever HE wills'  22:18

	It is time to wake dear Brothers and Sisters.  

	'O Believers, if you follow the counsel of those who have adopted  the 
	way of disbelief, they will cause you to turn back to unbelief and you 
	will be the losers.  (What they are saying is quite wrong:)  the  fact 
	is that Allah is your Protector and Helper and HE is the best  of  all 
	the Helpers.  3:149-150

	Brothers think about it.  It is late, but doors  for  forgiveness  are 
	still open till the last breathe we take.  We have talked about differ-
	ent solutions to the  Bosnian  problem.  Yes, we  need  food, clothing,
	and blankets for the Winter.  But how about the weapons and other arti-
	llery.  I'm sure you must have watched on the news a month ago, a Bosn-
	ian saying that we don't want to leave our lands, we  will  eat  grass 
	and leaves, what we need is weapon to defend ourselves.

	'Why should you, then, not fight in the Way of Allah for the  sake  of 
	those helpless men, women, and  children  who, being  weak, have  been 
	oppressed and are  crying  out, "Our  Lord, deliver us from this habit-
	ation whose inhabitants are unjust oppressor, and  raise  a  protector 
	for  us  by  thy  grace  and  a  helper  from  thyself" '.  4:75

	Think about it, before we suffer the same consequences as Bosnian  Mus-
	lims are facing.  We  should try to go back to our Muslim lands, if we 
	have one, and try to educate people what the West is doing with us and 
	how our leaders selling our dignity to the West.  

	'The fact is that Allah does not change a  people's  lot  unless  they 
	themselves change their own characteristics:  and when  Allah  decides 
	to bring about retribution to a people, none can ward it  off, nor can 
	they find any defender or helper against Allah.'  13:11

	Finally, somebody mentioned on the net that we are missing the  "Dhikr"
	in our life.  If by "Dhikr" it means that sit in the mosque  and  read 
	Quran and offer nafl prayers and try to build  our  faith  by  reading
	books other than  Quran, without  its  meaning, then  we  are  fooling
	ourselves. In fact, we are changing the sunnah of the Prophet. Prophet 
	(saw) used Qur'an to build the FAITH, not His (saw) sayings.
	Yes, we need the sunnah to follow His lifestyle, thus we should  refer 
	to  Qur'an, as it was the Prophet's sunnah, to increase our faith.

	Further, we will not see the changes on our lives, but we should  make 
	an effort to inculcate the true Islam to  the  younger  generation, so 
	when they get older, they take charge of the governments, and not  the 
	puppets of the West.

		May Allah guide me and all of us to the PATH
		which was shown to us by HIS last Prophet.

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