Owl came forward, in a low voice, he hummed,
I saw Mother Earth
Was sad
Her tears, pouring
Were golds and diamonds you remembering?
Forests, mountains, rice fileds, seas
Are wealth deposits
Now, mother is grieving
Whimpering and praying
Then owl greeted, "As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatu -llāhi wa-barakātuh!" The birds replied, "Wa ʿalaykumu s-salāmu wa-raḥmatu -llāhi wa-barakātuh!" Kea said, "O Owl, is there a story you will share with us?" Owl said, "Yes, listen carefully!" Then the owl began the story...
"Once, there was a land, the Never-never Land, who ruled by a just king, King Abdul Malik, and he ruled his land wisely. The king was a nice man, quiet and modest, and gentle, he really could not hurt a fly. He did not dress extravagantly, and he never announced, either directly or through paid buzzers and influencers, how cheap the clothes he was wearing. He did not eat expensive food or drink costly wines, he did not spend the taxpayer's money on pompous palaces or fine horses. The taxes his people had to pay, he used to have schools and universities built so the young could learn all the different trades and study all the sciences and thus, be able to serve each other better. He also had hospitals built and doctors trained so his people should not suffer from sickness more than necessary. He had roads and railways built, not for the benefit of the entrepreneur or his popularity, so that the goods were produced in one part of the country could be quickly delivered to all the other parts of the country where they were needed. He admonished his judges to give just verdicts and he did no allow his officials to accept bribes.
He loved his wife, Queen Jameela, and in the evenings he sat with his son, Prince Hassan, and conversing with him. But what he liked to do most was to sit in his study with his books and the reports from all parts of the country and work out new plans to make the life of his people even better. The king was not conceited at all, but he was a clear thinker, and when he looked at the reports, he got from all parts of the country he had to conclude that he really was ruling the country well.
One day, the king looked grim, this could not be separated from the attention of his commander, Sa'ad. Sa'ad always accompanies the king wherever he goes, like the time that always escorts this life. With courtesy, Sa'ad greeted the king, "O king, what is wrong with you? It seems that you are sad?" Hearing Sa'ad's greetings, the king woke up from his reverie. He replied, "O Sa'ad, I am thinking about what is happening in this world. I am also sorry. O Sa'ad, this situation is very alarming. I want to talk to the king's advisors. Ask Shaykh Abdul Jaleel to come see me!" Sa'ad replied, "Yes, your majesty!"
A few moments later, Shaykh Abdul Jaleel had spoken with the king. The king said, "O Shaykh, the world now is focusing on the coronavirus, when all of our news agencies, all of our understanding has blocked out almost everything else in our lives, we have to realize the great picture the overall understanding of what is happening right up untill now. The calamities are coming almost like the nine signs given to Musa, alayhissalaam, for Pharaos.
In other parts of the world,, seventeen point nine million acres were burnt, three thousand homes were damaged, a half a billion animals were killed. It was a state of emergency and it was reported they called it fireballs coming from the sky.
In other land, the smoke reached all the way to another land, which is thousands miles away. Another land, suffered under severe flooding tens of thousands of people were displaced and this flooding is actually continuing up until today. Other land, suffered from terrible earthquakes 5.8 to 6.4 on the Richter scale eleven more earthquakes.
Followed these major ones, much volcanoes have hit several land. In another land, high winds had appeared, heavy rain, snowfall huge waves, electricity was lost. In one part of a land, a whole village was covered with foam. Our neighbor land suffered under an earthquake of 6.8 on the Richter scale. Heavy rains created landslides devastating the land. In a far far away land, one of the worst droughts that has been suffered in decades and then, locusts hundreds and millions of flying insects, the locusts, a single swarm of locusts, a hundred and fifty million locusts would destroy enough food for 2,500 people. These locusts devastated the land.
In other country, severe flooding a state of emergency, and then of course, the Alnd of Panda, the corruption has appeared on the land, in the sea, because of what humanity's hands have done. have put ourselves into this, and however, it has come about whether it has come about because of our pollution, because of our destructions, because of our confusion or maybe because of a type of germ warfare from a laboratory, however it has come about, Allah Subhana wa Ta'ala has allowed this to happen, and we as Muslims, we accept the fact that is now stalking the land, this corruption affected the economic system and the system of people that would do barter or would trade with natural things, with things, with intrinsic value, with gold and silver, and animals, and other types of items, began to trade with paper money. In this paper money over the course of centuries, became worthless, until now, the economy is a type of illusion. It is an illusion of a world economy."
Shaykh Abdul Jaleel said, "Allah said,
As a result of adopting shirk and atheism and ignoring the Hereafter, the wickedness, oppression and tyranny, inevitably appear in human conduct and character. Allah shows the evil consequences of some of the acts of men in this world before the punishment of the Hereafter, so that they understand the reality, feel the error of their conjectures and turn to the righteous belief, which the Prophets of Allah have been presenting before man since the earliest times, and besides adopting which there is no other way of ordering human conduct on sound foundations.أَعُوْذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطٰانِ الرَّجِيْمِ"I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed"
ظَهَرَ الۡفَسَادُ فِى الۡبَرِّ وَالۡبَحۡرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ اَيۡدِى النَّاسِ لِيُذِيۡقَهُمۡ بَعۡضَ الَّذِىۡ عَمِلُوۡا لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُوۡنَ"Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness]." - [QS.30:41]
Allah also said,
“The greater punishment” is the torment of the Hereafter, which will be imposed on the guilty ones in consequence of disbelief and disobedience. “Nearer punishment”, in contrast, implies those calamities which afflict man even in this world, e.g., diseases in the life of individuals, deaths of the near and dear ones, serious accidents, losses, failures, etc. and storms, earthquakes, floods, epidemics, famines, riots, wars and many other disasters, in collective life, which affect hundreds of thousands of the people simultaneously. The reason given for sending these calamities is that the people should take heed even before they are involved in the “greater torment” and give up the attitude and way of life in consequence of which they will have to suffer the greater torment ultimately. In other words, it means this: Allah has not kept man in perfect security in the world so that he may live in full peace, and become involved in the misunderstanding that there is no power above him, which can cause him harm. But Allah has so arranged things that He sends disasters and calamities on individuals as well as on nations and countries from time to time, which give man the feeling that he is helpless and that there is about him an All- Powerful Sovereign Who is ruling His universal kingdom. These calamities remind each individual and groups and nation that there is another Power above them Who is controlling their destinies. Everything has not been placed at man’s disposal. The real Power is in the hand of the Sovereign. When a calamity from Him descends on man, you can neither avert it by any artifice, nor can escape from it by invoking a jinn, or a spirit, or a god or goddess, or a prophet or saint. Considered in this light, these calamities are not mere calamities but warnings of Allah, which are sent to make man conscious of the reality and to remove his misunderstandings. If man learns a lesson from these and corrects his belief and conduct here in the world, he will not have to face the greater torment of Allah in the Hereafter.وَلَنـُذِيۡقَنَّهُمۡ مِّنَ الۡعَذَابِ الۡاَدۡنٰى دُوۡنَ الۡعَذَابِ الۡاَكۡبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُوۡنَ"We shall certainly have them taste some chastisement in this world in addition to the greater chastisement (of the Hereafter); perhaps they will retract (from their transgression)." - [QS.32:21]
O your majesty! Now we're on a reset, and because of the loss of employment, because of the of the change in our lifestyles, it is literally forcing us to go back to a more natural way of life and it is bringing out more and more Islamic ways of life, the way that Allah Subhana wa Ta'ala has created developed for human beings. Corruption in social life, the immorality reaching epic proportions with the internet, with prostitution, with pornography, epic proportions around the world, a whole generation coming up with their language, changing their lifestyle, changing.
Now we have reached a very critical point, in the history of this planet, with a virus stalking the land, and with people now reconsidering their relationships, can white continue to hate black, can non-Arab be against Arab, can the nations be based on ethnic ethnicity and tribe continue to do this? We are a human race, if people are suffering in one land, or suffering in another land, then the rest of the world is suffering because we're all one human family.
We're all part of one family were part of one global village, corruption on a political level, that our leaders should be the most truthful ones and not the ones who are speaking lies and who are basing what they say on votes or basing what they say on control of the individuals. We know that there is a leader of a country who wins the election in an inappropriate way, gives false promises and is supported by irresponsible people, legalizing his cheating. One day, leaders like this will be forced by circumstances to realize their false-promises. Power does not always glorify us, but sometimes, the power humiliates us.
Corruption in the financial relationships of people in the economy, the small number of rich and the growing number of poor people on the face of the planet Earth. Our relationships have to change, and the governments who will be hoarding money and who have been changing things based upon their understanding of the economy, will have to do a reset. But now, first things first, we are heading home! And Allah know best."
Reference :
- Shaykh Abdullah Hakim Quick, Virtual Friday Talk, Islamic Institute of Toronto.
