What if Oppression is Our Destiny? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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Amid the challenges Muslims face today, Dr. Omar Suleiman reflects on whether this suffering is a test for the ummah or something deeper.

Are we destined for resilience and justice, or are we trapped in a cycle of betrayal and oppression?
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  9. โ€˜Khoon Phir Khoon Haiโ€™ (translation: Blood is but Blood) is written by poet Sahir Ludhianvi and was published in his book โ€œAao Ki Koi Khwaab Buneinโ€. There are several poems in this book which were written by Sahir as a reaction to specific events in the 1950s and 1960s.

    โ€œKhoon Phir Khoon Haiโ€ was written as a reaction to the CIA instigated assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first legally elected Prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the hero of the Congolese Independence in 1961

    Given below is the poem:

    zulm phir zulm hai, badhta hai to miT jaataa hai
    Khoon phir Khoon hai, Tapkega to jam jaayega

    Khaak-e-sehra pe jame yaa kaf-e-qaatil pe jame
    farq-e-insaaf pe yaa paa-e-salaasal pe jame
    teGh-e-bedaad pe yaa laasha-e-bismil pe jame
    Khoon phir Khoon hai Tapkega to jam jaayega

    laakh baiThe koi chhup chhup ke kameeN gaahoN meiN
    Khoon Khud deta hai jalaadoN ke maskan ka suraaGh
    saazisheiN laaKh uRaati raheiN zulmat ka naqaab
    le ke har booNd nikalti hai hatheli pe chiraaGh

    zulm kii qismat-e-nakaarah-o-rusvaa se kaho
    jabโ€™r kii hikmat-e-purkaar ke eema se kaho
    mehmal-e-majlis-e-aqwaam kii laila se kaho
    Khoon diiwana hai, daaman pe lapak sakta hai
    shola-e-tuNd hai, Khirman pe lapak sakta hai

    tum ne jis Khoon ko maqtal meiN dabaanaa chaaha
    aaj vo kuchaa-o-bazaar meiN aa nikla hai
    kahiiN shola kahiiN naarah kahiiN patthar ban ke
    Khoon chalta hai to rukta nahiiN sangeeno se
    sar jo uThtaa hai to dabtaa nahiiN aaeeno se

    zulm ki baat hi kya, zulm ki auqaat hi kya
    zulm bas zulm hai, aaGhaaz se anjaam talak
    Khoon phir Khoon hai, so shakl badal sakta hai
    aisi shakleiN ke miTaaoo to miTaaye na bane
    aise shole k bujhaao to bujhaaye na bane
    aise naare k dabaao to dabaaye na bane

    Translation:

    Repression is sill repression
    Rising, it must flop
    Blood is still blood
    Spilling it must clot.

    Whether it clots on desert sands
    Or upon assassinโ€™s hands
    On justiceโ€™s head or around shackled feet
    On injusticeโ€™s sword or on the wounded corpse
    Blood is still blood
    Spilling, it must clot.

    However much one lies in ambush
    Blood betrays butcherโ€™s hideout
    Conspiracies may veil in thousand darkly mask
    Each blood drop ventures out with burning lamp on its palm.

    Tell oppressionโ€™s vain and blemished fate
    Tell crueltyโ€™s crafty Imam
    Tell the UN Security Council
    Blood is crazy
    It can leap up to the cloak
    It is inferno, it can flare up to burn grain-stock.

    The blood you sought to suppress in abattoir
    Today that blood moves out into street
    Here an ember, there a slogan, there a stone
    Once blood comes to flows
    Bayonets are no avail
    Head, once it is raised
    Is not downed by lawโ€™s hail.

    What is about oppression?
    What is with its impression?
    Oppression is, all of it, but oppression
    From beginning to end
    Blood is still blood
    Myriad form it can assume
    Forms such as are indelible
    Embers such as are inextinguishable
    Slogans such as are irrepressible.

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  10. โ€œSeek your Lordโ€™s forgiveness; He is Oft-Forgiving. He will send abundant rain, increase your wealth and children, grant you gardens, and bestow rivers upon you.โ€ (Quran 71:10-12) ๐Ÿค

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  11. Sheikh Omer Suleiman Jazaka Allahu khayra

    This is the best qudba ever for it gives me so much clarity about what was in my mind and answers everything I had in mind

    All the emotional ,and the frustration,all the hopelessness ,powerless suffering go away after listening to you

    May Allah Swt protect in the highest level of this world and after inshallah ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿคฒ๐Ÿคฒ๐Ÿคฒ๐Ÿคฒ๐Ÿคฒ

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  13. Ahadeeth descride how towards end of times even Ka'ba will be torn down. It's Allah's world and Allah's plan. We are just pawns. Man's search for meaning by Victor Frankl is a great read to motivate yourself in these times.

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  15. ู„ุง ุฅู„ู‡ ุฅู„ุง ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูˆุญุฏู‡ ู„ุง ุดุฑูŠูƒ ู„ู‡ุŒ ู„ู‡ ุงู„ู…ู„ูƒ ูˆู„ู‡ ุงู„ุญู…ุฏุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก ู‚ุฏูŠุฑุŒ ุณุจุญุงู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุญู…ุฏ ู„ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุฅู„ู‡ ุฅู„ุง ุงู„ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฃูƒุจุฑุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุญูˆู„ ูˆู„ุง ู‚ูˆุฉ ุฅู„ุง ุจุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุนู„ูŠ ุงู„ุนุธูŠู…ุŒ ุฑุจ ุงุบูุฑ ู„ูŠ ูˆู„ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠ ูˆู„ู„ู…ุคู…ู†ูŠู†

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  24. 5:12: The child cries out in anguish of the reality just dropped ุณูุจู’ุญูŽุงู†ู’ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ! May Allah grant us the Taqwa exhibited by that child and make us all free of the hellfire ุฅูู†ู’ ุดูŽุงุกูŽ ูฑู„ู„ูŽู‘ูฐู‡ู

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  25. Boycott these company products from colonizing/oppressive/savage/imperialist/bullying/lying/cheating Western countries:
    Starbucks, McDonald's, Coca Cola/Fanta/7up, Pepsi, Nestlรฉ, HP, INTEL computer chips, Apple, IBM, Sabra Hummus, OREO, Sunkist, Hard Rock Cafe, TESCO, TEVA pharmaceutical, REEBOK, NIKE, BARBIE, Kit Kat/MARS/SNICKERS etc, Heinz, Burger King, KFC, KRAFT, 7-11, Lay's chips, Pizza Hut, Sara Lee, HUGGIES, CNN, Nokia, WALT DISNEY, Dasani water, GUCCI, GAP, DOVE soap/lotions, Johnson and Johnson, L'OREAL, MAGGI, Tide, Gilette, Nido, NESCAFE, Braun, Timberland (shoes), CLEAR, Lipton tea, Baskin Robbins ice cream, Pampers diapers, Oral-B, Danone yogurt, M&Ms/Twix, Marlboro cigarettes, Evian/Aquafina water, Bounty paper towels, Always/Downy, Tang drinks, Cadbury chocolates, Subway sandwiches, Domino's Pizza, Pringle chips, Philip Morris cigarettes, Hardee's fast foods, Proctor and Gamble, GE (General Electric), Unilever, Mars candy, APPLE(iPhones, iPad, iMac, iWatch)!!.

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  32. ุดูŠุฎ ุนู…ุฑ ุงู„ุญู…ุฏู„ู„ู‡ ุนู„ูŠ ุฃู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅุณู„ุงู… ุงู†ุดุงู„ู„ู‡ ูŠุงุณุชู…ุน ุฅู„ูŠูƒ ุงู„ุญู…ุฏู„ู„ู‡ ุนู„ูŠ ู†ุนู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅุณู„ุงู… ู†ุตุฑู†ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูˆูุชุญู†ุง ู‚ุฑูŠุจุง

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