Salaams to all. The sins of others do not justify our employing a prohibited response. On the Day of Judgment the oppressed will receive compensation, but not if they had retaliated illegally, nor worse if they had brought their suffering on themselves. Recall Whatever calamity befalls you is from your own hands. We reap the suffering we have sown. Our writers never articulate the reality of Gods Will in our beleaguered state. We ascribe power to men and nations which they do not have, save as instruments of God. Had We not checked one nation with another, you would see much mischief in the land. Memory quote. The evils of Muslim deviance and misguided aggression to which our eyes are closed have earned the greater evils that have been visited upon us. Allah will not change our condition until we change ourselves. How can we hope to escape the prophecies that warn of our state of Wahan when the nations of the world will gather around us as hungry men around food? How can we expect to be spared trials as inevitably promised in Quran? When will we begin to turn our focus on self rectification and seek deliverance through submission to God? There is no escape from Me except towards Me. Our option remains to turn to God. We have been extremely unjust to ourselves, abandoning Quran in favour of Ahadith and the misguidance of scholars. My only consolation in these circumstances is that His pre-scripting of events cannot be altered in the least detail. I can only submit even as I strive to accomplish His Will. mfr
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