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Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

https://youtu.be/bK-3MVoSKi0 ---*This transcript was automatically generated by AI and may contain errors. *--- Bismillah, Wa Alhamdulillah, Wasalatu wasalamu Alaa Sharifil Anbiyaa Muhammadun Rasulullahi Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Alaa Alihi Wa Sahbihi Wa Sallam, Tasleeman Kaseeran Kaseeraa My brothers and sisters, look at the view here. Look at my view of Metinu Park in this forest. Look at the colors of the leaves and the truth of the trees. Look at the trees. Look at how they were dead, but inside them there is life. Life from Allah Almighty. Look at this beautiful scene in Metinu Park. You have seen this park and you have seen these scenes in the different videos that I keep posting of this place in different seasons. You would have seen this place completely green, where you can't even look into the forest for a few feet. But now it's open because of fall, coming into winter. See the different colors of the leaves, how Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala causes these leaves to have different colors. We know the scientific explanations for all of these things, but the key thing is not to get stuck in the scientific explanation, or neither to use that to, within quotes, prove the authenticity and the veracity of the color of Allah, but to use that scientific explanation to help us to understand the Kitab of Allah and to help us to understand what we are seeing. So the question is not that how did these sumac leaves become this color. We know that they are genetically programmed to do that, but the question is, we need to look at our language. So instead of saying they are genetically programmed, we should say Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala programmed them to look like this. Because that is the actual truth. When you say they are genetically programmed, somebody did the programming, right? They didn't program themselves. The plant didn't decide that I'm going to be pink, and the other one didn't decide it's going to be yellow. Somebody did that decision making for them, and that decider was Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala chaliji lagu. And that is something that we need to keep in our mind constantly and constantly keep reminding ourselves. And then we have the evergreens, as you can see here, the pines, the coniferous trees, fuzz, casuarinas. We don't have casuarinas here, but I'm just saying these are all those trees which retain their leaf color. They retain their leaves. They don't lose their leaves and they don't change color either. They remain the way they are throughout the year. Which to me is a big lesson that external circumstances do not decide how I'm going to behave. External circumstances do not decide what I will do with my life. Winter can come, summer can come, spring can come, fall can come. Spring can come, fall can come. But if I choose to remain constant with my identity, then none of those things will change me or affect me. They will affect others. Those who were next to me are not green anymore, but I remain green. Because that is my reality, that is my identity which I will not lose just because somebody else has lost their identity. Another lesson is if you look at the praise that is given, the popularity that is there, nobody says go look at the green trees. Nobody says go look at the fall colors. Look at the colors of fall. I want to interpret that linguistically. Fall is to fall. Fall is to collapse. Fall is to lose. Fall is to fall. Fall is to collapse. Fall is to lose. Fall in a fortune. Fall in prestige. Fall in virtue. All of these are fall. And people are saying go look at the color of the fall. Meaning look at the many ways in which fall comes. To some it comes in one way, to some others it comes in another way. Yes, it is very pretty. We don't doubt, we don't deny that. Sin always looks very enjoyable, right? It seems to be very enjoyable. And it is enjoyable. If it wasn't enjoyable there would be no need to resist temptation. Temptation is temptation because it is so nice and it's so easy to fall int...