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Bani Istaqrar Al-Mala'ib wa Istaqrar Al-Ummah

July 7, 2026
Bani Istaqrar Al-Mala'ib wa Istaqrar Al-Ummah

We are not a nation whose victories are measured by the outcome of a match. And nations are not built on inflated pride, nor is their dignity measured by a fleeting kick or a referee's whistle.

When all eyes are fixed on the result, and emotions are drained in the process; this in itself is a spectacle that we must reconsider its scale in our lives. Matches will end. The stands will empty... Screens will turn to another event... But the reality of the Ummah will remain as it is, with its heavy details and accumulated pains, waiting for awareness, not encouragement, action, not cheering, and true heroism in fields whose outcomes are not decided in ninety minutes.

We ask Allah to bring a day when the heroism of the Egyptians and the heroism of all the peoples of our Ummah appear in their true names and noble identities; not under the label of 'Al-Fir'awn' (Pharaohs), nor any similar labels that attribute Muslim peoples to identities other than their Islamic identity...