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We are still answering the question: Why has victory been delayed in Syria? In the previous episode, we said that victory has not been delayed but is born every day. We mentioned that one of the reasons for the delay of victory is that Allah the Almighty wants to bring out from His servants in Sham (Syria) the worship of patience in affliction, and He takes from them martyrs, and He wants to set contemporary examples for us to take as role models. And He wants, Allah willing, to empower the people of Sham and make them at the forefront of honor and victory for the nation. And this prize requires a long trial.
Today, we continue by saying:
That Allah the Almighty wants to purify the hearts of His servants in Sham from attachment to anything other than Him. Our brothers in Sham raised the slogan: "We have none but You, O Allah, we have none but You, O Allah." This is a great slogan if its bearers are sincere, then for them from Allah the Almighty: "And whoever relies upon Allah, then He is sufficient for him." But for their bearers to be sincere and their hearts to be purified for Allah, there must be training, long training in which the heart is free from attachment to all earthly causes. Turning to Allah with sincere intention is a noble state that refuses to be rivaled or rivaled, so it remains outside the heart until the heart is purified from earthly causes devoid of Allah.
Our brothers in Syria have turned to Allah the Almighty, but this turning needs purification. For example, if we review the names of the Fridays since the beginning of the revolutions, we will notice that they have evolved gradually, starting with general humanitarian demands, then carrying the character of seeking earthly causes and trying to please minorities, then began the despair of humans and attachment to the Lord of humans, glorified be He. This is the training that is achieved through long trials.
Let us review some of the Fridays starting from 18-3-2011 until last Friday 6-7-2012 in a brief manner that conveys the idea.
For example, it started with Friday: "Dignity," "Honor," "The Martyrs," "The Great Friday" in reference to the Resurrection Day for Christians two days after this date, "Anger," "Defenders of the Homeland" in an attempt to win over the army to stand with the revolution, "Friday of Saleh al-Ali" who is an Alawite revolutionary who revolted against the French, then "Fall of Legitimacy" meaning international legitimacy, "Descendants of Khalid," then "Your Silence is Killing Us," then "Allah is With Us," "We Will Only Bow to Allah," "Patience and Steadfastness," then "International Protection," "Unity of the Opposition," "Victory for Our Syria and Yemen," "The National Council Represents Me," "Free Army," "No-Fly Zone," then "Allahu Akbar," "The Arab League is Killing Us," "If Allah Supports You, He Will Grant You Victory," "Remembering the Faithfulness of the Kurdish Uprising 2004." And in this Friday, some areas chanted "The People Want a Caliphate" again, "Immediate Military Intervention," then "The Muslims and Arabs Have Abandoned Us." So notice how they despaired of humans. Then "Whoever Prepares an Army Has Invaded," "Revolution for All Syrians," "The Command of Allah Has Come, So Do Not Rush It," "Our Sincerity is Our Salvation," "Victory From Allah and Conquest is Near," "If the Rulers Are Cowardly, Where Are the Peoples? And Allah is the One We Seek Help From," "Confident in the Victory of Allah," and finally "The People's Liberation War."
So, my brothers, what are the lessons we will take from the evolution of the slogans in this way?
First, I would like to clarify that the discussion here is not about the legitimacy of demanding international intervention or a no-fly zone. Also, we understand that the absence of Allah's name or Quranic phrases in a Friday's slogan does not necessarily mean a retreat in the faith of those raising the slogan. Rather, the discussion is about the significance of the slogans in reflecting the psychological state of our brothers, so that we can sense the divine training of Allah's servants, and how a person in prolonged affliction fluctuates between different states, and to sense the way to hasten relief.
So what do we notice from what we have reviewed?
O people of Sham, we say this to you with shyness because we are like you, oppressed, and we have not been able to support you completely. We say this to you, and you are those who teach us these meanings, but for the sake of "And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers," for the sake of supporting with advice, we say to you after taking the material causes that are permissible: Jihad and support for the Mujahideen: despair of all earthly causes so that the heart may be pure for attachment to Allah, so that you may deserve "And whoever relies upon Allah, then He is sufficient for him."
This is the moment when you receive divine training, and you despair of all earthly causes, and you shine with the bitterness of the weakness of your power, the paucity of your means, and your humiliation among people. It is a moment of despair, hopelessness, drought, and impossibility from everything, a moment of the heart being empty of everything, a moment of the collapse of hope in everything, everything. It is the appropriate moment for the feeling of turning to Allah with sincerity to be cast into the heart, and how close is the relief at that time!
Oh our masters in Sham, remember the moments of the prophets, peace be upon them. It is true that the lives of the prophets were all attached to Allah, but Allah the Almighty raised the prophets and exposed them to hardships to test this attachment to Allah, to purify and detach, to reach the peak and strengthen, and in contrast, to increase despair from creatures. Then, at that moment, relief comes. Allah the Almighty says: "Indeed, in their stories, there is a lesson for those of understanding." Let us take the lesson from the stories of the prophets, peace be upon them:
It is the moment of despair from creatures, so nothing remains except hope in the Creator. Then relief comes quickly: "Until the messengers despaired and thought that they had been denied, then there came to them Our victory, and whomsoever We will, We save. And there is no repelling Our punishment from the criminal people."
It is the moment of pure certainty in the truth of Allah, and absolute trust in His ability to save us no matter how the causes are erased, and that if the nation gathered to benefit you with something, they would not benefit you except with something that Allah has written for you. And if they gathered to harm you with something, they would not harm you except with something that Allah has written for you.
Oh our masters in Sham, we see that Allah the Almighty prepares you for a great mission, by the permission of Allah, the mission of leading the nation. And whoever has this honor must have his heart detached for Allah. So shorten for yourselves the time, for as long as the heart has attachment to other than Allah, the trial will continue until the hearts are purified. But if you live the mentioned moment of complete detachment to Allah the Almighty, how quick is the victory at that time!
Allah's victory is near, Allah's victory is near, but we are the ones who approach Him by detaching our hearts to Allah or distance ourselves from Him by attaching to other than Him. So beware of the call of the ignorant, beware, oh our beloved, of the call of the ignorant who demand the return of slogans to national and general humanitarian values, and call for the slogans to be free of the Islamic character, meaning they want the slogans to be free of attachment to Allah. For if you obey these, you will return to square one and will be concerned with the alleys of earthly causes devoid of Allah again, and the trial will be prolonged more and more until you learn the divine lesson.
So stand firm, oh our masters, on "We have none but You, oh Allah," stand firm on "Our sincerity is our salvation," stand firm on "If Allah should aid you, then no conqueror can overcome you," stand firm on "If you aid Allah, He will aid you," stand firm on "Allah is the Greatest," stand firm on "We will not prostrate except to Allah," stand firm on "Victory from Allah and conquest is near." And at that time, if you say it with certainty in it and your hearts detached for it, then the victory from Allah is near and the conquest by Allah is near.
This is a wisdom from the wisdom of Allah the Almighty in prolonging the trial upon our people in Sham until their hearts are detached for Allah and emptied of attachment to other than Him. And if relief had come before that, they would have exited the trial and the heart would not have been detached for Allah, and they would have missed reaching this great station.
Are there any more wisdoms we should talk about? Yes, in the coming episodes, by the permission of Allah. And peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.