{"id":14296,"date":"2020-03-24T17:28:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T17:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=14296"},"modified":"2021-07-16T09:22:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T09:22:46","slug":"i-am-guilty-i-finally-admit-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/society\/i-am-guilty-i-finally-admit-it\/","title":{"rendered":"I am guilty – I finally admit it."},"content":{"rendered":"<\/amp-jwplayer>Truth is, I am guilty. It\u2019s embarrassing. But it\u2019s the truth.<\/span>\n\n \n\nTruth is, for long I have always felt safe in my own country. I\u2019ve always felt secure and at peace knowing that if anything were to go wrong in my country, I would be okay.<\/span>\n\n \n\nAnd the sad part is, although I would often say that I\u2019d feel safe because of my faith in Allah \ufdfb, deep down, the main reason I felt safe was due to the fact that I live in a first-world country. A country that has been ranked as one of the most livable places in the world. A country whereby if I\u2019d ever get sick, I\u2019d have access to hospitals and free health care. If I was to ever get hungry, I\u2019d have access to supermarkets, restaurants and an endless supply of food. If I was ever to lose my job, I\u2019d have access to social security and welfare.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n \n\nAnd it\u2019s only on days like today that I realise how wrong I have been and how guilty I am. When supermarket shelves are empty, hospitals are at severe risk of overflowing well beyond their capacity, hundreds of thousands are losing their jobs, thousands are flocking outside welfare centres, entire cities are under lock down and our national economy is plummeting – do I realise how guilty I have been and how false this sense of security in my head really was. And the crazy part is, this is only the beginning.<\/span>\n\n \n\nYou know in the past, I would look at what\u2019s taking place in countries like Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq and think to myself, that would never happen to me, and I pray it never does and I ask Allah to alleviate their situation, but I\u2019ve always felt safe knowing that I live in a part of the world that is safe, secure and stable.<\/span>\n\n \n\nYou know I remember once seeing an image of an endless crowd of Syrian refugees lining up for bread and as sad as that scene was, deep down I had a sense of security knowing that would never happen here. Yet today, we are getting a tiny glimpse of that scene across the country. And I can\u2019t help but feel guilty and embarrassed for thinking I was immune from something like that ever happening.<\/span>\n\n \n\nYou know Allah \ufdfb would repeatedly state in the Quran \u201c\u0623\u0623\u0645\u0646\u062a\u0645, \u0623\u064e\u0641\u064e\u0623\u064e\u0645\u0650\u0646\u062a\u064f\u0645\u0652 ,\u0623\u0645 \u0623\u064e\u0645\u0650\u0646\u062a\u064f\u0645\u0652\u201d (Do you feel safe, do you feel secure from Allah, from hardships, from calamities, and the truth is for long, I have felt somewhat secure. Once again not because of Allah\u2019s protection, but because of the illusion in my head, that bad things don\u2019t happen in this part of the world. And today all this is being exposed.<\/span>\n\n \n\nThe truth is we\u2019re all vulnerable, regardless of where we live, our income, our health status or where we stand in the world and if our safety is placed in anything other than Allah, we are only fooling ourselves.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n \n\nAnd as bitter as it is to admit this, at least we can rest assured knowing that our trust is where it should be. I\u2019m honestly grateful that it has actually allowed me to correct my understanding of who truly is in control – who truly is in power right now. It\u2019s allowed us to reinvigorate our relationship with Allah and it\u2019s forced us to place our trust in Him and who better is there to place our trust in.<\/span>\n\n \n\nWho better to place our trust in, than the One who has the treasures of the Heavens and the Earth, who better to place our trust in than the One who controls the entire Universe.<\/span>\n\n \n\nI guess it\u2019s time for us to wake up and realise the true power of Allah. It\u2019s time we return to Him and realise that only He can undo this and save us from what\u2019s to come. And above all it\u2019s really time to humble ourselves. Despite our technological advancements, our mega-cities, our state of the art infrastructure, without Allah, the truth is we are powerless. And I don\u2019t think this fact has ever been as manifest and obvious as it is today.<\/span>\n\n \n\nIf we truly want safety and security let us return to Allah. Let us place our trust in Him and acknowledge that He truly is in control. After years of delusion and heedlessness, let us use this opportunity to thank Allah and show Him gratitude.<\/span>\n\n \n
\u0644\u064e\u0626\u0650\u0646 \u0634\u064e\u0643\u064e\u0631\u0652\u062a\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0644\u064e\u0623\u064e\u0632\u0650\u064a\u062f\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u06d6 \u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0626\u0650\u0646 \u0643\u064e\u0641\u064e\u0631\u0652\u062a\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e \u0639\u064e\u0630\u064e\u0627\u0628\u0650\u064a \u0644\u064e\u0634\u064e\u062f\u0650\u064a\u062f\u064c\u00a0<\/span><\/blockquote>\n \n\nKnowing that if you give thanks to Allah, He will surely increase you in favor.<\/span>\n\n \n\nI admit it, I\u2019ve been guilty, but I really pray this experience brings out the best in all of us. May Allah make us of those who truly place their trust in Him and make us of those whom He loves.\u00a0<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Truth is, I am guilty. It\u2019s embarrassing. But it\u2019s the truth.   Truth is, for long I have always felt safe in my own country. I\u2019ve always felt secure and at peace knowing that if anything were to go wrong in my country, I would be okay.   And the sad part is, although I […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow4-bBDA:productID":"","content-type":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[77],"series":[],"speaker":[],"coauthors":[134],"class_list":["post-14296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","tag-latest","post_format-post-format-video","entry"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Web_thumbnail-5.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mums-on-the-RunV3.jpg?fit=2160%2C2160&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/feed\/podcast\/mums-on-the-run","embedCode":"

I am guilty – I finally admit it.<\/a><\/blockquote>