Surah Fatir...ayat 5 to ayat 8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj2tWMSq7CI
[ mufti waseem khan 's commentary on ayat 5 to ayat 8 ]

friends, dato and tansri,

i met an old time uk friend of mine at the national heart association meeting in kuala lumpur recently.

he is a world renowned professor in cardiology based in london, a new revert to islam.

we, people of the 'heart', do not waste time over minor nitty gritty, that is our bad 'attitude' so to speak.

he asked me, ' nik, what do you think ails the muslim ummah globally currently?'

'prof, do you want an honest short answer or a long-diplomatically couched non-answer from me.....?'

' an honest short one , of course nik...no hold barred!'

'.....at the very top end, political ,royal and economics/financial, we have 80 % al-munafikuns lording over the ummah for decades. you name it . from gamal nasser, feisal, sadat, mubarak, ghadafi, arafat,tonku, and a long series al qarun-clones, suharto, benazir to al asisi just to name just a few...... and down at the bottom and the great majority in the middle right towards the top end, you have 80  % almost with zero ilm, both on ugama and non ugama...that is what ails the ummah, prof, from my perspective and observation....many of my friends here will not agree of course'

our conversation ended there as the good old prof was called to chair the next symposium on 'heart failure'.

indeed our ummah is currently in severe decompensated 'heart failure'.

at the top end lording over billions are al munafikuns.

and the rest are following like cattle without ilm!

just look at the state we malaysians are in now...a perfect example of the malaise afflicting the ummah globally!
a case of too many 'pelesit' and 'devils' on centre stage.

Lo! the devil is an enemy for you, so treat him as an enemy. He only summoneth his faction to be owners of the flaming Fire. (6) Those who disbelieve, theirs will be an awful doom; and those who believe and do good works, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward. (7) Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do! (8) ...............[ surah fatir, translated by pickthal ]

dr nik