Wizdom
27-07-06, 23:25
Haaretz: We are catching glimpses of an army that is big, rich and dumb
27/07/2006
The Israeli Haaretz daily said that two weeks after Israel launched its war against Lebanon, its military achievements are pretty limited. A country that stood up to seven Arab nations in the War of Independence, a war of the "few against the many," with an army that pulverized the invading forces of three Arab nations in the span of six days, is now facing an embarrassing role reversal: a war of the "many against the few" in which Israel is on the floorboards. The daily added: "Who would have believed that an organization with a few hundred regular fighters, could paralyze half a country, firing off hundreds of missiles every day? Who would have believed that the Israeli Forces, the army that is prepared for large-scale wars is incapable of stopping Hezbollah's missile fire?" The daily highlighted what it said was a worrying picture that has begun to emerge: "Instead of an army that is small but smart, we are catching glimpses of an army that is big, rich and dumb." Haaretz warned: "the trouble is that Israel does not have all the time in the world and Condeleezza Rice will shuttle back and forth, back and forth, until the moment comes for a cease-fire agreement.
Say: Our Lord Grant us increase in Knowledge {Surah Taha:114}
Khutba: And the Winner is?
PART I:
During his Caliphate, Umar - radi Allahu 'anhu - once set out for Ash-Shaam and with him was Abu Ubaydah. They came upon a deep creek which they needed to cross. So Umar took off his sandals and carried them on his shoulders. Then he took the reign of the camel and began plowing through the water. Abu Ubaydah - seeing the Khaleefah of the Muslims in this state - felt saddened and said, "I fear that the people of the village will think you un-honorable." Umar said, "Oh Abu Ubaydah, if only someone less knowledgeable then you made such a statement. We were of the most disgraced of people and Allah granted us honor with this Islam. Now, whenever we seek honor in other than that which Allah honored us with, Allah shall disgrace us (once again)."
Dear brothers and sisters, we hear often that the victory of Allah is something promised and very near. However, some of us do not really believe in our hearts that Allah will grant victory to Islam. Some of us may think that this victory that Allah speaks about is only for a certain 'star-status' group of believers, or that the victory was only for a certain time in history, or that it's not a promised victory, just a miraculous will of God that has no .
We must understand that it is not anyone who is promising this - it is Allah the Lord of the heavens and the earth.
And it is not just a promise of the hereafter, but it is promised in this life as well. In Surah Ghaafir (40/51), we read: [Indeed, we will grant victory to Our Messengers and those who believe in this life of the world and on the day when the witnesses will stand.]
We can only hope for victory when we surrender our loyalty to Allah and His Messenger and to the believers - and no one else!
In Surah al-Ma'idah (5/56), we read: [And whoever is an ally of Allah and His Messenger and those who have believed - indeed the party of Allah will be the victors.]
Honor and victory come only from Allah. Whoever seeks it from other than Allah, nothing awaits them but disgrace.
In Surah An-Nisaa' (4/138,139), we read: [Give glad tidings to the Munaafiqeen (the hypocrites) that there is for them a painful punishment - those that take disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do they seek with them 'Izzah (Honor)? Rather, to Allah indeed belongs all honor!]
And when someone thinks that this victory and honor that was promised to the righteous is only a delusion, they are in fact recycling the statements of the Munafiqeen before them.
Allah recorded their scoffing in surah Ahzab (33/12): [And (remember) when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, "Allah and His Messenger did not promise us anything more then delusion."]
Was the promise of victory just a delusion? Let the Qur'an speak to us the outcome - dear brothers and sisters - of that battle of Al-Ahzab? Allah tells us: [And Allah repelled those who disbelieved, in their rage, not having accomplished any good. And enough was Allah for the believers in battle, and ever is Allah Powerful and Exalted in Might.]
27/07/2006
The Israeli Haaretz daily said that two weeks after Israel launched its war against Lebanon, its military achievements are pretty limited. A country that stood up to seven Arab nations in the War of Independence, a war of the "few against the many," with an army that pulverized the invading forces of three Arab nations in the span of six days, is now facing an embarrassing role reversal: a war of the "many against the few" in which Israel is on the floorboards. The daily added: "Who would have believed that an organization with a few hundred regular fighters, could paralyze half a country, firing off hundreds of missiles every day? Who would have believed that the Israeli Forces, the army that is prepared for large-scale wars is incapable of stopping Hezbollah's missile fire?" The daily highlighted what it said was a worrying picture that has begun to emerge: "Instead of an army that is small but smart, we are catching glimpses of an army that is big, rich and dumb." Haaretz warned: "the trouble is that Israel does not have all the time in the world and Condeleezza Rice will shuttle back and forth, back and forth, until the moment comes for a cease-fire agreement.
Say: Our Lord Grant us increase in Knowledge {Surah Taha:114}
Khutba: And the Winner is?
PART I:
During his Caliphate, Umar - radi Allahu 'anhu - once set out for Ash-Shaam and with him was Abu Ubaydah. They came upon a deep creek which they needed to cross. So Umar took off his sandals and carried them on his shoulders. Then he took the reign of the camel and began plowing through the water. Abu Ubaydah - seeing the Khaleefah of the Muslims in this state - felt saddened and said, "I fear that the people of the village will think you un-honorable." Umar said, "Oh Abu Ubaydah, if only someone less knowledgeable then you made such a statement. We were of the most disgraced of people and Allah granted us honor with this Islam. Now, whenever we seek honor in other than that which Allah honored us with, Allah shall disgrace us (once again)."
Dear brothers and sisters, we hear often that the victory of Allah is something promised and very near. However, some of us do not really believe in our hearts that Allah will grant victory to Islam. Some of us may think that this victory that Allah speaks about is only for a certain 'star-status' group of believers, or that the victory was only for a certain time in history, or that it's not a promised victory, just a miraculous will of God that has no .
We must understand that it is not anyone who is promising this - it is Allah the Lord of the heavens and the earth.
And it is not just a promise of the hereafter, but it is promised in this life as well. In Surah Ghaafir (40/51), we read: [Indeed, we will grant victory to Our Messengers and those who believe in this life of the world and on the day when the witnesses will stand.]
We can only hope for victory when we surrender our loyalty to Allah and His Messenger and to the believers - and no one else!
In Surah al-Ma'idah (5/56), we read: [And whoever is an ally of Allah and His Messenger and those who have believed - indeed the party of Allah will be the victors.]
Honor and victory come only from Allah. Whoever seeks it from other than Allah, nothing awaits them but disgrace.
In Surah An-Nisaa' (4/138,139), we read: [Give glad tidings to the Munaafiqeen (the hypocrites) that there is for them a painful punishment - those that take disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do they seek with them 'Izzah (Honor)? Rather, to Allah indeed belongs all honor!]
And when someone thinks that this victory and honor that was promised to the righteous is only a delusion, they are in fact recycling the statements of the Munafiqeen before them.
Allah recorded their scoffing in surah Ahzab (33/12): [And (remember) when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, "Allah and His Messenger did not promise us anything more then delusion."]
Was the promise of victory just a delusion? Let the Qur'an speak to us the outcome - dear brothers and sisters - of that battle of Al-Ahzab? Allah tells us: [And Allah repelled those who disbelieved, in their rage, not having accomplished any good. And enough was Allah for the believers in battle, and ever is Allah Powerful and Exalted in Might.]