you know the saying 'stay hungry stay humble'
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Asalaamu Alaikum guys and welcome to another episode of Smile2jannah
Last night was the fight of Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz. This happened in
Saudi Arabia. So straight after the match finished, this is what Anthony said:
First of all I want to thank God, I want to say bismillah and then next
Some of you guys predicted this upload.
To be fair I wasn't gonna do a video on this. But when I got up in the morning,
the top trending in the UK was Bismillah
For those of you guys that don't know bismillah means
in the name of Allah. So anytime a Muslim does an
action they say 'in the name of Allah' before beginning the action and it is
hoped that that action will have more blessing in it. Saying a few Arabic
phrases does not make you a Muslim but it does show number one tolerance yeah?
yes
And number two it's good because it's normalizing Arabic and Islamic
phrases in the mainstream. But of course there's always negative thinkers out
there who are saying- He probably did it to appease the Saudi Muslim crowd-
which to be fair is quite likely. That still doesn't take away the fact that
it's still appreciated for him to say it on a global stage in front of millions,
in a climate of growing Islamophobia. Those of you who think that- Na
was not gonna do? The ice queen of the far right
begs to differ. I probably still am the biggest b**ch in Britain. Here's a tweet
from Katie Hopkins laying into Anthony Joshua most likely because first of all
he fought in Saudi and secondly he's...Bismillah... talking about Allah in the ring.
You could even see Sonny Bill Williams the Muslim rugby player from New Zealand also
appreciated it. People are like "Why hasn't he read the Shahada yet?
Why hasn't he memorized the Qur'an yet?
hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
If he is making these incremental changes and sincere in his pursuit of God then God
will reveal himself to him. If you watching are sincere then God (Allah) will reveal
himself to you, if you ask him. I mean there's one very amazing prayer if you
are genuinely confused you make this prayer you say: God, if you're there guide me.
Many people have tried this prayer and its worked for them. But of course
this needs to be said: our Islam should not depend on the actions and words of
other people. But like I said you'll always get negative people it's just the
way their brain is wired and you can change that. Look into Neuroplasticity, if
you constantly start forming positive, reaffirming, constructive habits your
brain tends to rewire itself. So the negative people in a situation like this
they waste a very good opportunity to engage and teach people about this
beautiful religion.
Yeah I'm editing now but I forgot to mention this point:
To some people guys this is the only positive exposure to the religion that
they're gonna get so why on earth would you want to take that away?
And of course if you're a positive person when stuff like this happens you appreciate the
love of Islam that exists but we don't see it in the mainstream. I don't know if
some of you guys have seen this clip yeah
Lads we're about to enter the flight,
anything can happen, what we saying? -We say Bismillah
-Bismillah, protect me. Man dem? -Bismillah
It's quite old but he seems to be around
Muslims and he's used that word before. Now I get it to some people it sounds
cheesy to promote such things but to be fair the amount of Islamophobia and
negative press that we see on a regular basis seeing a small victory like this...
it's appreciated. And if this can give people hope and just raise them for a short while,
Why not? Why would you want to take that away from them? I mean considering
millions of people were watching this fight including people who hate Islam
and seeing Allah's name permeate their homes and their pubs and all sorts of
locations, how is that not going to make you happy? And it is of course a reminder
for us don't forget to say bismillah when you were eating, drinking, before
entering the toilet (in a hadith narrated in Tirmidhi)
entering your home, start driving because if you
start anything in the name of Allah it is hoped that there will be blessing in it
and even if you look at scientists like Dr. Masaru Emoto even he says that
words have an effect on us physically. He actually did an experiment on water and
you've got Dr. Bruce Lipton saying that your environment affects the cells
and your body as well. So words and your surroundings do affect you. And I want to
end with this guys because straight after I saw him win it did remind me of
when he lost the first time and seeing the people bash him.
I took my L and I bounced back. Anyone can do it. Life is a rollercoaster.
What do want me to do give up?
I hear certain man saying- I should retire. Come on man, I should retire come on man.
You know people doubted him.
People said that he might not have the hunger for the sport anymore
And now that he's won, those very people are now in his corner
chanting his name. And it did remind me of a very important principle which is:
Strength should come from within you and not from other people.
Because other people will leave you when they don't see any benefit coming from you.
It's a shame because everyone likes me fighting when I'm winning but hates me when I lost.
If you depend on their validation. You're gone mate. You're gone!
You know if I box for the crowd or box for people's opinion, then I might not be victorious tonight.
I hope you guys benefit from this small reminder until next time
Bismillah
Asalamu Alaikum
Subboor, the legend of evolution is in Pakistan for nine months.
And he is delivering free lectures on evolution and atheism and to be fair
I haven't come across anyone, any Muslim who is as knowledgeable in the field of
evolution as Subboor is. So guys I'm going to put email in the description
Guys! If you are from Pakistan/you are linked to a university email him
you