the prophet of Allah the prophet that had the luxury of speaking directly to Allah imagine the prophet of Allah his people were going through a state of dream no water you know what that means that means everyone was suffering no water no food no crops the plants were dying nothing was growing animals were dying nothing to drink nothing to eat human beings were dying and suffering amongst them is a prophet so the people came to Musa and said Musa what's going on I'll cut the long story short samusa and his people they go to the desert Musa raises his hands he says oh Allah you can see what's happening to my people Ya Allah we're begging we're asking for rain naturally when a prophet asks what happens Allah answers yes or no Musa asked for rain they're waiting for the clouds to come in nothing happened you know forgive me these are my own interpretations I'm making a clear these are my own interpretations these are the you know I have this problem whenever I read these thoughts go through my mind I'm thinking wow imagine being a prophet at that moment my people who already their Iman is with the wind going and coming right true Allah again and again were the worst yes imagine imagine the pressure he was under my people are turning to me they're waiting for the response I'm a prophet of Allah right I have direct relationship with Allah Ya Allah I cleanly asked you for rain and nothing happens talk about heat under the collar what's happening I asked for rain and no rain now listen to what Allah says he says yamusa from amongst your people there is one sinner one how many Sinners are in our towns [Music] how many of our Muslims don't pray how many of our sisters are still unscarved [Music] how many of our elders still cannot read Fatiha properly Mimosa from amongst your people is one Sinner and because of him and him alone I have deprived the rain from falling so you can come to me now and talk to me about Justice and wisdom and is this Fair all night long doesn't change the fact that Allah deprived rain upon a prophet upon people upon innocent women and children and animals and crops because of the actions of one man one man [Music] Samosa turns to his people he says Oh My People amongst you is a sinner come out and make yourself known [Music] you know I always think about this story and I imagine being that man at that time you know well I with all respect to everyone I already know without anyone had every person in this room is a sinner including myself every one of you is a sinner whether you like it or not because the prophet of Allah will never lie every single human being is a sinner but we have the luxury of hiding our sins sometimes we have the luxury of knowing look like at least no one knows about it it's in private it's only between me you know no one knows imagine this man has now been addressed by a prophet and now he comes to realize that because of my sin because of my shortcoming that I thought no one knows about except me and Allah now this man comes to realize that because of my shortcomings all my people have been suffering because of my sin imagine that feeling honestly how many of you feel like because of your sins that all my suffering how many of us Samosa says make yourself known come forward imagine the embarrassment so this man now realizes that hey I'm the guilty one unfortunately something most of us are not prepared to do so the man repents in Mexico but doesn't make himself known to more so also waits for the man to come forward no one comes forward Musa goes back asks Allah his amazement the rain comes and starts falling so yes of course Musa is Happy the rain is there but now he's baffled he says Allah please some clarification I asked for rain to begin with you said there's a sinner I asked for the sinner to come forward no one came forward I asked for rain the second time and now the rain comes down what's going on now listen to what Allah says to him he says I deprived the rain from coming because of him and him alone but that person he turned back to me and he asked for my forgiveness I accepted his tawba and now because of him and him alone I've allowed the rain to fall down [Music] fall down Samosa is now interested he says Allah tell me who this man is [Music] I didn't expose him when he was a sinner what makes you think I'm gonna expose him now that he's repented and turned back to me [Music] you know what's the amazing part of this story is not the fact that Allah allowed the rain to come you know what I find is interesting what I find interesting is this man that was man enough to admit was man enough to stand up and say hey I am in the wrong he was man enough to acknowledge the fact that his shortcomings made his people suffer and he was man enough to acknowledge it and he was man enough to turn back to Allah he was man enough to ask Allah azzawajal for forgiveness and Allah accepted him a quality that most of us fail in where are those that are Prince where are those that are prepared to stand up and say Hey you know what's happening around the world it's because of people like me it's because of my shortcomings it's because of my lack of Deen it's because of my sins at night it's because of my long tongue that I can't keep shut it's because of my eyes that I can't keep down it's because of my actions no we point the finger at anyone and everyone except myself