A Vision. A Testimony. A Sign for all to See.
By: Joseph McGowen
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, Most Merciful and all praises due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O' Allah send Your Peace and Blessings upon Muhammad and
the family of Muhammad, the Imams and Mahdis.
seemed very nice from the little
“Wash the mud off your eyes and
About two and a half months ago,
God and know that God talks to
Ansary brother AbdulKareem came and the sisters all spoke warmly
ears, so that you see God, and hear
you even with a simple rock. Don’t
rely on ignorant's who call
themselves acquainted, so they fill
your eyes and ears with mud, and
pull you into this materialist,
transitional world, and into its
ornaments. Don’t rely on them,
because they can’t see their own
hands, and this transitional world
is their amount of knowledge.
Don’t rely on them, and they don’t
trust in visions, and they are the
route to the kingdom of heaven.
Look into the kingdom of heaven,
and listen to the kingdom of
heaven, and believe in the kingdom
of heaven, because it’s the truth
that prophets and executers
believed in, and it’s what the
deviated religious didn’t believe in,
those who fought prophets and
executers at all times......” - Imam
Ahmad Al Hassan (as) excerpt from
“Letter of Guidance”
Assalamau Alaikum
waRahmatullahi waBarakatu
brothers and sisters.
the mother and sister in-law of
time they were around the Ansar,
to visit us here in Egypt. We
about them, mashaAllah. Although
with you, may it be a sign for all
months, from what we could see,
wanted to share this short story
those who see, a great blessing and
confirmation to all those who have
had doubts about this blessed call,
as this was a great sign and
confirmation for us here.
they were here for two and a half
they were not opened to learning
more about our beliefs, nor were
they interested in attending any of
the lectures or events put on by the
Ansar here in Egypt.
During the stay, brother
They began making preparations to
dawah to his in-laws, and of
where many things began picking
AbdulKareem spoke about the
course they were aware that many
brothers and sisters from all
around the world have gathered
here under a common belief.
However, the community did not
have many chances of meeting the
mother and sister in-law of
AbdulKareem, as they stayed to
fly back to Trinidad, in a time
up here in Egypt. Many of them
you will hear about soon
InshaAllah, but one in particular
and a great sign in this blessing,
was that a German Television crew
had contacted the Ansar and said
they wanted to do a story on
German Ansariya Lisa Wiese and
themselves in the apartment, and it the Ansar community here in
is important to note that they come Egypt. This was a great blessing,
from a strong Sunni background in and all praises due to Allah (swt).
Trinidad.
The only two times I saw
AbdulKareem's mother and sister
in-law was on the two Eid's where
the Ansar gathered together. They
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The very night before the German
channel arrived, AbdulKareem's
sister in-law had a dream, and the
next day while we were all
gathered together preparing for