Hassan Shibly

And if he was truly after material good, well, mission accomplished, they would have made him ruler of Mecca, which was the heart and the hub of Arabia at the time.

He said, listen, if you were to put the moon in my right hand, the sun in my left hand, or vice versa, if you were to give me the sun and the moon, that I control it, I would not give up preaching this message.

of gratitude to God alone.

This life is a mirage.

It's a simulation.

We're here for a short time.

We're going to return to God.

We have to answer to God.

And we won't be successful if we start worshiping gods of wood and stone or we start oppressing each other based on wealth.

That was his message.

It's come a long way.

Yes, and that's the incredible thing is that he was an orphan in Arabia calling towards equality amongst humanity, calling humanity to worship God alone.

And he was oppressed and persecuted, him and his followers tortured, killed, targeted.

And yet his message now has reached every corner of the earth.

And the Muslim community is united globally.

I meet people in Africa, Kenya, Europe, around the world.

And when we see each other, we say, As-salamu alaykum, peace be with you.

And we hug each other as brothers.

And we invite each other to eat at each other's homes.

Even though we never met, we just bumped into each other at the mosque.