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This lecture explores how Firaun employed psychological warfare, broken promises, and infiltration tactics to maintain power over Egypt, revealing timeless lessons about tyranny that manifest in modern contexts—from governments to workplaces and families.
This lecture explores how Firaun employed psychological warfare, broken promises, and infiltration tactics to maintain power over Egypt, revealing timeless lessons about tyranny that manifest in modern contexts—from governments to workplaces and families.
Topics#tyranny#power and corruption#psychological warfare#Firaun#Musa#oppression and resistance#internal division and infiltration#Islamic history
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0:03 Let me kill Musa myself. >> [laughter]
0:04 >> The time when they said kill Musa, he
0:07 said no no no no no. The time when they
0:09 said just kill the children, he said no
0:11 no no.
0:12 I'll kill Musa.
0:14 Because he wants to show them who's
0:15 boss.
0:17 Let me kill Musa myself. And I found out
0:21 you guys have been negotiating with Musa
0:23 telling him to pray to his God.
0:26 Oh, yeah?
0:28 Let him call his God.
0:30 Let me kill Musa myself. Let him call
0:33 his God.
0:36 I'm starting to worry that he's going to change your religion. He's not talking
0:41 to the public. Who's he talking to?
0:44 The generals. He's about to convert you
0:46 guys.
0:47 This is crazy. I have to kill him.
0:50 You know, we learn in the Quran that
0:52 Firaun did love Musa Alaihis Salaam, but
0:55 now a time came where he had to choose
0:56 between his love of Musa and his love of
0:59 power.
1:00 And he made a very quick choice.
1:17 >> Some of you had very interesting questions.
1:32 Let me answer those first.
1:40 Why did he want to Why did they Why did
1:42 he want to kill children?
1:44 What does he get from that?
1:47 It's a psychological war.
1:49 Somebody might be willing to lose their
1:51 life,
1:52 but they're much less willing to lose
1:54 their child.
1:56 If he can break these people's spirit,
1:58 the easiest way to do it is to ruin
2:00 their families, paralyze them
2:02 emotionally.
2:03 Then they will not be motivated to do
2:05 anything. They'll fall into a dark
2:07 place.
2:08 They'll be depressed for generations.
2:10 So, he'll crush their spirit because he
2:13 he recognizes that the more important
2:15 thing is not their physical bodies, it's
2:17 their mental state, it's their emotional
2:19 state, it's their spiritual state. And
2:21 he can destroy that by attacking
2:23 children.
2:24 It's actually psychological torture on
2:26 top of just a crime against humanity.
2:28 That's what he's trying to do.
2:30 That's a sick tactic of war.
2:34 A young man asked me, you think Allah
2:35 put this in the Quran because people
2:37 will use it again?
2:39 I said, what do you think?
2:41 Why would Allah go into so much detail
2:43 about this one guy, Firaun, 67 times in
2:46 the Quran? This guy by name.
2:49 70. Okay.
2:52 By name. Why?
2:54 Something about him.
2:56 Something about his tactics. Something
2:58 about his psychosis.
3:00 Something about the way he ran his
3:01 government
3:02 is going to happen over and over again.
3:04 There's going to be a Firaun everywhere.
3:06 Sometimes there's even a Firaun inside a
3:08 business. There's a Firaun inside a
3:10 classroom. There's a Firaun inside,
3:13 you know, a school. There's a Firaun
3:15 among friends. There's a Firaun in a,
3:16 you know,
3:17 in Yes, of course, in government, but in
3:20 other places, too.
3:21 You could have a two-bedroom apartment
3:23 and be a Firaun on your two-bedroom
3:24 apartment.
3:26 It's possible.
3:28 We'll see that in a little bit. But
3:29 let's get back to our story.
3:31 Egypt is paralyzed. Do you remember the
3:34 speech of the politicians, the generals?
3:36 They said, "Whatever you do,
3:39 we're never going to listen to you."
3:41 Remember that?
3:48 And when the society was on its knees, it fell apart on its knees. When that
3:53 hit them, rigis means when an animal
3:55 can't stand anymore.
3:57 When Egypt collapsed,
4:03 these same generals came to Musa and said, "Hey, Musa,
4:09 Because your God has made a promise to you.
4:26 If he removes these difficulties from us, we will accept what you're saying.
4:31 We swear to you. We swear we swear we
4:35 will accept what you're saying. Just get
4:37 rid of these disasters. Get rid of the
4:39 storms. Get rid of the locust. Get rid
4:43 of the lice. Get rid of the frogs. Get
4:46 rid of the blood.
4:48 Just get rid of this stuff, please. It's
4:49 been years. Get rid of this,
4:52 we will let you go. We will let the
4:54 Israelites go. We are ready to listen to
4:56 you. What happened to your speech, boo?
4:59 He just gave this whole speech, no
5:01 matter what you do, we shall never
5:02 listen to you. They're like, "Please
5:04 call your God. We're ready to listen."
5:07 The generals came. Firaun didn't come.
5:09 The generals came.
5:11 The generals are negotiating with Musa
5:14 behind Firaun's back.
5:16 Behind his back. They're not even
5:18 telling Firaun.
5:20 And Musa Alaihis Salaam,
5:22 you know, so Allah says something here
5:24 that's so unique.
5:26 It's so unique.
5:28 Allah says when all of these signs came
5:31 that basically humbled Egypt,
5:34 how did the leadership respond? Allah
5:36 says
5:38 what kind of common mud you mean? They
5:40 were arrogant
5:41 and were criminal.
5:44 But now we're reading they were arrogant
5:47 and criminal, but then they came to Musa
5:49 and said, "Please pray to your God."
5:51 That doesn't sound like arrogance. That
5:53 sounds like humility, right?
5:56 So, how come Allah said they were
5:59 arrogant and then he says they were
6:01 acting humbly. This seems like a
6:03 contradiction. In right in the previous
6:05 ayah, Allah said they're going to they
6:06 became arrogant.
6:08 We're going to learn in the Quran there
6:10 are two kinds of arrogance.
6:12 Democratic and Republican.
6:15 >> [laughter]
6:18 There's an arrogance where somebody comes to you and says, "I don't like
6:24 you.
6:25 I think you're less than me. I think I'm
6:27 better than you.
6:29 And I will do everything that I can to
6:31 destroy you and your people."
6:34 Open arrogance.
6:36 There's someone else
6:38 who has a knife in one hand and a
6:40 handshake in the other hand. "How are
6:42 you? Really nice to meet you. Love what
6:44 you've done with the place. I really
6:46 think your religion is so interesting.
6:48 Really great guy. Yeah, thank you. Thank
6:50 you for inviting me." And
6:52 they still have
6:54 a knife in the other hand.
6:56 You get it?
6:58 When these signs came, let's understand
7:01 it from the politicians' perspective,
7:03 from the generals' perspective.
7:05 If I'm one of those generals, I'm
7:07 thinking, "Man, this guy, Musa, and his
7:09 God are for real.
7:11 He's not going to stop until we give him
7:13 what he wants.
7:14 At least let's pretend to give him what
7:17 he wants.
7:18 Then this stuff will stop. And then
7:21 we'll go back on our deal.
7:23 At least have a a ceasefire negotiation.
7:27 We're not going to do it.
7:29 But at least it'll look like we did it.
7:32 And then we will get our end and we
7:34 won't have to fulfill his end.
7:37 So, they come to Musa with a lot of
7:38 pretend humility and say, "Pray to your
7:41 God. Whatever he can do to
7:44 give us relief from these disasters.
7:54 In other words, Allah is teaching us it may look like humility, but it's still
7:58 arrogance.
8:00 It's still arrogance. It's different
8:01 kinds of arrogance,
8:03 right?
8:04 And so, now
8:10 and whenever the disaster would stop, and the moment disaster stops, Allah did
8:15 his part of the deal, now it's time for
8:18 you to let the Muslims go,
8:20 they would say, "Where do you think
8:21 you're going?
8:23 You think you just leave like that? Get
8:24 back in your cell.
8:26 Get back in the cages. Get back in the
8:28 in the containment area.
8:30 You're slaves. Don't forget your place."
8:32 They would go back on the deal. And this