Why Has God Made Us All Different? Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Qazwini

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We are all different. But why? Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Qazwini discusses Ramadhan 2025 Day 8

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[0:02][Applause] [Music] one of the questions that many people have is why

[0:28]are people different why is that God has created some people to

[0:33]be rich and some people poor some people come from the upper

[0:36]class some from the lower class some people are healthy some people

[0:40]are sick some people are powerful some people are weak is that

[0:47]fair isn't Allah subhana wa tala just if he's just why do

[0:51]we see all this inequality amongst people when God could have eliminated

[0:55]that he could have created everyone the same among the primary reasons

[1:05]why societies Clash why people don't get along why one group of

[1:12]people feels Superior to others why we have racism and why we

[1:19]have social stratification and why we have class conflict is because we

[1:24]are different it's because we are different that we have all these

[1:27]consequences isn't it so is that compatible with the justice of God

[1:33]why did God create this life with this structure and setup is

[1:39]this fair or not look at the world around you you have

[1:42]the white and the black you have the poor and the rich

[1:46]you have the upper class and the lower class the educated the

[1:54]less educated and so on we're so different but this difference creates

[2:00]a beautiful diversity Allah States in Chapter 30 verse 22 among the

[2:11]signs of Allah is that he's created the heavens and the Earth

[2:15]this universe and among the signs of Allah T is that our

[2:22]tongues are different meaning our languages we speak different languages we have

[2:30]different cultures our colors are different Allah says if you want to

[2:38]know and have knowledge and be among the look at these signs

[2:42]celebrate these signs these are beautiful signs that point you to the

[2:48]greatness of God and the wisdom of Allah subhanahu wa taala now

[2:52]when you look at all this diversity around you the different colors

[2:56]and languages and cultures and you're trying to figure figure out how

[3:02]this is a sign come to appreciate the diversity that Allah subhana

[3:07]has given us don't hate it embrace it love the diversity that

[3:15]God has given us but now let's answer the question how is

[3:19]this not unjust how is this fair and what's the purpose behind

[3:27]this diversity that we see in this world why is it that

[3:28]some people are more powerful than others richer than others Ramadan is

[3:35]the month of quranic reflection so let's see what is the quranic

[3:39]perspective on why we are different Allah gives us the answer in

[3:44]chapter 43 verse 32 look at the beautiful Insight that this verse

[3:54]gives us Allah States [Music] in this verse Allah states do they

[4:11]distribute the mercy of your lord they don't Allah is the one

[4:16]who distributes his Mercy it is we who have a portioned among

[4:21]them their livelihood in the life of this world and raise some

[4:27]of them above others in degrees or RMS for what purpose so

[4:33]that they make use of one another in service this is a

[4:38]very profound verse in the Holy Quran God made us different and

[4:42]he put us in different social positions so we serve one another

[4:45]for any system to be functional you need different parts working together

[4:51]if every part of a laptop wants to be the nice um

[4:59]olded screen you would not have a laptop if every floor in

[5:03]a skyscraper wants to be the top floor the 100th Floor you

[5:06]would not have a skyscraper if every cell in your body wants

[5:11]to be a neuron you would not have a body now this

[5:15]apply this principle to society if all people had the same IQ

[5:18]the same wealth the same talents the same power the same class

[5:24]then we would not be able to live and cooperate with one

[5:26]another everyone would want to become a doctor everyone would want to

[5:30]become a CEO everyone would want to be the president who would

[5:37]be the trash picker who would do what we consider low jobs

[5:41]to have a functional Society you must have people in different positions

[5:46]yes what happens is that some or many people abuse their positions

[5:53]by oppressing others and that's where the trial of this life comes

[5:58]in God may put you in a position of power but God

[6:02]is actually monitoring you and he's commanding you to be just and

[6:05]he has more expectations from you if you oppress others God will

[6:09]severely punish you there's a day of accountability if people simply understand

[6:14]this reality society would be in a much better place the oppressors

[6:18]will stop their oppression because they will realize that they part they

[6:24]are part of a beautiful system now would you want your neurons

[6:27]to attack your liver or pancreatic self would you want your brain

[6:35]for instance to command your lungs to cut off the flow of

[6:38]oxygen to other um body parts that's what we do in society

[6:41]because you're powerful you oppress others imagine if your cells and your

[6:46]body parts did that powerful people who oppress and exploit are doing

[6:54]exactly that and they're making Society dysfunctional those in the lower classes

[6:59]by understanding this reality will be more patient they'll be more content

[7:03]with their position in society because they'll realize that their position is

[7:07]valuable and necessary to have a functional Society even even if Society

[7:13]does not show appreciation to them your heart brain and liver consume

[7:20]the most oxygen in the body sure but does that mean that

[7:23]your eyes or pancreas are useless you need all of your body

[7:30]parts to have a healthy functional body just because your eyes are

[7:34]not consuming as much oxygen as your brain is it does not

[7:36]mean that your eyes are not important people in society who have

[7:39]less access to resources are not unimportant even if society makes it

[7:44]seem otherwise so we see that this verse chapter 43: 32 provides

[7:54]a a crucial sociological understanding that is indispensable to our success and

[7:59]wellbeing doctors politicians CEOs wealthy businessmen you name it they must realize

[8:08]that the well-being of their society physically spiritually psychologically depends on the

[8:17]role of everyone in society the well-being of society depends on the

[8:22]trash fcker yes on the janitor the construction worker the cashier the

[8:26]farmer as much as it depends on them they shouldn't think that

[8:30]they're more important than others they should never underestimate or underappreciate those

[8:36]in the lower classes see see them as your counterparts as valuable

[8:41]parts of a functional Society that's how we embrace the diverse system

[8:47]that Allah has granted us it's truly beautiful and remarkable and the

[8:52]wisdom behind it is even more remarkable Allah has given us a

[8:55]beautiful system we serve one another we appreciate one another that's the

[9:02]goal behind it yes some people will exploit others but those who

[9:08]are exploiting God will punish them and those who are being exploited

[9:13]God will compensate you God will reward you at the end of

[9:16]the day God is just and there is no being more just

[9:20]than God in the month of Ramadan let's reflect on that for

[9:24]those in positions of power this should help you not oppress others

[9:29]don't think you're better than others remove that arrogance see yourself as

[9:32]part of one beautiful system and for those who may be oppressed

[9:38]who may be exploited be patient look at the bigger picture look

[9:41]at the system of God and know that Allah subhana wa ta'ala

[9:49]is going to reward you and compensate you [Applause] [Music] n

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