The Fish & Water " An Inspirational Sufi Story | Mufti Abu Layth

you know doctors are Divinity at Birmingham uni this is ages ago it says one understanding is that you know um we are in God of God as in the mind of God yeah yeah I mean it's it's it's obviously in from one perspective impossible to to work against because you know from a theory because ultimately if everything is brought into existence it is through the you know the will of God and yeah I mean it's I'm not saying that is how it is I'm just saying it's it's equally a theory that would be

impossible to disprove that I'll be just in the mind of God there's a Sufi teaching story okay um which might you know um explain you know uh the understanding so it's a conversation between two fish so you know fish are always talking all right yeah so I hear you

so fish what they're talking about is have you do you know if water exists so the conversation is that you know they're talking about is there water what does water look like how does it taste like can you experience it can you feel it uh then one day you know um one of the fishes sees this shining object and it goes and gets hooked on it it's a hook and it gets pulled out

and just as you know when it separates from the water it realizes I've always I've been in the water all along God surrounds us yeah we are surrounded by gods you know Grace and everything yeah yeah yeah of course and and the thing is is I as I began I want to end is we just need to thank God you know show gratitude

it is something that you know misses me you know you can't be grateful enough for what you know where what God has done and is doing and will do yeah it's just to thank him and you all of us every one of us we're in Ramadan

don't just read the book of creation read his book as well yeah but by that let me you know clarify I am we're all on a journey where I am at this moment in time I do not advise you know reading it in Arabic okay yeah yes anybody that you have to yeah otherwise read a portion

in whatever language you understand because it's a book for understanding yeah read it understand it and act according to your ability yeah God does not put a burden on you that you cannot bear because he he he's our maker so he knows how much weight uh we can bear and you know it's always the Journey Begins With a step

what does he say you take one step I'll come running to it running to you so you need to take that step and you'll find him I mean and if the intention is sincere then he answers the problem is we don't listen it's like you know when we read the Quran yeah we should be you

know um in a different lifetime um I studied um uh under a Buddhist my teacher was she was a practicing Buddhist um uh counseling okay and um in Chinese because you know a lot of the um words are symbols that they don't have an alphabetic symbols so the Chinese symbol for listening um is a heart

which is I've never forgotten this so you know there's passive listening and there's active listening yeah so when you are reading the Quran actively listen to him because he at that moment in time is talking to you and you alone yeah but is that active listening yeah and when you know you do that inshallah you know you'll find him in front of you

and that's what the rasool told us