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Alhamdulillah. Pleasure. Alhamdulillah.
Alhamdulillah. Just got home,
man. Love y'all.
Just want
to welcome come on in.
While in Dubai in Abu Dhabi that changed
my life forever.
Forever. Forever. No, I don't.
So, come on back.
So, so I want to put this out
there. I've learned a lot about
stereotypes. I learned a lot about
because me as an African-American, I've
dealt with my share of racism and people
deciding not to do this, had me in mind
for this or that. Not only am I a black
man, but I'm a dark-skinned black man.
And some folks may say that's old
school, but it's so real. I want y'all
to understand that. I I I personally
went and
visited the Middle East, Dubai, and Abu
Dhabi,
and I felt the love and energy in
America, but out there, I have never
experienced the level of love that I've
experienced in a short period of time,
ever in my life.
And for those people of
America who because of all of the
terrorist attacks and all of the things
that have happened that's associated to
the Middle East, I don't want y'all to
clump the entire Middle East and all of
the people of the Middle East with the
bad habits and the bad moments that a
few particular people have done because
they've done that to black people.
They've done that to white people.
They've done it to Latinos because of
one thing or several people from one
particular race or group has done.
They've clumped everybody all in
together. My personal experience is that
after my friend Paul Walker died, I was
sad. It's probably my first time ever
experiencing being depressed, but I
didn't even know it.
The great nation of Abu Dhabi and
Dubai gave me my smile back and I love
y'all
forever. I came home with a sense of
purpose. I came home and I found my
smile again. And I just wanted to send
y'all some love and say thank you for
everything. Um, you have changed my life
forever. Thank you for taking care of my
friends and Will
Smith,
Maxwell, Red Cafe, just everybody that
was out there in Dubai that I personally
know. Thank you for everything and I
will never take my access for granted.
We got big plans, big
ideas, big big big plans. So, thank you
for everybody. I love y'all. Sending
love from my backyard. God bless you.
It's your man Tyrese. I'll be back soon,
baby. I'll be back soon. Peace.
Tyrese Gibson and talking about the uh
meaning of life. Have you heard of this
uh Tyrese Gibson? Yes. Tyrese Gibson's
also like a very uh good friend with
Paul Walker and he tweeted actually his
video saying that this gave me life.
That's amazing, isn't it? I've seen the
video myself. We're going to go to a
clip of it right now. So people who
haven't seen it, we'll just go ahead for
30 seconds. You can see it right here.
Then just turn up the radio as you learn
to live a lifestyle of drugs, sex, and
rock and
roll. But in all honesty, I just need to
know, is there more to the cycle than
growing and getting old? Living and
dying just to leave behind a happy home
and a whole lot of property that
somebody else is going to own. I just
really need to know before the casket's
closed. Cuz I'm not willing to gamble
with my soul, nor am I ready to take any
chances. These are just simple life
questions and I'm just searching for
some answers like what are we doing
here? And what is our purpose? How did
we get here? And who made us so perfect?
And what happens once we go or is this
world all really worth it? Mhm. So, in
this clip, the brother goes into what
most people are doing with their life.
They're just like robots just waking up
for another day, another dollar like
zombies, being entertained, music,
movies, following their desires. Were
you kind of living the same life? Yeah.
I mean, it it was just one gig after
another, you know, and the saying is
you're only as good as your last gig,
you know? you're only as good as your
last job
because you're constantly chasing you're
chasing the the the world. You're
chasing the dunya uh the material life
and you're never going to get there. You
know, we we see this with many of the
stars or the the the famous people in
the world. They have everything. They
have the money, they have the wealth,
they have the fame, but they're still
not happy. Well, I mean, that's that's a
fact. That's not fiction. And people
think like, okay, if I achieve this
stardom, I'm going to be like just in a
world of bliss. But there's some of the
most miserable people, you know,
unhappy. Why you taking drugs if you are
happy? Yeah. So when when I opened up
the show and I mentioned people such as
Paul Walker, the famous movie star, Fast
and Furious, and then Tyrese Gibson who
actually tweeted that this gave this
this um video, this meaning of life. It
gave me life because it you know when
you look into Islam, Islam is not
something and did you find obviously the
same thing because it's not blind
belief. You didn't come at this just
blindly. You had to make some really big
sacrifices being a former Christian and
now you were investigating. You were
using the faculties that the creator
gave you, didn't you? To realize that to
come to the reason, the realization that
this is really indeed from the creator.
And Allah tells us in the Quran, we're
not allowed to just follow blindly. You
know, he tells us, bring your proof if
you're truthful. Bring your proof. Yeah.
And this is not just for non-believers.
This is also for Muslims. You know, many
Muslims, they follow uh they say they're
Muslim because their parents are Muslim.
You know, this is not acceptable. But we
need to know why we're a Muslim, you
know, and and Allah encourages us to do
encourages us to do this in the Quran by
looking for the proof. You cannot buy
peace. I always say it. This is what
I've said in the past. You cannot buy a
six-pack of peace. Peace is something
that comes from who? The creator. The
creator, the maker, the one who made
you. So, how what advice would you give
for him? and and other people now like
Theres who actually the one who tweeted
this uh meaning of life who's obviously
that got him thinking so but there's a
lot of negative stereotypes associated
with Islam so there's confusion what do
you what do you advise people look
towards Islam and that's the only option
that's it that is the only option where
you going to go I mean what you going to
keep you know going and following your
desires and there's no happiness there I
mean the thing is they they come to the
reality they have all the money, the
wealth, the fame, and they can't leave
the house. Yeah. You know, all the
friends around them, they can't trust
anyone, you know, it's it's not a nice
place to be in. But with Islam, subhan
Allah, you go to Mecca for Hajj, and you
all wearing the same clothes, you know,
the same two sheets, and you're
performing the rit the rituals of Hajj,
and you don't know one person can be a
millionaire, one person uh can have no
money. Yeah. You know, and it's a
beautiful thing and a good a good thing
to actually read is the biography of
Malcolm X and he speaks about this when
he actually went to Hajj and he was
sitting with millionaires and poor
people. They all wearing the same thing,
eating from the same pot, white, black.
Subhan Allah. It's beautiful. So purpose
of life, that's the crucial question.
And do you believe that I mean that if
you just take that simple step that you
ask your maker to guide you that he'll
guide you? Yes. I I I advise this a lot.
Uh so for people who are searching, put
your head on the floor in the in the in
the state of frustration like all the
prophets did and ask the creator of the
universe to show you the way to guide
you to the straight path. And someone
who sincerely asks for guidance, subhan
Allah, they'll find it in Islam. That's
it. Like you did and all and so so many
I mean people, it's the fastest growing
way of life in the world. uh today,
yesterday and tomorrow. It's it's
growing because it's it has a believable
message and it's based on proof and
evidence, not blind faith. Is that
right? Of course. Yeah.
Say he Allah is one. God is one.
The maker of mankind. Exactly. Allah
Allah is self-sufficient. He doesn't
need food or drink. He doesn't need to
rest on the seventh day. Okay. I really
had a problem with that even before I
knew anything about Islam. God resting
sounds like a weak God. Yeah.
Um, he beggets not. He doesn't have any
children, nor is he a child or born of
anything or
anyone. And there is nothing co-equal or
comparable unto him at all. Nobody.
Nothing. Anything we can imagine.
Nobody. Nobody's comparable to the
creator. Nothing. Yeah. And that right
there was in its essence what I believe
naturally.