What can we do?
Sometimes, young people ask me this as they grapple with the global challenges.
I have no answers, only thoughts:
It starts small, it seems to me; simply do your best. Try to activate hearts, one heart at a time, along your path.
Pray that wisdom and Allah's love enters the hearts of those who put the planet in harm's way. Leaders everywhere have lost the love in their souls, and while we oppose their deeds, ask God to restore their hearts.
Keep your hearts open, stones and guns away, minds clear, and voices strong.
I also love these passages:
"O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things). " Qu'ran, 49:13
"And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah's favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth Allah make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided. " Qu'ran, 3:103
"Faqir, nothing is more beneficial to you than true sincerity with your Lord in what he has commanded you to do and in what He has forbidden you. By Allah, if you were like that with Him, you would see wonders since Allah Almighty says, "If they had been true to Allah, it would have been better for them." By Allah, if we were true with Him, our enemy would be true with us. By Allah, if we were to restrain our abuse of the servants of Allah, our Lord would defend us against every harm and abuse. Then we would only only experience good from everything, and we would not see any evil in anything. The one who used to harm us would not harm us, and the one who used to cut us off would not cut us off." - Shaykh ad-Darqawi