Post by SunniSevens on Aug 30, 2006 8:54:39 GMT
BismiAllah ArRahmaan ArRaheem
WasSalaatu WasSalaamu Alaika Ya RasoolAllah
WasSalaatu WasSalaamu Alaika Ya HabeebAllah
WasSalaatu WasSalaamu Alaika Ya NabiAllah
Wa'ala'aalika WaAshaabika Ya NoorAllah
He (Shaitaan) said: I swear that because You seduced me, I shall
necessarily sit to block them from Your Straight Path in wait for
them.
Then, surely I will come near them from before them and from behind
them, and from their right and from their left. And You will not
find most of them, Thankful. [Surah Al-A'raaf: Verses 16 and 17]
Assalaamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakaatuh
One of the qualities that separates us Human Beings from animals and
beasts - is that of "choice".
That defining "choice" being to submit to the Will of Allah
Azzawajal. Infact, animals have no choice but to Submit to the Will
of Allah. As for those who do not choose to Acknowledge Allah, they
are indeed worst than animals - for despite their lack of faith,
their entire biological system and even their earthly surroundings
Submit to the Divine Will of Allah. These do not move an atom out of
it Ordained functionality.
Alhamdulillah, We are Greatful for being Muslims.
For as Muslims, we have chosen to submit and place our trust in
Allah. Coinciding with this trust in Allah, we have also chosen to
use the intellect Allah has provided us, and in certain instances we
make extra effort to
protect our lives, wealth and property. Be it in the form of eating
healthy, wearing a seat-belt, securing our homes with alarms, locks,
placing our money in banks etc. We take additional percautions to
safe-guard these.
That is - we choose to place some amount of trust in our banks to
protect our money - we choose to place some amount of trust in our
security alarm systems to protect our family and property etc.
Alhamdulillah. It is good that we protect what Allah has provided us
with.
It's unfortunate that many people do not apply this same logic to
protect the most prized possession - Our Imaan. When it comes to
fraudsters, criminals and thugs - we take extra precaution to
protect our worldly possessions, but when it comes to the biggest
enemy (Shaitaan), who has promised to wait for us in the Path of
Righteousness, we leave this in Allah's Trust only. Where have our
priorities gone?
Allah Subhaanahu wata'aala says in the Qur'aan Shareef:
"You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the last Day
choosing as their friends those who opposed Allah and His Messenger,
even though they be their fathers or their sons or their brotheren
or their kinsmen. These are they in whose hearts Allah has inscribed
faith and helped them with a spirit from Himself, and will make them
enter gardens beneath which flow streams, abiding therein, Allah is
pleased with them and they are pleased with Allah.
This is Allah's party. Do you hear? It is Allah's party that is
successful." [Surah Mujadillah, Verse 22]
To reach Allah and His Rasool Sallalahu alaihi wasallam by love is
the greatest goal of a human being. Just as everything that helps
the lover to take himself to his beloved is the object of love, so
everybody who helps us reach our Beloved Allah and His Rasool
Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam should be the object of our love, and
everything that stands in our way should be the object of our
hatred.
Let us promise to take an oath to ourselves to be more careful who
we choose as friends, ot only for ourselves but especially our young
loved ones of our households. Let the words from the blessed lips of
the Beloved of Allah Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam echo in our hearts at
all times:
"Everyone will be with those (in the Hereafter) whom he loves (in
this world)" [as Narrated By `Abdullah `Abdullah bin Mas'ud
RadiAllah anh, Vol 8, Book 73. Hadith 189.]
Ma'assalaam
Mohamed Mansoor Qaaderi Razvi Zia'ee 'Attaari.
WasSalaatu WasSalaamu Alaika Ya RasoolAllah
WasSalaatu WasSalaamu Alaika Ya HabeebAllah
WasSalaatu WasSalaamu Alaika Ya NabiAllah
Wa'ala'aalika WaAshaabika Ya NoorAllah
He (Shaitaan) said: I swear that because You seduced me, I shall
necessarily sit to block them from Your Straight Path in wait for
them.
Then, surely I will come near them from before them and from behind
them, and from their right and from their left. And You will not
find most of them, Thankful. [Surah Al-A'raaf: Verses 16 and 17]
Assalaamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakaatuh
One of the qualities that separates us Human Beings from animals and
beasts - is that of "choice".
That defining "choice" being to submit to the Will of Allah
Azzawajal. Infact, animals have no choice but to Submit to the Will
of Allah. As for those who do not choose to Acknowledge Allah, they
are indeed worst than animals - for despite their lack of faith,
their entire biological system and even their earthly surroundings
Submit to the Divine Will of Allah. These do not move an atom out of
it Ordained functionality.
Alhamdulillah, We are Greatful for being Muslims.
For as Muslims, we have chosen to submit and place our trust in
Allah. Coinciding with this trust in Allah, we have also chosen to
use the intellect Allah has provided us, and in certain instances we
make extra effort to
protect our lives, wealth and property. Be it in the form of eating
healthy, wearing a seat-belt, securing our homes with alarms, locks,
placing our money in banks etc. We take additional percautions to
safe-guard these.
That is - we choose to place some amount of trust in our banks to
protect our money - we choose to place some amount of trust in our
security alarm systems to protect our family and property etc.
Alhamdulillah. It is good that we protect what Allah has provided us
with.
It's unfortunate that many people do not apply this same logic to
protect the most prized possession - Our Imaan. When it comes to
fraudsters, criminals and thugs - we take extra precaution to
protect our worldly possessions, but when it comes to the biggest
enemy (Shaitaan), who has promised to wait for us in the Path of
Righteousness, we leave this in Allah's Trust only. Where have our
priorities gone?
Allah Subhaanahu wata'aala says in the Qur'aan Shareef:
"You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the last Day
choosing as their friends those who opposed Allah and His Messenger,
even though they be their fathers or their sons or their brotheren
or their kinsmen. These are they in whose hearts Allah has inscribed
faith and helped them with a spirit from Himself, and will make them
enter gardens beneath which flow streams, abiding therein, Allah is
pleased with them and they are pleased with Allah.
This is Allah's party. Do you hear? It is Allah's party that is
successful." [Surah Mujadillah, Verse 22]
To reach Allah and His Rasool Sallalahu alaihi wasallam by love is
the greatest goal of a human being. Just as everything that helps
the lover to take himself to his beloved is the object of love, so
everybody who helps us reach our Beloved Allah and His Rasool
Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam should be the object of our love, and
everything that stands in our way should be the object of our
hatred.
Let us promise to take an oath to ourselves to be more careful who
we choose as friends, ot only for ourselves but especially our young
loved ones of our households. Let the words from the blessed lips of
the Beloved of Allah Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam echo in our hearts at
all times:
"Everyone will be with those (in the Hereafter) whom he loves (in
this world)" [as Narrated By `Abdullah `Abdullah bin Mas'ud
RadiAllah anh, Vol 8, Book 73. Hadith 189.]
Ma'assalaam
Mohamed Mansoor Qaaderi Razvi Zia'ee 'Attaari.
