is why Allah has given us this quality of
hate. Allah says in the Quran,
ً َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َّ َ
ر بنا ما خلقت هذا ب�طل
ِ
“Our Lord, You have not created all this in
vain.” (3:191)
Even the quality of hate is good, if it is kept
in balance. The quality of anger is good, if
it is kept in balance, it will give you nobility.
It will give you guts to stand for the right.
That is why you will have steadfastness
because you are strong. Allah mentions
that quality in the Quran that these
people say,
ُ
َّ
َُقالوا َر ُّب َنا الل ثُ� اس َت َقام
ُ َّ ْ وا
Those who have declared: “Our
Lord is Allah”, then remained
steadfast (41:30)
They are not shaky, they are
not weak people. You kick them
out, you push them out and they
will not stop practicing Islam.
This is the quality of the Sahaba .
Allah says,
ُْ َ ُ َ
ُ ََ
ُ�َأ ِش َّداء ع َل الك َّفار ُرحاء َب ْي ن
م
ِ
“And those who are with him are hard
on the disbelievers, compassionate among
themselves.” (48:29)
This means that quwwat of ghadab is
needed, but it has to be kept under balance
and then it will bring forbearance. When
you will have strength, you will have
forbearance, and you will forgive people
because you are firm. Our Hazrat Ji دامت
بركاهتمalways says, that a person who is
weak gets angry. This is scientifically
proven. That is why children get very
angry and they start screaming because
they are weak. Women get more angry
than men. Old people get more angry than
young people. So that means, showing
anger brings out the quality of weakness,
not of strength. That is why the Prophet
asked the Sahaba , ‘Who is a wrestler?’
The Sahaba said, ‘Who can beat the
other person in wrestling.’ The Prophet
said, ‘No, the wrestler is a person that
when he has ability to take revenge, he is
able to control it.’ This is strength, that you
are able to control your emotions. So a
person who has quwwat ul ghadab in
balance then his emotions will be under
control. Then he will not just be carried
away like that, he will have endurance.
The third thing, Imam Ghazzaliv points
out is the quwwat of shahwat (power of
desire). Shahwat basically means desire.
The desires
you have,
the passion
you have.
Again, if
you keep
desires in
balance
then you
have