or how great they become, can never be worth
presenting to the most Complete and Perfect
Being. However, His mercy is something which
can give us the eternal success. The question is that
then why do we work hard and strive for actions?
The answer is that these actions are the source
of attracting the mercy of the Most Merciful,
and which in result will give us the final abode of
Jannah (Paradise).
As Ali said:
“A person who thinks he will go into paradise
without deeds is misguided and the person who
thinks he will go into paradise by doing lots of actions
is merely exhausting himself.” (Ayyahul Walad)
I wish and pray that we can provide an environment
to our students where they are able to attract the
mercy of Allah
by not only
beautifying
their outer worship and physical actions, but they
can also adorn their hearts. As the Prophet said:
“Allah does not look at your faces and bodies but
He looks at your hearts.” (Sahih Muslim)
I wish to have those students who do the outward
actions for Allah and the inward also for
Allah , this can only be attained once we have
sincere intentions of being here and gaining this
knowledge. Our sincere actions are our luggage
for the next world, and we must get ready for this
travel. The Prophet said in one of the narrations:
“Do not sleep too much at night, because the one who
sleeps too much at night will be empty handed on the
Day of judgement.” (Sunan Ibn Majah)
So, we must join hands and strive to gain more and
more actions which are full of sincere intentions;
actions of the outward knowledge and actions
of the inward. Once we are able to acquire these
actions in our life, then we must also make a lot of
istighfar (seek forgiveness) from Allah ; because
as I mentioned before, these actions will never be
worth presenting to the Perfect Being. Allah
says in Quran:
ُ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َأ ْ
ون ر ف ِ غ ت س ي ه ار ِ س ل � ب ِ و
“And those at the time before dawn, seek Allah’s
forgiveness.” (51:18)
May Allah make us the true slaves
and students of His beautiful deen
and make us live and act this deen
and make us the
role models for all.
Ameen.
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