controlling anger, forgiving others, and
repenting to Allah as soon as we commit
any disobedience of Allah .
The Prophet has also said,
“Spread salam (Islamic greeting), feed people
food, join blood relationships, and pray at
night when others sleep, and you will enter
the Paradise with safety”. ( Jami Tirmizi)
If we look at ourselves in the light of these
verses of Quran and this hadith, and many
others like these, it gives us some principles
to earn Paradise. But do we really have the
passion to earn it! Our hearts have become
stingy, and it is difficult to feed people
food. Guests have become a burden. It
takes a lot of encouragement before people
can actually take out money to spend in the
path of Allah . We do not make any effort
to control our anger and forgive others.
We must know that forgiving others can
earn us the forgiveness from Allah . We
are involved in the acts of immodesty and
shamefulness. We watch immodest things,
and do immodest acts. We have hatred in
our hearts for each other and do not spread
peace, but rather are spreading hatred.
Relationships are being cut. We are missing
the connection with Allah that is earned
through prayers and duas (supplication).
More so, we sin openly and do not have
any guilt, thus do not ask for forgiveness
from Allah . All this is of great concern.
We need to question our belief.
It is the sunnah (way) of Allah that He
raises a group of people in the world and
abases others. The same principles that
earn us the Paradise in the Hereafter are
the principles through which Allah gives
honour to people in this world as well.
When Muslims followed the principles,
Allah raised them and they ruled the
majority of the world. When Muslims lost
those principles, and the others took over,
Allah gave power to them. Now the
others are losing these principles as well.
Selfishness has started to prevail in the
western culture. Immodesty has become
common. Dishonesty has taken over
people. Looks like that the world order will
change again. If we want to be honoured
again by Allah in this world, we need to
again acquire those principles that make us
worthy of that.
Know that before Allah changes the
world order, He filters people out. Honour
is not given to those who follow the
principles half-heartedly. For that, tests
and tribulations come. If we look around
our Muslim ummah (nation), we see that
there are lot of tests and tribulations. This is
filtering people out. We must ask Allah
for forgiveness, repent to Him, and regain
the principles of the Quran, and becomes
those people who Allah will choose to
honour, instead of being filtered out into
further disgrace and abasement.
Trying to make this world a Paradise will
never make it a Paradise. The honour of this
world will definitely come with obedience
of Allah . And remember that is also
just a temporary thing. The final abode is
the Paradise for which we must make an
effort for, and follow the principles set by
the Quran. Let’s develop passion for the
Paradise!
Tauqeer
On behalf of the beautiful students of
Nur ul Ilm Academy
Monday, November 25, 2019 |
Rabiul Awwal 27, 1441 H
9 NISBAH