The Mahdi Times October 2011 | Page 11

[92.4] Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends). It is not easy to have faith and hope in God to the extent that is ideal, which is why although the Quran says we are born as submitters: [30.30] Then set your face upright for religion in the right state-- the nature made by Allah in which He has made men; there is no altering of Allah's creation; that is the right religion, but most people do not know — It also tells us that a “turning” process is required. [6.79] Surely I have turned myself, being upright, wholly to Him Who originated the heavens and the earth, and I am not of the polytheists. [9.112] They who turn (to Allah), who serve (Him), who praise (Him), who fast, who bow down, who prostrate themselves, who enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, and who keep the limits of Allah; and give good news to the believers. Turning to God then leads to an increase in guidance: Ansa# Energy By: Laila Ali [13.27] ... and guides to Himself those who turn (to Him). Without “turning” to a spiritual Qibla, we may be travelling on all kinds of paths instead of Siraat ul Mustaqeem. And because one needs a physical Waseela in the direction of which it is required to turn towards in order to reach the Unseen, we have a Sunnat to follow, a Quran to read, a Prophet (s.a.w.w) to emulate and his relatives to narrate his traditions to us. But because there are so many physical temptations to turn towards also, one might, if not paying attention, find that they are following a Pied Piper of a Taghoot. [2.256]... therefore, whoever disbelieves in the Taghoot and believes in Allah he indeed has laid hold on the firmest handle, which shall not break off, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing. Some Muslims even say, “it’s all very well to focus on Islam, but Islam is only philosophy. What about real things?” Where art thou, Abu Dharr? Again, I remind you, this is aimed at Muslims. Those who persist in their striving stripped of the first step of hoping in God alone, have in reality lost their Asalaam Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatu,  O Ansar Allah, Can You do This? With the many tests the Ansari are going through and with the Coming Punishments, only Allah (swt) Knows What is to Come and His Will is Just.  Many of us have found ourselves to be somewhat stressed out about the situations. It is understandable, as even though we are Ansar Allah, the Dunya is constantly throwing webs at us and trying to trap us with its allurements. You have to be in this world and not of this world. Not only is it a battle with the Ego Monster, there are also 60 Shaiteen assigned to every Ansar Allah wanting to trip them up at every opportunity. Which is why we must remind one another of who we are and what this path is about, Inshallah, Mola Ali Waaris.  We know the power of group prayer and meditation, add to that the Ansari Energy, Subhanallah.  labor, no matter what skills they think they have: [18.104] (These are) they whose labor is lost in this world's life and they think that they are well versed in skill of the work of hands. Those who rejected their God-sent Waseela, their Prophets and their “Bayyinat” (clear evidence), those who did not seek to ask their Prophet, or the Imam of their Time for the particular guidance they needed, existed in the past. How they were dealt with is recorded in the Quran. [30.9] Have they not traveled in the earth and seen how was the end of those before them? They were stronger than these in prowess, and dug up the earth, and built on it in greater abundance than these have built on it, and there came to them their apostles with clear arguments; so it was not beseeming for Allah that He should deal with them unjustly, but they dealt unjustly with their own souls. So let Muslims take heed, or bring a Quran better than the one they currently follow which permits them to focus solely on effort and skill. )M