Thursday, January 26, 2012

Those who follow Allah's Guidance

Salam,

Since the creation of mankind and the incident which made Satan succeed in enticing Adam and his wife to eat the forbidden fruit, they were expelled to earth where it will be their dwelling place and the mean of their livelihood for a term appointed. Since then and until the presence day God did not leave human to wander blindly by themselves but He provide good guidance and whoever follow His guidance neither will they fear nor shall they grieve:

He said: "Get ye down, both of you, all together, from the Garden, with enmity one to another: but if, as is sure, there comes to you Guidance from Me, whosoever follows My Guidance, will not lose his way, nor fall into misery. "But whosoever turns away from My Message, verily for him is a life narrowed down, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Judgment."
(Surah 20:123-124)

God send His guidance through His messengers in their own languages so that they may understand His messages.

It is He Who hath sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest it.
(Surah 9:33)

We sent not a messenger except in the language of his own people, in order to make things clear to them. Now Allah leaves to stray those whom He pleases and guides whom He pleases: and He is exalted in power, full of Wisdom. (Surah 14:4)

We sent Noah to his people: He said, "O my people! Worship Allah! Ye have no other god but Him. Will ye not fear (Him)?" (Surah 23:23)

Then sent We our messengers in succession: every time there came to a people their messenger, they accused him of falsehood: so We made them follow each other (in punishment): We made them as a tale (that is told): So away with a people that will not believe!
(Surah 23:44)

We sent (aforetime), to the Thamud, their brother Salih, saying, "Serve Allah": But behold, they became two factions quarrelling with each other. (Surah 27:45)

We sent Moses with Our signs (and the command). "Bring out thy people from the depths of darkness into light, and teach them to remember the Days of Allah." Verily in this there are Signs for such as are firmly patient and constant, grateful and appreciative.
(Surah 14:5)


It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion: and enough is Allah for a Witness.
(Surah 48:28)

We have not sent thee (O Muhammad) but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but most men understand not. (Surah 34:28)

We did indeed send, before thee, messengers to their (respective) peoples, and they came to them with Clear Signs: then, to those who transgressed, We meted out retribution: and it was due from Us to aid those who believed. (Surah 30:47)

We sent aforetime our messengers with Clear Signs and sent down with them the Book and the Balance (of Right and Wrong), that men may stand forth in justice; and We sent down Iron, in which is (material for) mighty war, as well as many benefits for mankind, that Allah may test who it is that will help, Unseen, Him and His messengers: For Allah is Full of Strength, Exalted in Might. (Surah 57:25)

The last Book of Guidance which is the Quran was sent to the Apostle of Allah Muhammad (Pbuh) and in it is guidance sure for those whose hope is happiness in this world and in the hereafter by following the example of His prophet as depicted in the Quran. And God commanded Muhamamd (Pbuh) to proclaim the message of warning and the good news of the Quran:

Say: "What thing is most weighty in evidence?" Say: "Allah is witness between me and you; This Qur'an hath been revealed to me by inspiration, that I may warn you and all whom it reaches. Can ye possibly bear witness that besides Allah there is another God?" Say: "Nay! I cannot bear witness!" Say: "But in truth He is the one Allah, and I truly am innocent of (your blasphemy of) joining others with Him." (Surah 6:19)

Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right (or stable), and give the Glad Tidings to the Believers who work deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a magnificent reward. (Surah 17:9)

Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong). …(Surah 2:185)

As to those who hold fast by the Book and establish regular prayer, never shall We suffer the reward of the righteous to perish. (Surah 7:170)

To thee We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety: so judge between them by what Allah hath revealed, and follow not their vain desires, diverging from the Truth that hath come to thee. To each among you have we prescribed a law and an open way. If Allah had so willed, He would have made you a single people, but His plan is to test you in what He hath given you: so strive as in a race in all virtues. The goal of you all is to Allah; it is He that will show you the truth of the matters in which ye dispute. (Surah 5:48)


The following groups of people will not receive God’s Guidance

The Unjust:

Hast thou not turned thy vision to one who disputed with Abraham About his Lord, because Allah had granted him power? Abraham said: "My Lord is He Who Give life and death." He said: "I give life and death". Said Abraham: "But it is Allah that cause the sun to rise from the east: Do thou then cause him to rise from the West." Thus was he confounded who (in arrogance) rejected faith. Nor doth Allah Give guidance to a people unjust.(Surah 2:258)

The Rejecter of faith:

O ye who believe! Cancel not your charity by reminders of your generosity or by injury, like those who spend their substance to be seen of men, but believe neither in Allah nor in the Last Day. They are in parable like a hard, barren rock, on which is a little soil: on it falls heavy rain, which leaves it just a bare stone. They will be able to do nothing with aught they have earned. And Allah guide not those who reject faith. (Surah 2:264)

The Rebellious:

Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your mates, or your kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce in which ye fear a decline: or the dwellings in which ye delight - are dearer to you than Allah, or His Messenger, or the striving in His cause;- then wait until Allah brings about His decision: and Allah guides not the rebellious. (Surah 9:24)

The Disbelievers:

Those who believe not in the Signs of Allah,-Allah will not guide them, and theirs will be a grievous Penalty. It is those who believe not in the Signs of Allah that forge falsehood: it is they who lie! (Surah16:104-105)

The similitude of those who were charged with the (obligations of the) Mosaic Law, but who subsequently failed in those (obligations), is that of a donkey which carries huge tomes (but understands them not). Evil is the similitude of people who falsify the Signs of Allah: and Allah guides not people who do wrong.
(Surah 62:5)

The Liar and Ungrateful:

Is it not to Allah that sincere devotion is due? But those who take for protectors other than Allah (say): "We only serve them in order that they may bring us nearer to Allah." Truly Allah will judge between them in that wherein they differ. But Allah guides not such as are false and ungrateful. (Surah 39:3)

The Arrogant:

Have you then considered him who takes his own vain desire for his god, and Allah has made him err having knowledge and has set a seal upon his ear and his heart and put a covering upon his eye. Who can then guide him after Allah? Will you not then be mindful? (Surah 45:23)

The Hypocrites:

They have made their oaths a screen (for their misdeeds): thus they obstruct (men) from the Path of Allah: truly evil are their deeds. That is because they believed, then they rejected Faith: So a seal was set on their hearts: therefore they understand not. (Surah 63:2-3)


Allah is the only one who can lead to His Guidance in the Quran and none other can do so without His leave not even the Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh).

It is true thou (O Muhammad) will not be able to guide every one, whom thou love; but Allah guides those whom He will and He knows best those who receive guidance. (Surah 28:56)

And those who will receive His Guidance are those who believe and follow the Prophet who follows the Words of God as commanded in the Quran:

Say: "O men! I am sent unto you all, as the Messenger of Allah, to Whom belong the dominion of the heavens and the earth: there is no god but He: it is He That give both life and death. So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the Unlettered Prophet, who believe in Allah and His words: follow him that (so) ye may be guided." (Surah 7:158)

They must not be of those who put partners to God.

This is the guidance of Allah: He gives that guidance to whom He please, of His worshippers. If they were to join other gods with Him, all that they did would be vain for them. (Surah 6:88)

Those who eschew Evil, and fall not into its worship, and turn to Allah (in repentance),- for them is Good News: so announce the Good News to My Servants, Those who listen to the Word, and follow the best (meaning) in it: those are the ones whom Allah has guided, and those are the ones endued with understanding. (Surah 39:17-18)


Pray to Allah that we may be one whom He is pleases with and of those who believe and submit to His Words in the Quran:

Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wrong their own souls. Whom Allah doth guide he is on the right path: whom He rejects from His guidance, such are the persons who perish. (Surah 7:177-178)

And who doth more wrong than one who is reminded of the Signs of his Lord, but turns away from them, forgetting the (deeds) which his hands have sent forth? Verily We have set veils over their hearts lest they should understand this (Quran), and over their ears, deafness, if thou call them to guidance, even then will they never accept guidance. (Surah 18:57)

"Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate now after Thou hast guided us, but grant us mercy from Thy own Presence; for Thou art the Grantor of bounties without measure. (Surah 3:8)

Asar

Sunday, January 8, 2012

The Prophet's Sunnah in Reality

Salam,

Watch the videos with an open heart and seek the mercy of God so as to be the followers of the Prophet as he was during his time. You will find it more meaningful than you would have thought as it will disclose how committed you are to practice the Prophet's Quran and ensuring you it will be a healing to hearts.

O mankind! There has come to you indeed an admonition from your Lord and a healing for what is in the breasts and guidance and a mercy for the believers. (Surah 10:57)

ASAR



Saturday, December 24, 2011

It is God who assigns an environment friendly earth for human habitation.

Salam,

When the angels and the Jinn kinds was commanded by God to prostrate to Adam all obeyed except Iblis, he was haughty. Then Adam was given the opportunity to live in a special place with his wife in the Garden with a condition as follows:

We said: "O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden; and eat of the bountiful things therein as (where and when) ye will; but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression." (Surah 2:35)

But He and his wife failed to avoid the instigation of the Devil Satan from refraining of eating the forbidden fruit imposed by God and they were expelled from the Garden to this earth and made to toil for an appointed time by the following verses:

Then did Satan make them slip from the (garden), and get them out of the state (of felicity) in which they had been. We said: "Get ye down, all ye people, with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood - for a time." (Surah 2:36)

It is He Who hath produced you from a single person: here is a place of sojourn and a place of departure: We detail Our signs for people who understand. (Surah 6:98)

And He has multiplied you through the earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered back.
(Surah 23:79)

Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. (Surah 90:4)


The explanation that our planet is friendly to life is that God made this earth and deliberately set up all the details for our benefit. And in return we should be thankful to Him and praise Him for the opportunity given to us to live and die and live again with His mercy and His blessing. Here on earth is our home where we are provided for and so in return we are to praise and glorify by worshiping Him

O ye people! Adore your Guardian-Lord, who created you and those who came before you, that ye may have the chance to learn righteousness; Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your canopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and brought forth therewith fruits for your sustenance; then set not up rivals unto Allah when ye know (the truth). (Surah 2:21-22)

It is He Who hath created for you all things that are on earth; moreover His design comprehended the heavens, for He gave order and perfection to the seven firmaments; and of all things He hath perfect knowledge. (Surah 2:29)

It is He Who has made the earth manageable for you, so traverse ye through its tracts and enjoy of the Sustenance which He furnishes: but unto Him is the Resurrection.
(Surah 67:10)


He made the night and the day for us to rest and the day to look for the bounty for our sustenance and we are to give thanks for the goods and favors He has provided.

He it is that cleave the day-break (from the dark): He makes the night for rest and tranquility, and the sun and moon for the reckoning of time: Such is the judgment and ordering of (Him), the Exalted in Power, the Omniscient. (Surah 6:96)

We have made the Night and the Day as two of Our Signs: the Sign of the Night have We obscured, while the Sign of the Day We have made to enlighten you; that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and that ye may know the number and count of the years: all things have We explained in detail. (Surah 17:12)


He also made the rain in order for us to drink the water and wind carrying the clouds and pour water to dead land to be fertile so that we are provided with green and fruits to support our lives in this world.

It is He Who send down rain from the skies: with it We produce vegetation of all kinds: from some We produce green crops, out of which We produce grain, heaped up at harvest; out of the date-palm and its sheaths (come) clusters of dates hanging low and near: and then there are gardens of grapes, and olives, and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety): when they begin to bear fruit, feast your eyes with the fruit and the ripeness thereof. Behold! In these things there are signs for people who believe. (Surah 6:99)

It is He Who send the winds like heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy: when they have carried the heavy-laden clouds, We drive them to a land that is dead, make rain to descend thereon, and produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall We raise up the dead: perchance ye may remember. From the land that is clean and good, by the will of its Cherisher, springs up produce, (rich) after its kind: but from the land that is bad, springs up nothing but that which is niggardly: thus do we explain the signs by various (symbols) to those who are grateful. (Surah 7:57-58)

It is Allah Who hath created the heavens and the earth and send down rain from the skies, and with it bring out fruits wherewith to feed you; it is He Who hath made the ships subject to you, that they may sail through the sea by His command; and the rivers (also) hath He made subject to you. (Surah 14:32)



He made in the earth the mountains to stabilize the earth that it will not shake and from the valley pours rivers and streams as our guidance to find our ways.

And it is He who spread out the earth, and set thereon mountains standing firm and (flowing) rivers: and fruit of every kind He made in pairs, two and two: He draw the night as a veil over the Day. Behold, verily in these things there are signs for those who consider! (Surah 13:3)

And the earth We have spread out like a carpet; set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance. (Surah 15:19)


He made upon the earth scatter with animals and the bees producing honey as a healing for all kind of diseases.

And cattle He has created for you: from them ye derive warm, and numerous benefits, and of their (meat) ye eat. And ye have a sense of pride and beauty in them as ye drive them home in the evening, and as ye lead them forth to pasture in the morning. And they carry your heavy loads to lands that ye could not (otherwise) reach except with souls distressed: for your Lord is indeed Most Kind, Most Merciful, And (He has created) horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride and use for show; and He has created (other) things of which ye have no knowledge. (Surah 16:5-8)

And thy Lord taught the bee to build its cells in hills, on trees, and in (men's) habitations;
Then to eat of all the produce (of the earth), and find with skill the spacious paths of its Lord: there issues from within their bodies a drink of varying colors, wherein is healing for men: verily in this is a Sign for those who give thought. (Surah 16:68-69)


He made the ships within our control for seeking the bounties at seas and traveling to other parts of the world to do commerce.

Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of the night and the day; in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which Allah sends down from the skies, and the life which He gives therewith to an earth that is dead; in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through the earth; in the change of the winds, and the clouds which they trail like their slaves between the sky and the earth;- (Here) indeed are Signs for a people that are wise. (Surah 2:164)

It is He Who has made the sea subject, that ye may eat thereof flesh that is fresh and tender, and that ye may extract there from ornaments to wear; and thou see the ships therein that plough the waves, that ye may seek of the bounty of Allah and that ye may be grateful. (Surah 16:14)

In order that ye may sit firm and square on their backs, and when so seated, ye may celebrate the (kind) favor of your Lord, and say, "Glory to Him Who has subjected these to our (use), for we could never have accomplished this (by ourselves), (Surah 43:13)


With all these benefits and favors which He has given us we should be thankful to Him of His mercy by praising and made remembrance of Him as He has taught us in His divine messages. Let us take the example of the following people who ponder the gifts they had from God and becoming of those who believe:

Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, there are indeed Signs for men of understanding, men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth, (With the thought): "Our Lord! Not for naught Hast Thou created (all) this! Glory to Thee! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Fire. "Our Lord! Any whom Thou dost admit to the Fire, truly Thou cover with shame, and never will wrong-doers find any helpers! "Our Lord! We have heard the call of one calling (Us) to Faith, 'Believe ye in the Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, blot out from us our iniquities, and take to Thyself our souls in the company of the righteous. "Our Lord! Grant us what Thou didst promise unto us through Thou messengers, and save us from shame on the Day of Judgment: For Thou never break Thy promise." And their Lord hath accepted of them, and answered them: "Never will I suffer to be lost the work of any of you, be he male or female: Ye are members, one of another: Those who have left their homes, or been driven out there from or suffered harm in My Cause, or fought or been slain,- verily, I will blot out from them their iniquities, and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing beneath; A reward from the presence of Allah, and from His presence is the best of rewards." (Surah 3:190-195)

Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, let it declare the Praises and Glory of Allah: for He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: It is He Who gives Life and Death; and He has Power over all things. He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent: and He has full knowledge of all things. He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days, and is moreover firmly established on the Throne (of Authority). He knows what enters within the earth and what comes forth out of it, what comes down from heaven and what mounts up to it. And He is with you where so ever ye may be. And Allah sees well all that ye do. To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: and all affairs are referred back to Allah. He merges Night into Day, and He merges Day into Night; and He has full knowledge of the secrets of (all) hearts. Believe in Allah and His messenger, and spend (in charity) out of the (substance) whereof He has made you heirs. For, those of you who believe and spend (in charity), for them is a great Reward. (Surah 57:1-7)

Asar