ALLAH's ADDRESS TO MUSLIMS (PART 11)

ALLAH's ADDRESS TO MUSLIMS (PART 11) -

In the name of Allah and may Allah's blessing be upon the last and final prophet, Mohammadﷺ

"O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].

And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you - when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be guided

And from among you there must be a party who invite people to all that is good and enjoin the doing of all that is right and forbid the doing of all that is wrong. It is they who will attain true success.

Be not like those who are divided amongst themselves and fall into disputations after receiving Clear Signs: For them is a dreadful penalty,"

Quran 3:102-105

Points to be noted-

Some strong words in Quran to ponder upon.

1. The english translation of the word "taqwa" to fear is not the correct translation, instead the correct meaning is to be concious of Allah

2. Allah says, do not die but in state of submission. If every muslim ponder upon this one statement, then he will never go astray because no one knows when he or she will die and if he is concious of Allah all the time then he will die in the state of obediance insha allah.

3. The rope of Allah is referred to the Quran and till the time we hold it strongly, read it, follow it, we will never go astray. In a sahih hadith Rasool Allah ﷺ said that Quran is the rope of Allah streched from heavens to earth. One end of the rope is in the hand of Allah and the other end is in your hand, so hold the rope of Allah strongly. 

We all muslims should look within ourselves and ask, do we really hold Quran strongly or is it just our identity or a decoration in our homes?

4. It is compulsary for every muslim to guide others to what is right and stop from evil. In a sahih hadith Rasool Allah ﷺ said that if you see evil, stop it by hand and if you dont have strength then atleast say it with your tongue and if you dont have strength for that also then atleast feel it bad in your heart, that is the lowest degree of iman and if someone does not even feel it bad in his heart then there is no atom of iman in him.

Imagine, where do we stand today. Do we really even realize all that is going around us, most is evil and filthy? Leave aside calling others to the right path, we oursleves are misguided.

5. Allah announces a dreadful punishment for those who fight amongst themselves. 

Imagine, we are not holding the Quran in its true spirit, we dont call others towards the right path, we donot stop ourselves or others from evil, we fight amongst ourselves on small and pity differences, we call each other kafir in the name of our sect, is this not a punishment from Allah? Today Muslims do not pray behind other muslims, we dont allow each others in our masajid, every sect without exception has issued fatwa against others and declared them kaafir. If everyone is a kafir then where are the muslims?

Its a moment to cry for that we have qualified ourselves for the wrath of Allah and we are going deep into misguidance due to our arrogance and ego. We are busy following so called scholars and so called imams of this time which instead of guiding us towards Quran and the correct sunnah, they guide us towards their own peer or imaam or auliya.

May Allah forgive us and guide us all.