Bismi'allah...
إن الحمد لله نحمده و نستعينه و نستغفره و نعود بالله من شرور انفسنا و من سيئات أعمالنا من يهده الله فلا مضل له و من يضلل فلا هادي له و اشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له و ان محمدا عبده و رسوله
All thanks and praise is due to Allah, we seek his help and forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil within ourselves and the consequences of our evil deed. Whoever Allah guides will never be led astray, and whoever Allah leads astray will never find guidance. I bear witness there is no God but Allah, alone without partners and alone is his worship; I also bear witness that Muhammad s.a.w. is his last prophet, slave & Messenger… |
“Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy; such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mold itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit, and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable [abominable] cruelty of one or a very few.”
— John Adams (1797-1801) Second President of the United States and Patriot (Swift, Country or Corporation, 2015) The First Casualty in War...Is the Truth! |
As'salaamu alaykum ummatul-Islam...
The world is changing...But these changes aren’t necessarily changes as in mondernity, rather its the change that comes when truth resurfaces from decades of falsehood and oppression by those who have white-washed history and who try to mould the culture of the world after themselves for service to them in a system that built on disbelief of every sort...Their time is up and they know it; but like any bully when he is threatened with his own aggression he tries to save face although trembling because he is no longer feared. Feared in the sense that he has no rival...Africa, Middle-East and Asia have a long history that dates back long before western civilization, which makes its so ironic that in the past 200yrs the west has managed to surpass the known world using deceit and trickery of every kind. Using everything gained of knowledge to militarize themselves in order to hold the world captive to their commands. Well, that time has culminated, and now begins the spiral downward.
One thing about New Principalities {govenments/kingdoms/ruling states} is “the changes that arise are chiefly from an inherent difficulty which is found in all new principalities; for men change their rulers willingly, hoping to better themselves, and this hope induces them to take up arms against him who rules. Wherein they are deceived, because they afterwards find by experience they have gone from bad to worse. The reason for this follows also another natural and common necessity to solidify rule, which always requires a new ruling state to burden those who have been forced to submit to him by his soldiery and a variety of other hardships {economic, social etc.} which he must put upon his new acquisition. In this way you have enemies in all those whom you have injured in seizing that principality, and you are not able to keep those friends who put you in power because your not able to satisfy them in the way they expected, and you cannot take strong measures against them; feeling bound to them from their initial support. Although one may be very strong in armed forces, yet in entering a province {or land} one has always the need of the goodwill of the “natives.” When lands are acquired, or added to an ancient state by him who acquires them, and they are either of the same country or they share the same language ” or they don’t...Other issues arise.
1.) “When they are {common in geographical area or language, it is easier to hold them, especially when they have not been accustomed to self-governance; and in order to hold them securely it is enough to do away with the system that was ruling them; because the two peoples, in commonalities are preserving traditions & other things not being unalike in customs...these will live quietly together”.
2.) “But when states are acquired in a country differing in language, customs, or laws, there are difficulties, and great fortunes & great energy are needed to hold them, and one of the greatest and most real helps would be that he who has acquired them should go and reside there.” {This accounts for occupation of foreign lands}. In other words, One cannot manage the chaos that will come after conquering or occupation; unfamiliar to the customs and language of new subjects, which explains American foreign policy today, and colonial powers of the past. On the flip side of this, is chaos management. Disorder that is manufactured in order for the new ruler & ruling state to deceive the people in solving issues that they can’t solve themselves. Because they created the problem, they can quickly remedy them; and thus the subjects unaware of the source can be ssatisfied by prompt recourse to the new ruling state. By this deception, the subdued peoples have more cause to love the new ruling state/leader or, to fear him.”
Thus Muslim lands around the world as well as the black & people of color in Africa, Asia, South-America, India, Asian-Pacific...All such people are regaining themselves as the tyranny of western colonization once again looses it grip on the world, failing like that of her mother Britain. But
Facing another set of problems, Muslims here in dar-ul-Islam {Muslim countries}(many born Muslim) sell their Islam for a piece of the false, material-ism/culture the ideals & philosophies disseminated from the west;
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 173:
Narrated 'Abdullah: The Prophet said, "I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount (Kauthar) and some men amongst you will be brought to me, and when I will try to hand them some water, they will be pulled away from me by force whereupon I will say, 'O Lord, my companions!' Then the Almighty will say, 'You do not know what they did after you left {death}, they introduced new things into the religion after you. {innovations and or apostated}'"
which means at the time when Muslims are tested about their birth inheritance of having Muslim parents, their personal choice to remain on deen-ul-fitrah {natural disposition of creation i.e submission to creator= Islam} at the time Allah chooses for them (the age of responsibility to oneself) Allah tests them [test meaning that of conviction since faith isn’t hereditary], you see a majority of the people choosing otherwise, although they will continue to testify to that fact of being Muslim...
Holy Quran 3:12
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قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَتُغْلَبُونَ وَتُحْشَرُونَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ
Say to those who disbelieve [father and their descendants], "You will be overcome and gathered together to Hell, and wretched is the resting place."
Holy Quran 52:21
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وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ
And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, [in paradise] and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds. Every person, for what he earned, is retained.
This clash of civilizations in terms of understanding the temporary life we have in this world, to the ignorance of following ones desires solely in this worldly life, is what gives all of these puppet leaders the leverage they need to stay in power. Tyranny can only be conquered by faith, and faith requires self-sacrifice...
Quran 4:64
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وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ جَآءُوكَ فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا
And We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allah. And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muhammad], and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Accepting of repentance and Merciful.
Quran 4:65
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فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّىٰ يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِّمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا
But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves [meaning referring to scripture and the prophets teaching] and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission.
[belief is founded upon the legal laws of revelation and following it [what is permissible & what is prohibited], not upon ones base desires and innovation]...On the other side of the coin we have alhmadulillah, Allah guiding all sorts of people to Islam by all his ways of choosing even by methods that rise out of the negativity & demonization of what Islam truly is....However with that comes the fault of those who enter Al-Islam after 20,30, or 40 years of misguidance and their failure to enter into the fold of Islam completely and sincerely; which may actually come after years of self-struggle, since old habits are hard to do away with. This clash of extremes is met at the intersection of a so-called new Islamic Jahiliyyah way of personal fallacy and failure of this ummah [nation] to properly see and understand the true merit, and spirit of what is meant to be Muslim and what is needed in addition to our conversations with people to help them with the transition. This is perhaps one of the most dangerous things about today’s age of opinionated deceptions, because it legalizes personal philosophies and undermines the wisdoms & teachings of the prophet(s) who were sent to actualize their messages through their own lives...Calling people out of the darkness to the light, is stage one...But, there are many stages that follow that help each of these people to purify themselves from the habits acquired in the darkness, which often proves to be the strongest adversarial influence especially while the environment in which they remain is unhinged to provoke and induced every kind of contradiction & evil...
In the heart we recognize our emotions, fears and affections; but also within the heart is found an intellectual element with the capacity to discern based on intention(s). Connected to the Nafs (the physical merger of the pure spirit and the physical called soul in English) it is faced with the choice of good or evil, and these choices also play out into the characteristics we display and are known by others...
The sound heart: is secure from desire that opposes Allah and the guidance in which WE accept in calling ourselves Muslim. It finds itself in this condition by loving Allah, the Prophet(s) salaam alayhum, fear, hope, & trust on Allah; distancing itself from displeasing things, and loves, hates, with-holds, and gives for the sake of Allah.
Ibn Taymiyyah wrote: The heart can never be alive and correct except through cognizance of the truth and loving it and preferring it to everything else. There can never be any happiness or Joy or correction for it unless it makes its sole object of worship and desire for allah alone. This can never be done except through purification of the heart by tawbah (repentance) and relinquish itself from all types of false loves and despicable manners. This can never be attained except through striving hard (jihad-ul-nafs) against one's own self that incites toward evil, by bringing it to account by combating the devils from among men & jinn and safeguarding oneself through the remembrance of the creator much seeking refuge with him from all.
{Diseases of the Heart, Ibn Taymiyyah}.
Remember this? : وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ
And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected -[26:87]
يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ
The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children {nothing of this worlds life you hold in high regard or in support} [26:88]
إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ
But only one who comes to Allah with a sound heart." [26:89]
The one whose thoughts, words and actions are reflected & embodied in the shadatain (testification of faith) {uloohiyah, Rububiyyah, wa Asma wa Sifat} otherwise la ilaha illallah Muhammad ar'Rasoolullah (saw) will not work when we need it most.
Dead Hearts: Something many reverts may have had before the light of truth and guidance of Allah came to them. Theses hearts contain(ed) no life {from the deeper spiritual essence of being; innate joy/ contentment in all states}, didn't or still doesn't except the truth when its presented, and they know not their Lord. Instead it gives preference to its base desires that have enslaved them lowering its human status to that of animals....أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا
Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him? [25:43]
أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ۖ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.[25:44] and when these hearts remain unchanged in their ways or taken to arrogance Allah says:
أَفَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِۦ وَقَلْبِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِۦ غِشَٰوَةً فَمَن يَهْدِيهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allah has sent him astray due to knowledge [he has about the hearts & intentions of a person or by people harming others with falsehood] and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allah? [guidance was given, then taken back] Then will you not be reminded? [45:23]
وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا
And when you recite the Qur'an, We put between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed partition. [17:45]
وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا ۚ وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًا
And We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur'an, they turn back in aversion. [17:46]
Ibn Rajab writes: “Base desires are its leader, carnal desires its commander, Ignorance its driving force and negligence is the vessel by which it embarks. It is completely engrossed in pursuing its worldly desires. It is driven wild by the intoxication of its base desires and loves of temporal things. It hears the call to Allah and the abode of the hereafter from a distant (far off place) and does not respond to the sincere adviser (al-Quran/ Allah). It follows every cunning devil (with beautified speech), and the world is the cause of its anger and or pleasure. Desires have deafened it and blinded it to anything besides its own opinions and falsehood.
[The keys to Paradise, Ibn Rajab].
Diseased hearts: this is the place where many of us Muslims find ourselves, those who struggle with the nafs...this heart still has life but its defective from the influence that lead to its illness(s). It has love of Allah, but at the same time it loves the material world constantly tugged in either direction of the force with the most influence upon it at any given time. Thus is responds to two callers joining the ranks of the diseased or righteous given its inclination. This should make things very clear for us, THERE IS NO GRAY AREA, PLAYING THE FENCE, TWO TRUTHS ETC. Either you are Muslim or not, or Muslim or Munafiqoon...
۞ ٱللَّهُ نُورُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِۦ كَمِشْكَوٰةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ ۖ ٱلْمِصْبَاحُ فِى زُجَاجَةٍ ۖ ٱلزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّىٌّ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِىٓءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ ۚ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ ۗ يَهْدِى ٱللَّهُ لِنُورِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَيَضْرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things.[24:35]
[a niche' which is a half-circle indention in the wall used to amplify sound or in this case light...Allah's light, and the light of the Quran (wahy) to the light of imane (faith) in a lamp within glass ( the glass is the heart that is either polished shining bright or dirty from wrongs dimming its light, lit from an oil (the fitrah that everyone is born on natural monotheism until our parents teach us otherwise) from the blessed tree (olive tree) neither east not west but in the lands of the center (lands of Islam) pure the best fuel that is lit light upon light that which is with Allah when it is met with the fuel and flame (knowledge) shines from the niche' of the human rib-cage also in the same shape that is suppose to shine out to the rest of the world... ].
Tell me how is that light shining from our perspective? When Muslims devalue Islam by not teaching its true spirit leaning only towards individual issues that cater towards a western class of Muslims in a sort of now made class-ism among Muslims which causes many to think less about the entire ummah and see now only those like themselves. Or the many photos, of woman in hijab as well as their secondary photos without {nifaq either you cover or don't previous or other photos shouldn't be shown} blaming men for their reactions (which are also blameworthy), chronicling every action in life (personal matters outside sharing news of Allah's blessings or Muslim events} or the equally bad speech, calling out of individuals, solicitation for marriage cloaked through fabricated methods that none can hide from Allah, quotes of hadith (which are good) but who understands, and follows fiqh which would prove further just how far out of bounds we are...All of such actions are shameful and further demean this ummah, and the purity/ truth of Islam. Each of us carries with us the responsibility of ambassdor-ship with the great task of being the best examples to mankind. But many of us are failing horribly in this regard which fall on the individual (for not learning their deen) and the learned for not teaching it properly and holistically. Surely, you must remind yourself that Allah will call you to account in this life (with failed blessings you would have gotten) while punishing further in the hereafter those who died without coming clean with their actions when the correction came.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۭ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ
But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allah before Him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allah is swift in account. [24:39]
أَوْ كَظُلُمَٰتٍ فِى بَحْرٍ لُّجِّىٍّ يَغْشَىٰهُ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِۦ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِۦ سَحَابٌ ۚ ظُلُمَٰتٌۢ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ إِذَآ أَخْرَجَ يَدَهُۥ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَىٰهَا ۗ وَمَن لَّمْ يَجْعَلِ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ نُورًا فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن نُّورٍ
Or [they are] like darkness's within an unfathomable sea{the heart of munafiqoon/disbeliever} which is covered by waves {weakness that carry them to and from}, upon which are waves, over which are clouds - darkness's {external influence that further cover over them}, some of them upon others{at times piled over successively} . When one puts out his hand [therein], he can hardly see it {Can't see the truth}. And he to whom Allah has not granted light {guidance was offered}- for him there is no light. [24:40].
The world is changing...But these changes aren’t necessarily changes as in mondernity, rather its the change that comes when truth resurfaces from decades of falsehood and oppression by those who have white-washed history and who try to mould the culture of the world after themselves for service to them in a system that built on disbelief of every sort...Their time is up and they know it; but like any bully when he is threatened with his own aggression he tries to save face although trembling because he is no longer feared. Feared in the sense that he has no rival...Africa, Middle-East and Asia have a long history that dates back long before western civilization, which makes its so ironic that in the past 200yrs the west has managed to surpass the known world using deceit and trickery of every kind. Using everything gained of knowledge to militarize themselves in order to hold the world captive to their commands. Well, that time has culminated, and now begins the spiral downward.
One thing about New Principalities {govenments/kingdoms/ruling states} is “the changes that arise are chiefly from an inherent difficulty which is found in all new principalities; for men change their rulers willingly, hoping to better themselves, and this hope induces them to take up arms against him who rules. Wherein they are deceived, because they afterwards find by experience they have gone from bad to worse. The reason for this follows also another natural and common necessity to solidify rule, which always requires a new ruling state to burden those who have been forced to submit to him by his soldiery and a variety of other hardships {economic, social etc.} which he must put upon his new acquisition. In this way you have enemies in all those whom you have injured in seizing that principality, and you are not able to keep those friends who put you in power because your not able to satisfy them in the way they expected, and you cannot take strong measures against them; feeling bound to them from their initial support. Although one may be very strong in armed forces, yet in entering a province {or land} one has always the need of the goodwill of the “natives.” When lands are acquired, or added to an ancient state by him who acquires them, and they are either of the same country or they share the same language ” or they don’t...Other issues arise.
1.) “When they are {common in geographical area or language, it is easier to hold them, especially when they have not been accustomed to self-governance; and in order to hold them securely it is enough to do away with the system that was ruling them; because the two peoples, in commonalities are preserving traditions & other things not being unalike in customs...these will live quietly together”.
2.) “But when states are acquired in a country differing in language, customs, or laws, there are difficulties, and great fortunes & great energy are needed to hold them, and one of the greatest and most real helps would be that he who has acquired them should go and reside there.” {This accounts for occupation of foreign lands}. In other words, One cannot manage the chaos that will come after conquering or occupation; unfamiliar to the customs and language of new subjects, which explains American foreign policy today, and colonial powers of the past. On the flip side of this, is chaos management. Disorder that is manufactured in order for the new ruler & ruling state to deceive the people in solving issues that they can’t solve themselves. Because they created the problem, they can quickly remedy them; and thus the subjects unaware of the source can be ssatisfied by prompt recourse to the new ruling state. By this deception, the subdued peoples have more cause to love the new ruling state/leader or, to fear him.”
Thus Muslim lands around the world as well as the black & people of color in Africa, Asia, South-America, India, Asian-Pacific...All such people are regaining themselves as the tyranny of western colonization once again looses it grip on the world, failing like that of her mother Britain. But
Facing another set of problems, Muslims here in dar-ul-Islam {Muslim countries}(many born Muslim) sell their Islam for a piece of the false, material-ism/culture the ideals & philosophies disseminated from the west;
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 173:
Narrated 'Abdullah: The Prophet said, "I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount (Kauthar) and some men amongst you will be brought to me, and when I will try to hand them some water, they will be pulled away from me by force whereupon I will say, 'O Lord, my companions!' Then the Almighty will say, 'You do not know what they did after you left {death}, they introduced new things into the religion after you. {innovations and or apostated}'"
which means at the time when Muslims are tested about their birth inheritance of having Muslim parents, their personal choice to remain on deen-ul-fitrah {natural disposition of creation i.e submission to creator= Islam} at the time Allah chooses for them (the age of responsibility to oneself) Allah tests them [test meaning that of conviction since faith isn’t hereditary], you see a majority of the people choosing otherwise, although they will continue to testify to that fact of being Muslim...
Holy Quran 3:12
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قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَتُغْلَبُونَ وَتُحْشَرُونَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ
Say to those who disbelieve [father and their descendants], "You will be overcome and gathered together to Hell, and wretched is the resting place."
Holy Quran 52:21
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وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ
And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, [in paradise] and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds. Every person, for what he earned, is retained.
This clash of civilizations in terms of understanding the temporary life we have in this world, to the ignorance of following ones desires solely in this worldly life, is what gives all of these puppet leaders the leverage they need to stay in power. Tyranny can only be conquered by faith, and faith requires self-sacrifice...
Quran 4:64
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وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ جَآءُوكَ فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا
And We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allah. And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muhammad], and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Accepting of repentance and Merciful.
Quran 4:65
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فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّىٰ يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِّمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا
But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves [meaning referring to scripture and the prophets teaching] and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission.
[belief is founded upon the legal laws of revelation and following it [what is permissible & what is prohibited], not upon ones base desires and innovation]...On the other side of the coin we have alhmadulillah, Allah guiding all sorts of people to Islam by all his ways of choosing even by methods that rise out of the negativity & demonization of what Islam truly is....However with that comes the fault of those who enter Al-Islam after 20,30, or 40 years of misguidance and their failure to enter into the fold of Islam completely and sincerely; which may actually come after years of self-struggle, since old habits are hard to do away with. This clash of extremes is met at the intersection of a so-called new Islamic Jahiliyyah way of personal fallacy and failure of this ummah [nation] to properly see and understand the true merit, and spirit of what is meant to be Muslim and what is needed in addition to our conversations with people to help them with the transition. This is perhaps one of the most dangerous things about today’s age of opinionated deceptions, because it legalizes personal philosophies and undermines the wisdoms & teachings of the prophet(s) who were sent to actualize their messages through their own lives...Calling people out of the darkness to the light, is stage one...But, there are many stages that follow that help each of these people to purify themselves from the habits acquired in the darkness, which often proves to be the strongest adversarial influence especially while the environment in which they remain is unhinged to provoke and induced every kind of contradiction & evil...
In the heart we recognize our emotions, fears and affections; but also within the heart is found an intellectual element with the capacity to discern based on intention(s). Connected to the Nafs (the physical merger of the pure spirit and the physical called soul in English) it is faced with the choice of good or evil, and these choices also play out into the characteristics we display and are known by others...
The sound heart: is secure from desire that opposes Allah and the guidance in which WE accept in calling ourselves Muslim. It finds itself in this condition by loving Allah, the Prophet(s) salaam alayhum, fear, hope, & trust on Allah; distancing itself from displeasing things, and loves, hates, with-holds, and gives for the sake of Allah.
Ibn Taymiyyah wrote: The heart can never be alive and correct except through cognizance of the truth and loving it and preferring it to everything else. There can never be any happiness or Joy or correction for it unless it makes its sole object of worship and desire for allah alone. This can never be done except through purification of the heart by tawbah (repentance) and relinquish itself from all types of false loves and despicable manners. This can never be attained except through striving hard (jihad-ul-nafs) against one's own self that incites toward evil, by bringing it to account by combating the devils from among men & jinn and safeguarding oneself through the remembrance of the creator much seeking refuge with him from all.
{Diseases of the Heart, Ibn Taymiyyah}.
Remember this? : وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ
And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected -[26:87]
يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ
The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children {nothing of this worlds life you hold in high regard or in support} [26:88]
إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ
But only one who comes to Allah with a sound heart." [26:89]
The one whose thoughts, words and actions are reflected & embodied in the shadatain (testification of faith) {uloohiyah, Rububiyyah, wa Asma wa Sifat} otherwise la ilaha illallah Muhammad ar'Rasoolullah (saw) will not work when we need it most.
Dead Hearts: Something many reverts may have had before the light of truth and guidance of Allah came to them. Theses hearts contain(ed) no life {from the deeper spiritual essence of being; innate joy/ contentment in all states}, didn't or still doesn't except the truth when its presented, and they know not their Lord. Instead it gives preference to its base desires that have enslaved them lowering its human status to that of animals....أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا
Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him? [25:43]
أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ۖ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.[25:44] and when these hearts remain unchanged in their ways or taken to arrogance Allah says:
أَفَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِۦ وَقَلْبِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِۦ غِشَٰوَةً فَمَن يَهْدِيهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allah has sent him astray due to knowledge [he has about the hearts & intentions of a person or by people harming others with falsehood] and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allah? [guidance was given, then taken back] Then will you not be reminded? [45:23]
وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا
And when you recite the Qur'an, We put between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed partition. [17:45]
وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا ۚ وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًا
And We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur'an, they turn back in aversion. [17:46]
Ibn Rajab writes: “Base desires are its leader, carnal desires its commander, Ignorance its driving force and negligence is the vessel by which it embarks. It is completely engrossed in pursuing its worldly desires. It is driven wild by the intoxication of its base desires and loves of temporal things. It hears the call to Allah and the abode of the hereafter from a distant (far off place) and does not respond to the sincere adviser (al-Quran/ Allah). It follows every cunning devil (with beautified speech), and the world is the cause of its anger and or pleasure. Desires have deafened it and blinded it to anything besides its own opinions and falsehood.
[The keys to Paradise, Ibn Rajab].
Diseased hearts: this is the place where many of us Muslims find ourselves, those who struggle with the nafs...this heart still has life but its defective from the influence that lead to its illness(s). It has love of Allah, but at the same time it loves the material world constantly tugged in either direction of the force with the most influence upon it at any given time. Thus is responds to two callers joining the ranks of the diseased or righteous given its inclination. This should make things very clear for us, THERE IS NO GRAY AREA, PLAYING THE FENCE, TWO TRUTHS ETC. Either you are Muslim or not, or Muslim or Munafiqoon...
۞ ٱللَّهُ نُورُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِۦ كَمِشْكَوٰةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ ۖ ٱلْمِصْبَاحُ فِى زُجَاجَةٍ ۖ ٱلزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّىٌّ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِىٓءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ ۚ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ ۗ يَهْدِى ٱللَّهُ لِنُورِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَيَضْرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things.[24:35]
[a niche' which is a half-circle indention in the wall used to amplify sound or in this case light...Allah's light, and the light of the Quran (wahy) to the light of imane (faith) in a lamp within glass ( the glass is the heart that is either polished shining bright or dirty from wrongs dimming its light, lit from an oil (the fitrah that everyone is born on natural monotheism until our parents teach us otherwise) from the blessed tree (olive tree) neither east not west but in the lands of the center (lands of Islam) pure the best fuel that is lit light upon light that which is with Allah when it is met with the fuel and flame (knowledge) shines from the niche' of the human rib-cage also in the same shape that is suppose to shine out to the rest of the world... ].
Tell me how is that light shining from our perspective? When Muslims devalue Islam by not teaching its true spirit leaning only towards individual issues that cater towards a western class of Muslims in a sort of now made class-ism among Muslims which causes many to think less about the entire ummah and see now only those like themselves. Or the many photos, of woman in hijab as well as their secondary photos without {nifaq either you cover or don't previous or other photos shouldn't be shown} blaming men for their reactions (which are also blameworthy), chronicling every action in life (personal matters outside sharing news of Allah's blessings or Muslim events} or the equally bad speech, calling out of individuals, solicitation for marriage cloaked through fabricated methods that none can hide from Allah, quotes of hadith (which are good) but who understands, and follows fiqh which would prove further just how far out of bounds we are...All of such actions are shameful and further demean this ummah, and the purity/ truth of Islam. Each of us carries with us the responsibility of ambassdor-ship with the great task of being the best examples to mankind. But many of us are failing horribly in this regard which fall on the individual (for not learning their deen) and the learned for not teaching it properly and holistically. Surely, you must remind yourself that Allah will call you to account in this life (with failed blessings you would have gotten) while punishing further in the hereafter those who died without coming clean with their actions when the correction came.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۭ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ
But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allah before Him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allah is swift in account. [24:39]
أَوْ كَظُلُمَٰتٍ فِى بَحْرٍ لُّجِّىٍّ يَغْشَىٰهُ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِۦ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِۦ سَحَابٌ ۚ ظُلُمَٰتٌۢ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ إِذَآ أَخْرَجَ يَدَهُۥ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَىٰهَا ۗ وَمَن لَّمْ يَجْعَلِ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ نُورًا فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن نُّورٍ
Or [they are] like darkness's within an unfathomable sea{the heart of munafiqoon/disbeliever} which is covered by waves {weakness that carry them to and from}, upon which are waves, over which are clouds - darkness's {external influence that further cover over them}, some of them upon others{at times piled over successively} . When one puts out his hand [therein], he can hardly see it {Can't see the truth}. And he to whom Allah has not granted light {guidance was offered}- for him there is no light. [24:40].
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