Selected Course to Understand the Demands of Qur'an
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Whenever you want to pursue the truth and verify anything you hear about Islam, we urge you to please use the only valid and divine source of Islam, Qur'an.
On the authority of Abu Abbas Abdullah
bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:
One day I was behind the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him) [riding on the same mount] and he said, “O
young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice]: Be mindful of Allah and
Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah and you will find Him in front of
you. If you ask, then ask Allah [alone]; and if you seek help, then seek help
from Allah [alone]. And know that if the nation were to gather together to
benefit you with anything, they would not benefit you except with what Allah had
already prescribed for you. And if they were to gather together to harm you
with anything, they would not harm you except with what Allah had already
prescribed against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.”
It was related by at-Tirmidhi, who said
it was a good and sound hadeeth.
Another narration, other than that of
Tirmidhi, reads:
Be mindful of Allah, and you will find
Him in front of you. Recognise and acknowledge Allah in times of ease and
prosperity, and He will remember you in times of adversity. And know that what
has passed you by [and you have failed to attain] was not going to befall you,
and what has befallen you was not going to pass you by. And know that victory
comes with patience, relief with affliction,
and hardship with ease.
And if we
talk about their eyes for example, we find that Allah (SWT) made their eyes
able to see but they do not use that function. For Moses (Peace be upon our
Prophet and upon him) came to the people of Pharaoh with a lot of signs that
they had seen with their eyes and in that Al-Haqq (SWT) says:
<<We sent on them: the flood, the locusts, the lice,
the frogs, and the blood (as a succession of) manifest signs, yet they remained
arrogant, and they were of those people who were Mujrimun (criminals,
polytheists, sinners)>>
Ayah 133 from surat Al-A’raf
All those
signs that Al-Haqq (SWT) sent to the people of Pharaoh were signs that could be
seen by the eyes without any effort. The wholesale death that drowned the earth
was obvious for every one of them. The locusts that ate the crops were watched
by all the people, and also were the lice and the frogs that they found in
their food. And the water that turned to blood whenever they tried to drink it.
Were not all those signs visible to all of them? Yes but although they saw it
they did not believe as if their eyes did not see. Because the objective of seeing
is to know something, make sure you see it right and believe what you see. But those
people saw things and they did not believe it and by that they were the same as
those who are not able to see.
When the infidels asked the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) for the moon to split as a sign from his God to proof that he (PBUH) is
the Messenger, the moon was split. Did the infidels then believe in what they
saw? No and they said that Muhammad did magic to their eyes and by that they
were the same like those who could not see because they watched and refused to
believe.
And for
their ears that do not listen, did not the infidels of Qoraish say as mentioned
in the Qur’an:
<<And those who disbelieve say: “Listen not to this
Qura’n, and make noise in the midst of its (recitation) that you may
overcome>>
Ayah 26 from surat Fussilat
As if their
hearing devices is working and could hear, but they themselves stopped using
them to listen to the words of Allah and they asked the people not to listen
when they themselves should have listened and understood.
Didn’t they
say about the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) that he was a poet, a soothsayer and
possessed? Was that applicable with the right logic typical to the sayings and
acts of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)?
Did the
Messenger of Allah say one line of poetry before he has been responsible for
conveying the Message so that they call him a poet? Did he (PBUH) practice any
supernatural deeds before the Message was sent upon him so that they call him a
soothsayer? Did they hear anything from the Messenger of Allah other than the
best words and the best deeds? They used to call him the Faithful and the
Trustworthy and they all bore witness that he (PBUH) had the highest standards
of character and manners and when he (PBUH) came with the Message they called
him possessed.
Could those
words that they said about the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) be applied to what
they have seen, heard, reasoned or understood from the most honorable man,
Muhammad (PBUH). Of course not but their senses functioned normally before
Muhammad (PBUH) conveyed the Message of Allah and that was why they called him
the Trustworthy and described him to be the man with high standards of
character and manners who never lies or betrays their trust.
But after
the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) was made responsible of conveying the Message
they revoked their brains, their eyes and their ears and started talking with
their vain desires as if they did not understand, see or hear.
So we can
see that man deliberately carried Al-Amanah, but did he bear it against the
will of Allah (SWT)? Did he give himself the right to freely do or not to do,
or did Al_Haqq offer him that freedom? Definitely man didn’t give himself anything.
Allah (SWT) with His mighty power and divine will gave man the choice, so He
created him free to choose. And if Allah (Galla Gallaloh) wanted to create him
oppressed, it would have been that way. And for this Al-Haqq (SWT) draws our
attention to that truth in his words (Galla Gallaloh)
<<If We will, We could send down to them from heaven
a Sign, to which they would bend their necks in humility>>
Ayah 4 from surat Al-Shu’araa
And Allah (Galla Gallaloh) says
<<Have not then those who believed yet known that
had Allah willed, He could have guided all mankind (to the Right)? >>
Ayah 31 from surat Ar-Ra’d
There
hasn’t been anyone in the universe getting anything except through the decree of
Allah. The creatures who chose oppression got it by the will of Allah (SWT) and
the creatures that are capable of choosing got that choice by the will of Allah
(Galla Gallaloh). So everything in the universe submits to the divine will of
Allah, its Creator. The oppressed to obey and the free to disobey both got what
they have by the will of Allah (TWT). None is exempt from Allah’s decree. In this
way man has been created free to choose, because Allah (SWT) wanted him to have
this freedom and Allah being Al-‘Adl (The Just) - the Fair - would not oppress man
to choose. Allah offered man the right of choice and he accepted it. And that
offer was offered to him by the will of Allah.
Here the
question to ask is, why man was created free to choose? And here we say that
the oppressed creations of Allah (SWT) prove the majestic, oppressing and
dominating qualities of Allah; that He is capable of oppressing whoever He
likes to do what He wants. But there is also the loving quality of Allah (SWT) in
His universe and this quality can’t be proved except from a creation that approach
Allah with love, not because they are oppressed to do that. A Creation that
would serve Allah out of love and that obey Him because they love to obey Him.
And to have this achieved, that creation has to be capable of believing and disbelieving,
capable of obeying and disobeying. A creation that say:
“ O God I love You and
for that I believe in You, not because I am oppressed but out of love, O God I
love to obey You and for that I do it. God I will do all what You order me and
will get away from what You forbid and God if I am capable of doing any sin, it
is the lust of my soul and the evil among men and Al-Jin that makes sins alluring
to me. But God Your love in my heart is greater than that of the whole world
and Allah, the God of the universe, all what You want me to do I will love to
do because I love You Allah and I love to please You.”
That is the
real meaning of choice in the universe. Allah (SWT) doesn’t want submitting
figures but He wants humble hearts and that’s why He wants man to come to Him
with a loving heart. And faith - Al-‘Eman - would examine your love for Allah,
if the love for Allah in your heart is great, then your faith in His curriculum
will be greater. But if His love in your heart is not that strong, then you
will be far away from His curriculum.
