Brethren! Know that no matter how spent is the truth, it will be regularly helped, supported and aided, whether the multitudes hate its face or the few love its voice.
For the Lord of the truth is the Creator of this and that, He will surely raise higher the friends of truth! So let the verse 119 of Suratul-Taobah of the glorious Qur’an ever be your guide in this instance:
” O you who believe! Be careful of your duty to Allah and be with the disseminators of the truth ever ”
In the same vein, know that no matter how a lie is painted and glamorized,it will definitely be exposed, disgraced and downgraded. For the author of lie is nobody but Satan the accursed who agglomerates, paints and brands it for his friends so as to beguile, confuse and misled them into the Hell Fire! So be wary of the consequences of lying which surely Hell Fire.
Still know that no matter how powerful a man is,he will forever remain a man; made from semen who will sooner die and bury inside the earth dungeon! And while the good he has done will outlive him, so his evils _ they will come after him and be his burden ever even beyond the Day of judgement!
O you sons and daughters of Adam! When you are chanced to lead a people; whether as a compound – manager of their family; a King of their Town; a Governor in their state and a President of their nation never amass their wealth, instead amass their good will by using the public wealth for people’s advancement!
O you who reflect, know that no matter how long you bottled or concealed an evil done to man or God or other living things,it will one day be exposed while you will live with its mess afterwards.
Yesterday is gone while today remains an opportunity to redeem a yesterday spent in frivolities, then,friends endeavour to hold on to faith in God forever while you worship Him according to the prophet manners for the prophet is the model of how God should be worshipped.
While you are living brethren, try and avoid instigation of evil to batter a life, or a coup to topple a man’s business empire, or a meeting, to disrupt a people’s peace,for the repercussions of evil are evil and eternal regret!
And when you are living with a people with all your efforts or you are doling out your good to a man for his development, never crave the repayment of your good from them, for man is quick in paying the bad you do to them than being thankful on the good you afford them.
Friends, leave this world for its friends, for parts of the evils of this world is that it empowers the devil of us while it relegates the pious of us! Then, when the evils among us are given the helms of affairs, do not be sad on it, instead, strive as to safeguard the masses from their evils by not joining them in spreading more evils.
… And If You Are A Clergy Man…
And if you are a clergy man , an intellectual or scholar; learn the word “I don’t know “,for it is the golden word of the men of intuitions before you. He who says it is caused to posses knowledge and he becomes knowledgeable while he who disregards it is made to loss knowledge and fall from the pseudo height, he has placed himself!
When dealing with others, don’t ever think your success or the solution to your problem will come from them but instead be good to them, then rely on the creator of the Universe and seek success from Him; He is more than capable to elevate the lowest of the low!
Pray genuinely. It is the weapon of the pious and the aider of weak and the weakling! It fastens the good, lowers the risk embedded in the hazy labyrinth of life struggle while it gives the needed peace of mind that enlivens man and his struggle!
…And When last have you said Alhamdulillah…
When last have you said :”Alhamdulillah for His mercy and blessings on me despite my shortcomings!”
When last have you said the above? When last have you made thanking the Creator more than asking for more blessing from Him! Let me tell you brethren ! Realizing that you are sinners with many a sin before requesting for more favour from Allah is a way of making your request processed faster.
When a man checks his soul before he demands for more glory from Allah, he will know that he had been blessed more than his deeds!Or have you looked at your head, eyes and ears and thought about how the creator has fashioned them?
If the routine check on what God Had done for us is constantly done, we will realize what God Has done in our life from the minutest blessings to the manifest ones and from the sublime to the concrete ones!Besides, by reflecting constantly on God’s favour on us, we will realize how powerful He is!
The Prophet of Allah has said concerning the above:
“He who looks critically around himself will think and who thinks will praise his Lord”
We must as a matter of showing gratitude to our creator, thank him more than requesting from Him!By doing that, He will prefer us to others who only know how to request without knowing how to say thank you.
And Wet Your Lips Oh You Brethren With The Statement:
“Lailaha Illa Anta Subhanaka Inni Kuntu Mina Salimina!”
This is the statement recited by prophet Yunus when he was in the belly of a fish being swallowed by other fish!.Subhanallah, despite this, Yunus did not feel dejected nor see his situation as the end of life-He instead called on his creator to help and salvage him of the impending doom.
But when he wanted to pray to God, he did not just pray but observed the steps that lead to answering prayer. For example, Yunus(As), started the prayer by acknowledging what God is..I.e, that : “Lailaha Illa Anta” . Meaning: “there is no God except you(o Lord).
Then , he uttered the second part of the statement, as follows : ” Subhanaka” , with the meaning :” Exalted are you”, which is a continuation of God’s praise and the third part which is a declaration of what Yunus was at that time and what predisposed him to his condition I.e being a Salimu; a transgressor.
Yunus (Alehi Salam ), as at that time had flown from his people who were sinners and who had not shown any sign of repenting from their sins!.For this, Yunus promised them God’s punishment in three days time but when the punishment did not descend on his people as promised, he abdicated his responsibility of preaching to them, in his bid to save his dignity from being maligned for the threat of punishment which was not redeemed and on his way out of the town, he was drowned in the sea and found himself in the belly of a fish.
In short, the manner Prophet Yunus pray is a way forward for whoever desires to pray and gets answer to his prayer quickly. For example when praying:
1.Acknowledge the oneness of God, His unity and absoluteness in power and highness
3.Recount your Sins, then you will see His pleasure, mercy and blessing on what you are praying for!
Prophet Muhammad (salla-llahu alehi wasalam) said concerning the statement “Lailaha lla anta subhanaka inni kuntu minal salimina” that :
“It is the prayer of Yunus Ibn Mota, when he was in the belly of Fish.He who calls God with it will be answered”
Also, he said: Whoever says: ” Lailaha Illa Anta Subhanaka Inni kuntu Mina Salimina” , fourty times, on any disease inflicted on him, when he dies, he will enter the paradise and if he is healed of his disease, he will come out of it with no sin in his neck.
For those of us who are desiring of what to recite on every problem, “Lailaha Illa Anta Subhanaka Inni kuntu Mina Salimina ” , is sufficient!
…And When You Are Living Be Tolerant Of Others...
And when you are living, be tolerant of others as tolerance is one of the main teachings of islam. A good muslim must tolerate what others say or do, except when it involves doing wrong or committing a crime.
There is no compulsion in religion. Muslims are directed to invite others to islam through wisdom and good preaching and not through threats or punishment. Allah says :
“invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and beautiful teaching and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious”
_ Qu’ran 2:256
This makes it necessary for every Muslim to use tact in spreading Islam to others.In the first place, he is advised to give a good example by overcoming his own selfish desires;and he is told to call others with tact and good reasoning!
A muslim should use only good reasoning to make the non- Muslims and Muslims alike realize their mistakes and not resort to abusive words either against them or against what the non – Muslims worship.Allah says in that instance :
“And do not abuse those whom they call besides Allah, lest they do not abuse Allah out of ignorance. Thus have We made fair seeming toe every people their deeds ; them to their Lord shall be their return, so He will inform them of what they did” _ Qu’ran 6:108
And One More Thing : Fear God And Be Wary Of The Day Of Accountability.
Oyou who believe! Fear God and be wary of the Day of accountability! Know that, this Day is a day which is equvalent to a thousand years of the one you count in this Earth! We read the glorious Qur’an on that as follows:
” And they ask you to hasten on the punishment, and Allah will by no means fail in His promise, and surely a day with your Lord is as a thousand years of what you count!”
_ Qu’ran 22:47
On this day, all the hidden things will be apparent,open and glaring while ar-Rahaman will be the exposer of evils and the owners of evils will see clearly what their hands had wrought while living ! It is a day when men would blame those who had prodded them to engage in untoward actions and unedifying jobs!
O you the discern ! The Day of accountability is the greater day of responsibility! Therein, all sons of Adam, will be judged according to how they have been responded to the rights of God with them and in what manner,they have behaved towards the rights of other men when living together on earth!
According to the glorious Quran,the Day of resurrection is described,as the day of the greatest catastrophe! The Qur’an says:
” And they ask you about the mountains ( what will become of them on the day of resurrection) , say: my Lord will carry them away from the roots”
” Then leave them plain in smooth level. You shall not see therein ant crookedness or unevenness ”
” On that day they shall follow the inviter ( who has been calling them when living to God but which they had not followed) ,there is no crookedness in him, and voices shall be low before the Beneficent Allah , so that you shall not hear nothing but a soft sound”
On that day shall no intercession avail except of him whom the Beneficent Allah allows and whose word He is pleased with” _ Qu’ran 20:105-109
On the day of judgement too,the life of those that fear God and who behave well to others here,will be bliss upon bliss! Allah says:
“But he who feared to stand before his Lord
and forbade his soul its caprice
will dwell in paradise” _ Qu’ran 79:40-41
As for the questioners who constantly ask about the exact time of resurrection ,the Lord of resurrection Has this to say in the Quran concerning your questions:
“They ask you about the Hour, when will be its taking place? Say: The knowledge of it is only with my Lord : none but He shall manifest it at its time; it will be momentous in the heavens and earth; it will not come on you but of a sudden. They will ask you as if you were solicitous of it . Say : its knowledge is only with Allah but most people do not know ” _ 7: 187.