If "Only Allah", then "Allah Alone" is our watchword

drfazl

Thank you DrFazl, brilliant wisdom you have been graced with by God. Especially thank you for clarifying that mumin may actually come first although there is a verse that alludes to professing islam then becoming a mumin I believe?

He gives wisdom to whom He wills, and whoever has been given wisdom has certainly been given much good. And none will remember except those of understanding.

IAMOP

Do you mean this ayat?

The wandering Arabs say We believe. Say Ye believe not, but rather say "We submit," for the faith hath not yet entered into your hearts. Yet, if ye obey Allah and His messenger, He will not withhold from you aught of your deeds. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Wandering those who wander about the earth seeking means of or begging for mere survival on this earth. They do not have insight or guidance from within for they never believed in the Unseen Mighty Power of the RUH in their hearts; however they got so used to their man instituted lowly living that they have taken such life for granted as living by divine destiny.

Wandering Arabs such people are there in every part of the world; here, an example from a worst section of the Arab population of its kind is chosen and justifiably cited as an example to the rest of the world, which section would be as such to the end of the world for Quran is the Truth forever. It is from this section of Arab population the 'submitters' of their kind are spread throughout the world under the guise of imams, mullahs and moulavis. The place of final refuge for the wandering Arabs throughout the world is the Ka'aba in Mecca before these submitters would reach the heaven.

'You believe not; rather say, ' We submitted ' and are well satisfied with our own rituals, ceremonial rites, and material offerings to Our gods and had fallen before our dearly idols'.

May Allah Guide Us All

Salam

drfazl

Save your life for the world-After!

Are you rushing to 7star hospitals during a so called 'emergency' situation? Do you think the doctors would save your life? And do you think these 'doctors' created your life so that you believe they know what a life-force is and save you from death? Is it not open shirk? Seeing your critical condition, do the doctors not take your signature on their pre-written document wherein it states that the doctors are not responsible for your life when you finally die at their skilled hands, and with their modern medicines and under their specialised knives?

When you die so do you not die as rejecters? Or is it that because of your oft-repeated rejection of Faith in Allah alone, the only Savior, had Allah sealed your hearts from turning to Him and had hence driven you from your homes to the death-beds of hospitals?

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Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you, even though you were in lofty hospitals.
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Say Even though you had been in your houses, those appointed to be slain would have gone forth to the places where they were to lie in order that Allah might try what is in your breasts and prove what is in your hearts. Allah is Aware of the shirk hidden in the hearts.

It is time to reminisce in the Name of Allah and say, 'You are my Only Helper, Only Protector' and rehearse the ayats prayerfully, during all testing times for the rest of your lives and show your sincere attempts to Allah that you will not go to saviours save He; and you will not give in to that grave satanic cry Rush to the doctors to save your lives!

Remember we are to save our lives for the world-after! Since we lived by the ayats of Allah, thus as we lived by the promise we made to Allah until our souls departed by His leave, we are not to be called the dead; but The Living, until the gates of heavens are opened up for us on the day when the heavens and the earth are changed to New Order where we enter to live forever in the Gardens!

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Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision.

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It was said unto him Enter paradise. He said "Would that my people knew"
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"For that my Lord has granted me Forgiveness and has enrolled me among those held in honour!"

Zulf

Sir,

I'm not sure I understand to what extent you reject the medical profession. Also I have no idea what country you live in and what sort of health related experiences you've had, but I don't understand how seeking help from a hospital equals open shirk. Perhaps it's just me and my limited understanding of Allah's laws. Would you kindly answer the following questions for the benefit of my understanding of your position

Am I a mushrik for having had my appendix taken out?
Is it shirk to take a vaccinations? (e.g. for dangerous child diseases)
Is it shirk to have a hospital treat a disease or accident trauma that would otherwise kill you if untreated?
Is it shirk to take antidots when poisoned?
Is it impossible for a god-fearing muslim to be a doctor or surgeon, or vice versa?
If a doctor patches up a ruptured aorta of a patient, with the result that the patient can go back to a normal life, is the patient then doing shirk, just because he/she otherwise would have died (with an untreated ruptured aorta)?

Of course, no-one can control life and death. If some doctors reject God, and think they can control life and death... does this mean that all of the medical profession is same a shirk? I mean, if a doctor stops a fatal aorta bleed, or jump starts a heart, then this of course happened because Allah allowed it to happen. Is it shirk to take part in life where Allah lets your life continue??

Peace!

drfazl

Sir,

I'm not sure I understand to what extent you reject the medical profession. Also I have no idea what country you live in and what sort of health related experiences you've had, but I don't understand how seeking help from a hospital equals open shirk. Perhaps it's just me and my limited understanding of Allah's laws. Would you kindly answer the following questions for the benefit of my understanding of your position

Am I a mushrik for having had my appendix taken out?
Is it shirk to take a vaccinations? (e.g. for dangerous child diseases)
Is it shirk to have a hospital treat a disease or accident trauma that would otherwise kill you if untreated?
Is it shirk to take antidots when poisoned?
Is it impossible for a god-fearing muslim to be a doctor or surgeon, or vice versa?
If a doctor patches up a ruptured aorta of a patient, with the result that the patient can go back to a normal life, is the patient then doing shirk, just because he/she otherwise would have died (with an untreated ruptured aorta)?

Of course, no-one can control life and death. If some doctors reject God, and think they can control life and death... does this mean that all of the medical profession is same a shirk? I mean, if a doctor stops a fatal aorta bleed, or jump starts a heart, then this of course happened because Allah allowed it to happen. Is it shirk to take part in life where Allah lets your life continue??

Peace!

zulf, salam

'Of course, no one can control life and death.'

With that single sentence of your post you have answered from your natural faith all your 'questions'. Before you read further, you can read again the same post I have sent you earlier to this one. Now I am only bringing to surface the faithful answers from the deep of your own heart as you read the following ayats of Quran.

Am I a mushrik for having had my appendix taken out?

What did Allah created the appendix for? For no use? If yes, then Allah does many many things without resoluteness or 'at cross-purposes'. Firmly this is the medical knowledge when the doctors, surgeons are at their wits end. Because the patients believed them to be the 'masters of human creation', they believed all-nonsense that come out of their despondent theories. Standing as masters before you, they terrorise you to swallow up whatever they utter; and we submit and surrender to their ignorance. Here we should have remembered Allah "Allah has power over all things, He is All-Knowing, The Wise, The Curer and we should have kept our wits about. We had lost Remembrance of The Almighty and there we start making mistakes that invariably lead us to misunderstandings about Allah.

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And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a shaitan, and he is to him a commander.

Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. Hence if we seek forgiveness now or at any point of time in our life repenting before we die, we shall find Allah as such. We would be no more doers of evil, by His Grace and we cease to be mushriks from the very moment.

Is it shirk to take vaccinations? (e.g. for dangerous child diseases)

And if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him. And if He touches you with good - then He is over all things competent.

Do we remember our Promise to Allah when we said Allah is He alone. There is no Competent one besides He. If we stand by our pure words of promise to Allah to keep alive the covenant, then there is nothing bad should befall us. The Pure Words are

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Say, "O People of the Book, come to a word that is equitable between us and you - that we will not call except Allah and not associate anything with Him and not take one another as masters instead of Allah." But if they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are well-pleased to stand by our word of promise to The Almighty - as Muslims."

This, we have to say to those 'muslims' who happen to be your near and dear one's, your friends and relatives around you, who would force you to go to their Malik, the Masters, MD doctors/MS surgeons, and terrorise you saying you will die otherwise. In their hearts is the treachery and the disease.The disease is in the heart of us is that we suspect the Competence of Allah after accepting Him; this is because we have lost in the remembrance of Allah taking recourse to deviant ways of shaitans. Allah will increase in our deviant ways and shaitan would make all the ways beautiful to us, other than the Only Way.

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And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allah and the Lasting Day," but they are not believers. They think to deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive it not. In their hearts is disease, so Allah has increased their disease; and for them is a painful punishment because they habitually used to lie.

Is it shirk to have a hospital treat a disease or accident trauma that would otherwise kill you if untreated?

It is good to remember the ayats from my earlier post again

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Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you, even though you were in lofty hospitals.
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Say Even though you had been in your houses, those appointed to be slain would have gone forth to the places where they were to lie in order that Allah might try what is in your breasts and prove what is in your hearts. Allah is Aware of the shirk hidden in the hearts.

Is it impossible for a god-fearing muslim to be a doctor or surgeon, or vice versa?

I threw away my MD in medicine and became free from the abominable influence of shaitans all around me - my relatives and friends - when I knew the medical subject is absolutely rotten and outright satanic, in the year 1982, disbanded by hospital within weeks, after a seemingly successful practitioner for six years. From then on, 30 good years have passed by; in my family there are no medicines and we have forgotten what a disease would be like, Masha Allah! I have been teaching how to pray God to get cured of the disease making them believe in the words of Allah alone since 13 years; there are tens of thousands of patients who now believe only in Allah for all their adversities let alone diseases and they are free from worry and fear. They are mostly Hindu brethren who were in idol worshiping, the people of Ibrahim; they all have the Quran I have translated into their mother tongue, totally making it pure from even the remote touch of venomous hadiths. They would not go to temples, no pujas, no rituals, no festivals and nothing of their habitual ceremonies.

If a doctor patches up a ruptured aorta of a patient, with the result that the patient can go back to a normal life, is the patient then doing shirk, just because he/she otherwise would have died (with an untreated ruptured aorta)?

There is a medical condition at birth congenital septal defects in the heart; fallot's tetralogy involving the valves of the heart in addition, cardiomyopathy and so on. None can cure or patch them up and make the child or patient lead normal life thereafter; they have to suffer and die only under the knives and the poisonous drugs. Let us remember this ayat at this moment

Say, " Allah causes you to live, then causes you to die; then He will assemble you for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt, but most of the people do not know."

May Allah save us from the ignorance called 'knowledge of man'. And seek Him in forgiveness and call upon Allah and say "O Allah, increase us in your Wisdom!"

salam, zulf.

good_logic

Peace Zulf.

I agree with drfazl.

If only we can really believe in every letter, every word, every verse of God s scripture....

2677 ? ( All these Man made promises/ways/religions...!) I am against them , for I am devoted to the Lord of the universe.?

2678 ? The one who created me and guided me.?

2679 ?The one who feeds me and waters me.?

2680 ?And when I get sick , HE heals me.?

2681 ? The one who puts me to death, then brings me back to life.?....

Peace.

Man_of_Faith

Peace,

Very good points drfazl, it gave me something to think and reflect upon. I have thought about it before, but never enforced it fully in my life. But I believe like you say, that God suffice us.

Thank you for bringing it up.

God bless you

drfazl

Salam, good logic, man of faith, zulf and all

MayPeace Be Upon Us, by Allah

Zulf

Salaam drfazl, and the rest

Thanks for your detailed reply to my questions.
As far as I can sense, you have gained deep wisdom from The Creator. Although my mind perhaps would like further elaboration on some answers, or is not really satisfied, I also know that it is the mind in it's disconnectedness which lures us away from Allah, or at least this is my current understanding, and I shall not fall prey to my mind to demand further answers in absurdum. I will not ask more details about the cow. There are already plenty of such threads here on this forum... and they lead no-where. I will take your posts, and ask Allah for increased understanding. This I know works, because I see it demonstrated in my life continuously. I will ask Allah to open my eyes further, to truth and reality. It's a lifelong journey back home to Allah and reality, and I really love this journey... it gives meaning to life.

One of my favorite prayers to Allah is to show me the truth, let me be able to handle it and let me find joy in it and love it. It has done wonder for me so far.

Thank you again for your kind replies.
Peace and best wishes!

drfazl

Salam zulf,

As and when I post on various topics under this thread just keep reading it. Naturally without any difficulty you would feel getting imbibed into the essence of Quran and all hesitancy shall be overcome in due course for I post each one with prayer.

drfazl

Make Not Allah Hate Us

Allah hates those who speak things that they do not do while they claim to be believers in humility1. Arguments develop only because there is no personal proof in practice to what we say. Those who engage in exchange of vanities - it is a loss to both the parties with shaitan as the mediator leading both the parties to the inevitable dispute, ending up parting ways in enmity. If we fear Allah's displeasure upon us, we would prayerfully take utmost care to utter any word we say shall have to be pleasantly communicative to the hearts of those who possess the listening ability with comprehensiveness. Such would only add to the nice and subtle opinions already put forth if they have one of their own. With such a gathering, small or big, Allah is with them2 complementing their niceties increasing their peace and wisdom; and make them disperse in search of Allah's bounties with salam3; and glorifying God for having gathered for us such wonderful people as participants and audience.

O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do? It is most hateful in the sight of Allah that you should say that which you do not - 62.2,3
There is no secret conference of three but He is their fourth, nor of five but He is their sixth, nor of less than that or more but He is with them wheresoever they may be - 58.7
And when the prayer is thus ended, then disperse in the land and seek of Allah's bounty, and remember Allah much, that ye may be successful - 62.10

salam

drfazl

Make not Allah hate us - 2

The soul houses the RUH of Allah through which Allah sends down His revelation to the soul distinguishing the righteous path from the path of error to those who seek guidance from Allah alone; it is such of them whom Allah is pleased with and upon them He sends His Grace. Who are these people and how they earn the pleasure of Allah? The purity of one's soul is preserved as long as they seek and receive the guidance from the RUH, guarding each soul. Regarding every matter of dispute and every situation of gloom in the heart, they observe patience in the Name of Allah, and listen to the Lone voice speaking to them clearly, "You shall not suffer either confusion or depression at any point of time." Such people are well aware that this is the voice of their God because they believe He alone can deliver such distinction clarity with regard to the future.

Their patience, their belief, their listening, their obedience, their submission to their RUH - all such qualities are due to their reflection and reasoning in all matters of life in their souls with questions such as what, why, when, whence and how? As these questions are well entrenched in their souls as believers that they are, and who do not ask the queries to or take the guidance from the outside world, they are listened to only by their God. Only now God answers each of them with a beautiful guidance to suit each one's natural ability to follow His course, individually, without the need for anybody's help.

At any given time there are very many people of this standing round the globe; Allah chooses the best among them for the Gracious living by His Mercy to make him live before his people as a formidable Sign from Him; and there are messengers of this order in every town, every capital and in every linguistic population, chosen by His Grace endowing them of His Wisdom for all time to come. Allah is the Best to judge as to who to choose for guiding a misguided people. Such people do come to their people with message of admonition and glad tidings with clear proof and wisdom from their God; though the people receive the message in their souls with awe, the evil of their envious behaviour overtakes them, making them reject with arrogance, the message and admonition wholesomely. Lo! they know not they had rejected their own souls, shuttering down their gateways for heaven inviting the curse and the wrath of Allah upon them. This is the worse they could do in their entire lives. Their abode is hell and disgraceful punishment.

"The worst is what they have earned by selling their souls-- that they rejected out of sheer envy, the Graceful Guidace that Allah sends down on whoever of His servants He pleases; so they have incurred upon them wrath upon wrath; to such rejecters is a disgraceful punishment." 290

drfazl

Earning the Grace of Allah

Allah's Grace is not forbidden to anyone. The grace of Allah will not go unrewarded for all the good works one does in his entire life however trivial or small or indistinct it might be, even if its size is of the seed of a mustard and also, even though the good work he has done is a long forgotten one. In this way there cannot be a sigle living individual who has not done even a single good deed by way of his mind, or of his words, or of his actions during his life. Allah's grace is bestowed upon the heart of the receiver of the reward thus strengthening his faith upon faith, sharpening his distinguishing ability, making him stand firm in the cause of righteousness thus elevating his positions by the time because of the constancy even in such good deeds of nano miniature scale. They would be well contented and satisfied in life with gratitude for whatever their God had provided them. These people always do wonder why God had given them so much when they had done nothing meritorious in the path of God. What they had done is this they had not envied others when they flourished by their God's Will, and they always guard them from the evil and say "O my God, I seek refuge in You from the evil of the envious when he envies."

There are most people who openly do a lot of seemingly good deeds but unacceptable to God; they are of jealous ones the evil of which undoes all the good works they had done. This evil nature of every person is not only an obstacle to his elevation but to the grief some situation all his life. The more one envies a person who is very well off by his God's grace, the worse is the adversity he would suffer in his life. And the more the envied person ignores the jealous for the sake of God, they would be given even a grand kingdom. Such are they the people of Ibrahim, the idol worshiping society who were normally looked down upon as 'rejecters' by the so called 'muslims'. Allah dislikes them who take up the mantle of judging others in any manner. In this way the 'muslims' are the foremost sinners among the entire human kind. They are the ones standing as model for others why God had deprived them of His Grace.

"The worst is what they have earned by selling their souls-- that they rejected out of sheer envy, the Graceful Guidace that Allah sends down on whoever of His servants He pleases; so they have incurred upon them wrath upon wrath; to such rejecters is a disgraceful punishment." 290

"Or do they envy the people for what Allah has given them of His grace? But indeed We have given to Ibrahim's children the Book and the wisdom, and We have given them a grand kingdom." 454

drfazl

Where and How to invest to harvest?

If you loan for the sake of Allah a beautiful loan, He will multiply it for you and forgive you. And Allah is Intent in Assessing and Forbearing.

The word 'Beautiful' implies wide ranging application such as fair, handsome, lovely, soothing, comforting, graceful, caring and so on. Allah says your giving loan to the fairly needy and very respectable individuals during their testing times, is the loveliest and most handsome of the investments. Such of them can only be identified by the signs of their restraints for they would uphold the dignity of Allah by not seeking any help from the people in such a way the ignorant ones would account them wealthy. To identify such people what is needed is the grace from Allah, His wisdom and the criterion or the distinguishing ability as the most essential Benevolence from the Most Astute; but by such of His Grace, it is impossible to invest a beautiful loan that would erase all our sins and multiply our gains wisdom wise for the best lives in both the worlds.

Where to Invest and How to Invest for the Harvest! May Allah Guide and Help Us.
Say
"O Allah, increase us in our wisdom; we call on You and we only seek You; Guide us in the Straight Path; the path of those upon whom You have bestowed Your favor and not of those who incurred Your wrath and who You have left astray."

drfazl

Where and how to invest to harvest - 2 ?

Who is he that will Loan to Allah a beautiful loan? He would increase it manifold for him, and he will have a liberal Reward.

A beautiful loan means giving with a sense of duty from the remains of our wealth to those who are in need and to who if we give would be pleasing to Allah so that our hearts would have solace in it for all time to come. When Allah is pleased with such, our stature would be such that

We would be given the wisdom to pick the right kind of soul who patiently would expect Allah's help alone and about whom Allah is pleased with and upon who His Mercy is resting.
We would personally reach out to such needy with all our help so that none besides us and the needy would ever come to know of it.
We would not fix a time frame for returning the loan; yet we would free them from any pressure with regard to loan because we know our reward for this is with Allah.
We put our trust in only Allah and pray for the one who has received the loan.
Even though we are in need under unforeseen circumstances, we would choose to pray God for us and for them for patience and steadfastness in honouring the goodly loan for His sake.
We would be helped by Allah in such a way, we would be made to forget the loan we had offered to any goodly soul.
This is because God meantime by His Grace already had rewarded us with His Ampleness.
Further, Allah would embark us upon even a higher pedestal.

salam

drfazl

Disease and Poverty

These two are the penultimate test from Allah for those who claim to be Muslims before they are admitted to heaven or thrown into hell. By calling oneself a Muslim we shall know by that he says, "I believe in the only God for the needs and the requirements of his entire life. I am satisfied that He alone is sufficient for me and I do not seek any help from anyone besides Allah until my soul and life is captured by Allah." The more one claims to be a Muslim, the severe the test for him from Allah. This is because he says so when he is in shirk with or without his know; and he is saying and posing what he is not which is most hateful in the eyes of Allah.

And Allah will not mislead a people after He hath guided them, and until such time He makes clear to them what to avoid - for Allah hath knowledge of all things.

The guidance from this ayat is if we want disease and distress free life in this world say not and pose not what you are not; and fear Allah to call oneself or pose oneself as a Muslim when the judgement regarding this about each one is with Allah. Show your faith and fear only to Him.

No beard, no cap, no Arabic names. This basic is necessary to allow Allah Himself to teach what fear for Him is and how to lead a faithful life.

Any input is welcome

Zulf

Thanks for the fine posts!

The more one claims to be a Muslim, the severe the test for him from Allah. This is because he says so when he is in shirk with or without his know; and he is saying and posing what he is not which is most hateful in the eyes of Allah.

I have found that the things we call tests, which can be adversities, sad events, trouble and problems etc, are partly consequences of what we believe and do, but also reminders and invitations to accept Allah as the only Source and Provider of everything. Allah is not unfair, and doesn't let things happen by accident or random. Hardship is a wake-up slap which is a tremendous blessing, because it gives us a chance to see that we need to learn something and correct something in our world view. Hardship, or test, is Allah's blessing and opportunity for us to learn and purify ourselves. If we take the opportunity, then we can grow and improve. If we don't learn from the lessons, we'll have more lessons, again and again, because Allah is The Mericful... but in the end we'll get burnt out and broken... because we refused and failed to learn when the chances were given. Allah and life is not unfair... even though it can be very tough with misery and sadness.

The degree of severity of the tests, in my understanding, depends partly on how much you can handle (and only Allah knows how much that is) and partly on how hard you are resisting the potential positive change. The more resistance you have inside, the more misery you'll have. These seem to be directly proportional to each other. Furthermore, resistance seems to stem from the mind... and when the mind is allowed to alone control a person, while there is no "heart" that can sense the presence and reality of Allah, then there will be much misery in life. The "heart" can pick up Allah's guidance, while your mind is blind.

Declaring infront of Allah that you are muslim is one way of saying that you ask Allah to guide you. Since you want guidance, you also acknowledge that you need help to be purified, and this is another way of saying that you have things to learn. Having things to learn (like learning to rely on Allah..) means you need lessons, which in turn and essence are challenging situations to overcome and go though. I believe Allah says in the Quran that those who claim to believe will surely be tested. I personally see this in two different ways. One way is what I have already mentioned, that since the conscious path toward purification has started (by claiming to believe) then we have to go through all those things that we need to learn... and they'll appear as more or less unpleasant circumstances = tests. The other way is that we need to show that we are honest and sincere in our claim of faith, and that we indeed are ready and determined to walk the talk... that we really mean business. This will show if we are hypocrites or not. And Allah never puts more burden on anyone than he or she can handle. Allah is after all not unfair. So, saying that the test is too much to handle is a lie, in the sense that it IS possible to handle it, even though our mind might disagree. We can handle much more than our poor mind wants us to believe. The question is, do we give up, or do we strive hard toward purification while asking Allah for strength and guidance? Which way do we choose? Allah is indeed The Merciful, but rarely do we realize this.

All we have to do is to accept Allah's invitation to purification. Allah will give us the means, ways and strength to pull through... but we have to have the intention and vision. We should not be quitters, especially when it gets hard. Allah's help is always there (and totally necessary for us), and that is in reality the actual lesson we need to learn. And it is important to understand that it is a process that cannot be rushed. We cannot expect to shed our fears, resistance and negativity over night. We need to be patient, work steadfast and just practise relying on Allah. It's a process...

Peace y'all
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drfazl

zulf, salam

Your post speaks of your determination to stick to your faith in the Almighty Power and Its Prowess that carries you forwards and towards eternal ascent in all its fineness. A bit of preening one or two points based on the ayats shall remove the obstacles of 'fear of hard tests' such as follows

4147 What would Allah gain with your punishment if you are grateful and believe? And ever is Allah Appreciative and Knowing.
9115 And Allah would not let a people astray after He has guided them until He makes clear to them what they should avoid. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of all things.
202 We have not sent down the Quran to you to cause you distress
3935 That Allah will turn off from them the worst of what they did, and will pay them for reward the best they used to do.
3953 Say "O my bondsmen who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah for Allah forgives all sins for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
2438 That Allah may reward them with the best of what they did, and increase reward for them of His bounty. Allah giveth blessings without short supply to whom He will.
2570 Except for those who repent, believe and behave justly - for them Allah will replace their distressful deeds with graciousness. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
3 135 And those who, as they involve in evil or wrong themselves, remember Allah and implore righteousness from their evil - Who shows righteousness save Allah? - and will not knowingly persist in their evil ways.
3136 Those - their reward is forgiveness from their Lord and gardens beneath which rivers flow.
2286 Allah does not charge a soul beyond its capacity. It will have the good it has gained, and it will bear the evil it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten the righteous path or committed evil. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."

zulf, if you could include certain of the ayats I have cited above and redo your post removing the obstacle 'fear of hard test', it would be perfect. Those who believe in Allah and stand steadfast, they have no fear nor worry is the word of promise from Allah. Awaiting your complimenting post.

Salam

Thanks for the fine posts!

I have found that the things we call tests, which can be adversities, sad events, trouble and problems etc, are partly consequences of what we believe and do, but also reminders and invitations to accept Allah as the only Source and Provider of everything. Allah is not unfair, and doesn't let things happen by accident or random. Hardship is a wake-up slap which is a tremendous blessing, because it gives us a chance to see that we need to learn something and correct something in our world view. Hardship, or test, is Allah's blessing and opportunity for us to learn and purify ourselves. If we take the opportunity, then we can grow and improve. If we don't learn from the lessons, we'll have more lessons, again and again, because Allah is The Mericful... but in the end we'll get burnt out and broken... because we refused and failed to learn when the chances were given. Allah and life is not unfair... even though it can be very tough with misery and sadness.

The degree of severity of the tests, in my understanding, depends partly on how much you can handle (and only Allah knows how much that is) and partly on how hard you are resisting the potential positive change. The more resistance you have inside, the more misery you'll have. These seem to be directly proportional to each other. Furthermore, resistance seems to stem from the mind... and when the mind is allowed to alone control a person, while there is no "heart" that can sense the presence and reality of Allah, then there will be much misery in life. The "heart" can pick up Allah's guidance, while your mind is blind.

Declaring infront of Allah that you are muslim is one way of saying that you ask Allah to guide you. Since you want guidance, you also acknowledge that you need help to be purified, and this is another way of saying that you have things to learn. Having things to learn (like learning to rely on Allah..) means you need lessons, which in turn and essence are challenging situations to overcome and go though. I believe Allah says in the Quran that those who claim to believe will surely be tested. I personally see this in two different ways. One way is what I have already mentioned, that since the conscious path toward purification has started (by claiming to believe) then we have to go through all those things that we need to learn... and they'll appear as more or less unpleasant circumstances = tests. The other way is that we need to show that we are honest and sincere in our claim of faith, and that we indeed are ready and determined to walk the talk... that we really mean business. This will show if we are hypocrites or not. And Allah never puts more burden on anyone than he or she can handle. Allah is after all not unfair. So, saying that the test is too much to handle is a lie, in the sense that it IS possible to handle it, even though our mind might disagree. We can handle much more than our poor mind wants us to believe. The question is, do we give up, or do we strive hard toward purification while asking Allah for strength and guidance? Which way do we choose? Allah is indeed The Merciful, but rarely do we realize this.

All we have to do is to accept Allah's invitation to purification. Allah will give us the means, ways and strength to pull through... but we have to have the intention and vision. We should not be quitters, especially when it gets hard. Allah's help is always there (and totally necessary for us), and that is in reality the actual lesson we need to learn. And it is important to understand that it is a process that cannot be rushed. We cannot expect to shed our fears, resistance and negativity over night. We need to be patient, work steadfast and just practise relying on Allah. It's a process...

Peace y'all

drfazl

Stay away safe from all adversities

Appreciation is valuing by perception of someone's good nature or quality; and the depreciative assessment against a person starts with his failing character. The character of a good natured person would only reflect in his show of gratitude to the source from where every bit of a good thing should he cherish soulfully. If one is a believer in God, he would give thanks surely and almost instantly to such a Source, the God! If only we show our thanks to God, He says What would your God gain by punishing you if you are grateful and believe? And ever God is Appreciative of your good nature and He is Most Generous and All-Knowing as to what to recompense you with.

If our show of gratitude is to the mark of earning His pleasure, then from this moment up, all our miseries are over to the beginning of the Lasting Day.

The way to show our gratitude is never look down upon some with pride; nor would you look up at others with envy; rather, have compassion for those suffering in adversity seeking for their forgiveness and shall not pass comments on them lest we would invite the displeasure or wrath of our God.

This is because, God says If an affliction should touch you - there had already been destined for others similar afflictions. And We vary its timing among the people so that Allah may make evident those who believe and to choose witnesses from among you; - and Allah does not like the wrongdoers.

Further, here is the warning from the Almighty as to why we shall seek forgiveness to those who are suffering a trial period Fear a trial which will not strike exclusively those who have wronged among you; and know that Allah is severe in penalty.

The best and the easiest way to guard us from all adversities is to seek forgiveness for anyone who is in a testing situation for, no one knows if he is going to be the chosen witness by Allah. Seeking forgiveness for such is an intercession from us to Allah. Since by such intercession we dutifully and with due remembrance only followed Him, here is the reward for such an intercession

Whoever intercedes for a good cause will have a reward therefrom; and whoever intercedes for an evil cause will have a burden therefrom. And ever is Allah , over all things, a Keeper.

salam, All.

drfazl

Which is a Halal Food?

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Glorytothegracious,

We shall not eat bad foods or spoilt foods for if we eat we fall to sickness. The Curer is the One who cures you, though there are self-claimed 'curlers, healers, doctors, specialists etc'. All these words are associations to "The Curer, The Healer, The Speacialisr or The Best". All the Best Names on earth are those what man attributes to himself, while they belong only to Allah. Thus there are many many Names of Allah, attributed to men very plainly such as King, Governor and so on without a prefix 'servant of The King, servant of The Governor, servant of The Honorable, servant of His Highness. Thus if our fear is that we shall not associate partners to Allah with reference to All His Beatiful Names, never qualify and call a man with the best of adjectives, or in other words, equate not these filthy people to His Highness, the Majesty of Allah.

We fall sick after eating bad foods or spoilt foods; after the sickness has set in, it is only The Curer cures removing the evil of the foods. Allah says while I, The Purifier make the foods pure for you, and make them Lawful to you to eat thereof, and why do you not invoke My Names O the Curer, O the Purifier, O the Lawful, O the Forgiver, O the Provider, O the Relenting, O the Knower, O the Truthful. What made you believe the organic or halal shop owners, while I am the Trustworthy, The Mumin.

Allah says nothing shall prevent you from eating before touching every food on your platter while remembering of My Names suitably invoking it where necessary and eat while you fear Me alone without fearing the food or worrying about the source from where they came. Because to do so is sin before Allah. If a food refuses to agree with your digestion, your call is upon O the Rectifier.

What has been made as unlawful foods are clearly prescribed thus the dead, the pouring blood, the meat of swine and those foods upon which other than Allah's Names are pronounced. A day to day example for this is we thank and wish each other for providing food at home feast or a feast hosted in restaurants without giving Thanks to Him, The Most Appreciative and without seeking His Forgiveness and His Mercy for our entire future to come.

Finally to invoke the Names of Allah, remember this. In all your needs are His Names. And remember not to grope for Allah' names.

Salam

drfazl

If we want Heaven

We shall not have affection for our fathers or our sons or our brothers or our relations if we find them opposed to Allah and His Messenger. Upon such of us - in our hearts, Allah would inscribe faith and support us with His RUH. And He would admit us to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein we abide eternally. Allah would be pleased with us, and we would be pleased with Him - we are the party of Allah . Unquestionably, the party of Allah - we, are the successful.

There are those three things we shall take into account Allah, His Messenger, His RUH

If Allah is with You and His Ruh is with You, then His Messengers such as Ruhul Quddus(Gibreel, The Messenger who convey the Purest Words from Allah), Ruhul Amin(Mikhail, The Messenger who show the Surest Way by the leave of Allah), are also with You - in Your Heart. Nothing is away or outside of you, if you want to be led to heaven in both here and in the world after.

Say, "Whoever is an enemy to Gibreel - it is he who brings down upon your heart, Allah's Command and by His leave , confirming that which was before it and as guidance and good tidings for the believers." Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and His messengers and Gibreel and Mikhail - then indeed, Allah is an enemy to the disbelievers.

If we mind and remind ourselves, these two are our true real time Prophets, Messengers for the rest of the world - the worlds' life time.

Your valuable inputs welcome...

salam