Reaching Human Perfection

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty. Beauty is in the Names of Allah. So whoever seeks to be beautiful, he should draw himself close and near to the Names of Allah.

Human perfection is a mirroring of Divine perfection. It is not the true mirroring because we don't know the reality of Allah's Names. Allah is beyond our imagination but Allah has described Himself with words, which in our limited way, we are able to emulate. In emulating the meanings of the Names of Allah, we are drawing ourselves close and near to Allah.

Allah expects us to strive towards perfection and beauty and there is no perfection or beauty except in His Names. So our perfection and our beauty is to strive to emulate Allah's Names, not merely just to be aware of the words.

For example, we are taught to begin everything with بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم (In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate). These are not mere words that we utter or write. There should be this feeling of great love of our Lord, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate, deep in our hearts when we say these words. This love will necessarily drive us to be just like His Names.

"Those merciful, the All-Merciful will show mercy to them. Show mercy to those on earth, the One in Heaven will show mercy to you." (Tirmidhi)

A person who is devoid from wanting to be like the Names of Allah, he doesn't know perfection and excellence. Someone who knows the perfection in Allah's attributes, how can he not wanting to have a share in this. A student who has a great teacher, he would want to be like him.

"Should I not tell you of the best of you?...Those who when they are seen, Allah is remembered." (Bukhari in al-Adab al-Mufrad, Ahmad)

May Allah guide us and give us success to reach the highest level of human perfection. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam