بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Allah did not create us and left us to wander. He gives us reason and sent Prophets and Messengers to remind us of the Truth and warn us against falsehood. It is up to people to choose.
Faith or disbelief, obedience or disobedience, is the matter of personal choice. Allah has made reward and punishment dependent upon this choice.
Allah has permitted good and forbidden evil. If you obey, there will be Paradise for you. If you disobey, they will be Hell for you.
Our job, as Muslims, is to convey Allah's Message and show people the right guidance. But it is up to them to accept. We cannot make people believe in Allah and obey Him.
Guidance is in the hands of Allah alone.
If Allah willed, He could guide all of mankind, for there is nothing that He cannot do. Nothing happens in His Dominion except that which He wills.
But in His Wisdom, Allah has created us with the ability to choose, and He has sent down to us guidance and the Criterion.
Those who accept guidance, Allah increases them in guidance and gives them righteousness.
But those whoever disobeys Allah and turns away from Him, Allah will not guide him.
May Allah guide us all to the straight path, the path of those upon whom He has bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked His anger or of those who are astray. Ameen.
Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Allah did not create us and left us to wander. He gives us reason and sent Prophets and Messengers to remind us of the Truth and warn us against falsehood. It is up to people to choose.
قَدْ جَآءَكُم بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَنْ عَمِىَ فَعَلَيْهَا ۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍ[Qur'an Al-An'am 6:104]
There has come to you enlightenment from your Lord. So whoever will see does so for [the benefit of] his soul, and whoever is blind [does harm] against it. And [say], "I am not a guardian over you."
لَآ إِكْرَاهَ فِى ٱلدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشْدُ مِنَ ٱلْغَىِّ ۚ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّـهِ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَٱللَّـهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ[Qur'an Al-Baqarah 2:256]
There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
Faith or disbelief, obedience or disobedience, is the matter of personal choice. Allah has made reward and punishment dependent upon this choice.
مَّنْ عَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَنْ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ۗ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ[Qur'an Fussilat 41:46]
Whoever does righteousness - it is for his [own] soul; and whoever does evil [does so] against it. And your Lord is not ever unjust to [His] servants.
Allah has permitted good and forbidden evil. If you obey, there will be Paradise for you. If you disobey, they will be Hell for you.
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠[Qur'an Shams 91:9-10]
Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allah ordered, by following the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds). (9) And indeed he fails who corrupts his own self (i.e. disobeys what Allah has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism or by following polytheism or by doing every kind of evil wicked deeds) (10)
Our job, as Muslims, is to convey Allah's Message and show people the right guidance. But it is up to them to accept. We cannot make people believe in Allah and obey Him.
Guidance is in the hands of Allah alone.
إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّـهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ[Qur'an Qasas 28:56]
Indeed, [O Muhammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
If Allah willed, He could guide all of mankind, for there is nothing that He cannot do. Nothing happens in His Dominion except that which He wills.
قُلْ فَلِلَّـهِ ٱلْحُجَّةُ ٱلْبَـٰلِغَةُ ۖ فَلَوْ شَآءَ لَهَدَىٰكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ[Qur'an An'am 6:149]
Say, "With Allah is the far-reaching argument. If He had willed, He would have guided you all."
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَـَٔامَنَ مَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا ۚ أَفَأَنتَ تُكْرِهُ ٱلنَّاسَ حَتَّىٰ يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ[Qur'an Yunus 10:99]
And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed - all of them entirely. Then, [O Muhammad], would you compel the people in order that they become believers?
But in His Wisdom, Allah has created us with the ability to choose, and He has sent down to us guidance and the Criterion.
وَإِن تُكَذِّبُوا۟ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أُمَمٌ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ ۖ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ[Qur'an Ankaboot 29:18]
And if you [people] deny [the message] - already nations before you have denied. And there is not upon the Messenger except [the duty of] clear notification.
Those who accept guidance, Allah increases them in guidance and gives them righteousness.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱهْتَدَوْا۟ زَادَهُمْ هُدًى وَءَاتَىٰهُمْ تَقْوَىٰهُمْ[Qur'an Muhammad 47:17]
And those who are guided - He increases them in guidance and gives them their righteousness.
But those whoever disobeys Allah and turns away from Him, Allah will not guide him.
إِنَّ ٱللَّـهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَنْ هُوَ كَـٰذِبٌ كَفَّارٌ ...[Qur'an Zumar 39:3]
...Indeed, Allah does not guide he who is a liar and [confirmed] disbeliever.
May Allah guide us all to the straight path, the path of those upon whom He has bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked His anger or of those who are astray. Ameen.
Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
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