Don't Be Losers and Abandon Guidance

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

Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

If you don't pass your exam, you won't get your degree and if you don't get your degree, you won't get into the career you wanted. When you know your exam is connected directly to your success, it gets your time, and you would not mind staying up many nights to study for your exam. A degree is seen as something valuable by modern societies so people spend a lot of money, time and effort to get the degree they wanted, with no arguments. When something is of value, it gets your time and resource automatically.

Most people don't read the Qur'an on a daily basis, let alone learning it, for whatever reason -- maybe busy, maybe lazy, maybe just don't care. When Qur'an failed to get our attention and time, then there is something wrong with our heads.

We all at least know that the Qur'an is Guidance. Most people don't see the value of guidance. Maybe because it does not come on a piece of paper like a degree or maybe it is not directly connected to your success.

قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۗ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم بَعْدَ ٱلَّذِى جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۙ مَا لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ‌ ﴿١٢٠﴾ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَتْلُونَهُۥ حَقَّ تِلَاوَتِهِۦٓ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۗ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ‌ بِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُ‌ونَ ﴿١٢١

Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance." If you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you would have against Allah no protector or helper. (120) Those to whom We have given the Book recite it with its true recital. They [are the ones who] believe in it. And whoever disbelieves in it - it is they who are the losers. (121)

[Qur'an, Al-Baqarah 2:120:121]

Who then wouldn't want Allah's Guidance in his life? They are the losers. Following the guidance of Allah is the sure way to success in this life and the next. Put the same amount of attention to the Qur'an as you would to pass your exam for your degree. And do not abandon the Qur'an.

The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, has complained to Allah Almighty against those who abandon the Qur'an and turn away from it.

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَـٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مَهْجُورًا ﴿٣٠

And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur'an as [a thing] abandoned." (30)

[Qur'an Al-Furqan 25:30]

May Allah guide us and make us of those who follow His Guidance. Ameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wassallam.

Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam

A Glimpse of Abandoning the Qur'an