The most superior act of all is inviting mankind towards Allaah^-SWT -verbally or practically. One must not simply sit back after embracing Islam, rather the real task that lies ahead is to propagate it as much as possible. A person who calls out the Azan merely for Allah^-SWT's sake without any vested interest is amongst the propagators. Indeed, every propagation attended by sincerity, without the intentions of any material or political gains is the act of highest merit in this world, though it does not relieve a person of his other duties.

 

One must be Proud of being a Muslim

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A propagator must also be proud of being a Muslim and be grateful to Allaah^-SWT for this favour, unlike the apologetic attitude of contemporary Muslims who are so overawed by the infidels that they reveal their identity in embarrassment.

 

Virtue and evil can never be equal in terms of outcome. It is best to repel evil with acts of piety as returning evil with evil will increase the enmity. But if evil is returned with virtue, it often changes an enemy into a friend. Generally in everyday life, noble conduct is the path to success for a believer. Once someone abused Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddiq^-RAU. He replied: If what you say is correct, I turn to Allaah^-SWT in penitence; and if you are wrong I pray to Allaah^-SWT to forgive you. Tolerance is a gift from Allah^-SWT, given to those who are not rash. Indeed they are extremely fortunate. If Satanic whispers start to influence the believer in such a situation and he begins to get angry, he must instantly seek Allah^-SWT's refuge and remember the Hearer, the Knower.

 

General Attitude

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Remember that this is a general rule that applies to the situations of everyday life. It does not apply to a situation where Shari' ah is violated and the believers give a free hand to the ungodly violators under the pretext of noble conduct. It is a common observation today that people react instantly where their vested interests are involved and profess to be tolerant where tenets of Islam are at stake.

 

This rotation of days and nights with perfect regularity and the effects thereof on things and human life are all proofs of Allah^-SWT's Magnificence. Therefore, do not attribute it to creations lest you start prostrating before the sun and the moon, but only prostrate before the One^-SWT Who^-SWT is the Creator of everything.

 

Prostrating before Others than Allah^-SWT

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Prostrating in worship before anyone save Allaah^-SWT is polytheism and has always been forbidden. A prostration to show respect was allowed in early Shari'ahs, but is prohibited in the Shari'ah of Holy Prophet Muhammad^-SW. To accept the sun and the moon, days and nights or seasons as absolute causes like the atheists, amounts to prostrating before them. Mankind is warned to refrain from all facets of polytheism and to prostrate only before the Creator Who^-SWT has endowed the peculiarities to everything. This indeed is the path of His^-SWT worship and the end result of all scientific research will always be the discovery of some aspect of His^-SWT Magnificence.

 

And if someone, out of ignorance, deems prostrating before Allaah^-SWT as condescending for himself or considers His^-SWT obedience to be humiliating, he must remember that there are legions of angels who prostrate before Him^-SWT , eulogize Him^-SWT round the clock and never get weary of it. He^-SWT is in no need of prostration; rather, it is the need of human beings that they must worship Him^-SWT . They must note how the soil becomes lifeless and desolate but when Allaah^-SWT sends rainfall it blooms with life and a variety of greenery that had completely vanished sprouts once again. Certainly, He^-SWT Who^-SWT grants life to the soil will also quicken the dead on the Day of Reckoning. Undoubtedly, He^-SWT is Potent over everything. He^-SWT is Aware of all heretics who outwardly accept the Quran, yet alter its real meaning through willful misinterpretation to serve their own interests.

 

Heresy and Heretics

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According to the scholars heresy does not refer to a blatant denial but to a situation whereby a heretic claims to believe in the Quran but concocts interpretations contrary to Shari'ah or the Essentials of Din. Such a person is a heretic, while his act is heresy. This is the way of the Kharjis as well as the Qadianis and some other hypocrite sects (which branched off from the Jews and present themselves as Muslims). In short, the ungodly schools of thought indulged in heresy. But the trouble today is that the Westernized Muslims educated under the secular system of education comment on the well-known tenets of Islam such as Salat, fasting, Zakat and Hajj. They indulge in heresy and as such are heading towards destruction. To justify interest and games of chance fall under heresy, a sure path to Hell. So are those heading for Hell better off or those who will be spared on the Day of Reckoning? Every individual has been given the right to choose while Allaah^-SWT is Vigilant over the actions of the entire mankind. Nothing is concealed from Him^-SWT .

 

How unfortunate indeed are those who deny the Quran, an extremely honourable and unique Book. One of its distinctive features is that no one can ever manipulate it in anyway by adding any falsehood, either by overt opposition, whereby its text or meanings are altered, or covertly through hypocrisy. Such a person always ends up being disgraced and is always refuted. The past fourteen centuries bear witness to the fact that the Quran indeed enjoys Divine Protection in every sense of the word, as it is revealed by the Wisest and the Most Praiseworthy both in Attributes as well as in Being.

 

The Holy Prophet^-SW is also being subjected to the same accusations and objections as had been the Prophets^-AS before him^-SW. The answers thereof have been repeatedly given with sound evidences. Allah^-SWT is indeed Forgiving and is making these evidences a source of forgiveness for people. But it must also be remembered that His^-SWT punishments are extremely torturous for those who persist on denial. Had the Quran been revealed in a language foreign to its primary addressees, the Arabs, they would have certainly objected to it on the grounds that the language was unknown to them. After all a fault finder always manages to come up with objections.

 

The Holy Prophet^-SW must declare that this is the Book of guidance towards the path of piety for those who believe. It gives a Complete Code of Life, which once adopted protects against all perplexities. Those who deny it have marred their hearing because of their evil deeds and the very light it radiates blinds them. Thus they fail to even understand it. It is a proverb common amongst the Arabs that a person who understands is said to have listened from a place nigh, while the other is said to have listened from afar.