Fear That Day When
None Shall Avail For You!
It Will Be Him And
You Alone!
(M. Javed Naseem)
Don’t chase the illusion!
Follow the Truth and
Avert the Hellfire!
Joshua 22:5
"Only be very
careful to observe the commandment
and the law which
Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded you, to
love the LORD your God and
walk in all His ways
and keep His commandments
and hold fast to Him
and serve Him with all your
heart and with all
your soul."
“Make hay while the sun shines!” Everybody is trying to do
that these days. There are no more ‘men of principles’ who stand for
righteousness and justice. Everybody jumps on the bandwagon when it’s high time
to benefit; and jumps out the boat when it starts sinking. People join one
group/party of powerful people when they see some material benefit in doing
that, without paying attention to the entailing harmful effects. After some
time, they change their sympathies because the circumstances change. When it
does not look lucrative any more to stay with the same group, they join the
next group that seems to be climbing up the ladder of power. They worship the
rising sun only because they follow their own desires.
It does not matter where you live – whether in America,
England, Europe, Pakistan or India, the race is for the material benefits.
That’s the general trend. And that vicious race has no rules, no principles, no
ethics whatsoever. Anything goes! With the results that every con-man, every
thief and every crook is calling others thieves and crooks. Evil is on the rise
and is getting stronger and stronger. People with no guidance, no education or
no character have absolutely no courage to stand up to evil. On the contrary,
they join evil by compromising with it – accepting it as a norm. Thus, Evil
gets Partners.
Then there is the third group which is bigger and stronger
than the two groups (Evil and Partners). It is called the ‘silent majority’
group. When this group of people don’t do anything, things go really wrong,
beyond fixing. This is what is happening all over the world, in almost every
country. The silent people stay silent, do nothing, therefore, the evil or
injustice prevails and spreads. People fear dogs and corrupt officials more but
they don’t fear God. Only the fear of God can alleviate all other fears. It
makes you stronger and gives you courage to stand up to injustice and
aggression.
The Bible says:
"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your might.” – (Deuteronomy 6:5)
Planet Earth is burning in its own blaze – the blaze created
by the evil-doing and corruption of its people. A small minority of strong but
evil people are ruling the silent majority of people and bringing misery,
bloodshed, aggression and injustice to them. Why is it happening? The answer is
simple: Because the vast majority is ‘silent’ and the silence is always
considered a ‘half-consent’.
People are indifferent to each others. Good things and noble
thoughts exist in books only. Despite our claims that we humans are one nation
or one community, we don’t do anything in practice to prove that. We have an
attitude of: ‘It’s not my problem’ and that is benefiting the Evil group.
يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ
ٱتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمْ وَٱخْشَوْاْ يَوْماً لاَّ يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ
عَن وَلَدِهِ وَلاَ
مَوْلُودٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَن وَالِدِهِ شَيْئاً إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ
حَقٌّ فَلاَ
تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلاَ يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ
“O mankind! Do your duty to your Lord,
“O mankind! Do your duty to your Lord,
and fear (the coming
of) a Day when no
father can avail
aught for his son, nor a son
avail aught for his
father! Verily, the promise
of Allah is true. Let
not then this present life
deceive you, nor let
the chief Deceiver
deceive you about
Allah.”
(al-Quran 31:33)
The Bible says:
"Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from
you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and
to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” – (Deuteronomy
10:12)
Doing our duty to God is considered very out of fashion
these days. We have ‘deleted’ Allah from our internet-controlled lives. But
when some calamity befalls us, or we get into trouble, we remember Allah. We
turn to Him and ask for His intervention and help to get back to our normal
lives. So, it means that normal life is NOT possible without the presence of
Allah! Then what’s the solution to our modern-day problems? The answer is
simple: Bring God back into your life! And with God comes the Guidance too.
وَإِذَا غَشِيَهُمْ
مَّوْجٌ كَٱلظُّلَلِ دَعَوُاْ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا
نَجَّاهُمْ إِلَى
ٱلْبَرِّ فَمِنْهُمْ مُّقْتَصِدٌ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِآيَاتِنَآ إِلاَّ كُلُّ
خَتَّارٍ كَفُورٍ
“When a wave covers them like the canopy
“When a wave covers them like the canopy
(of clouds), they call
to Allah, offering Him
sincere devotion. But
when He has delivered
them safely to land,
there are among them
those that halt
between (right and wrong).
But none reject Our
Signs except only a
perfidious ungrateful
(wretch)!”
(al-Quran 31:32)
Micah 6:8
"He has told you, O man, what is good! And what does the LORD
require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with
your God?"
We cannot sail in two boats. Either this or that! We have to
make a choice! It is His world; it is His Earth, therefore, you cannot survive
here without His help. So, live by His rules to stay away from disasters! The
enjoyment of this world is temporary and is like an illusion. If we don’t get
the message from the signs of Allah, we are deluded. We’ll then certainly end
up in a place (Hellfire) where nobody wants to be.
نُمَتِّعُهُمْ
قَلِيلاً ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ
“We grant them their pleasure for a little
“We grant them their pleasure for a little
while. In the end
shall We drive them to
an unrelenting chastisement.”
(al-Quran 31:24)
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