ONLY ALLAH CAN GUIDE & HELP YOU! Stay Connected To Your Merciful Creator!

 

Only Allah Can

Guide & Help You!

Stay Connected To

Your Merciful Creator!

(M. Javed Naseem)

The true guidance comes from Allah, the Supreme Creator and the Most Merciful. He is our Protector, Guardian and the Patron. He sent numerous Messengers and Prophets during different periods of time, to guide us on how to live on the earth without disobeying and displeasing Him.

Generally, the prophets were chosen from the modest families. They impressed people with their exemplary conduct, obedience to God, good moral character, honest dealings and humble talk. They never impressed others with their wealth, material possessions or social status. That was the reason that the most influential or powerful people of their times did not listen to them and opposed the message they brought. They did not consider them ‘important’ as important for them were the tribal leaders, the rich and wealthy. Allah refers to that in the Holy Quran:

“They (people of the town) said:

You are only human beings like

ourselves, and the Most Beneficent

(Rahman) has revealed nothing,

you are only telling lies.”

(al-Quran 36:15)

Allah wants humans to believe in Him as He gives them the proof of His might, grace, power, capability as well as His mercy and forgiveness. He does not ask for ‘blind faith’. He wants us to reflect upon His Creation, His signs, His revelations and His message that He conveyed through His messengers. He wants us to think with logic and reason. He wants to educate us and guide us. He asks:

“Who has created the seven heavens

one above another, you can see no

fault in the creations of the Most

Beneficent (Rahman). Then look

again. Can you see any rifts?”

(al-Quran 67:3)

The problem with the modern Muslim is that He is Muslim just by name or just because he was born into a Muslim family. That's not enough. A believer is the one who believes in God and obeys His commands. Similarly, a Muslim is the one who practices Islam in letter and spirit. And what is Islam? Islam is the total submission or surrender to the Will of God. That's the true religion; and the only religion prescribed by Allah through all of His Prophets and Messengers. That religion might have different names in different languages and different times.

Unfortunately, today's Muslim does not reflect; does not ponder and does not think. He is madly chasing the material world and its pump. He is after wealth and material gains. Therefore, spiritually and morally he has become bankrupt. He has lost the connection with his Creator, the Almighty. He does not try to seek Him nor do any research on His revelations and signs. All the modern research is coming from the so-called 'Kafireen' or non-Muslims or disbelievers. Allah invites the Muslims, even challenges them, to ponder over His creation and then evaluate where they stand. Now the question is:

Do we ponder over His miraculous Creation? Do we ever think about heavens and the earth and whatever is in-between? And if that is not enough, he asks again:

“Do they not see the birds above them,

spreading out their wings and folding

them in? None upholds them except

the Most Beneficent (Rahman). Verily,

He is the All-seer of everything.”

(Quran 67-19)

The Almighty wants to convince us with reason and logic because He has created us as intelligent beings. There are hundreds of verses in the Holy Quran on this subject if we only bother to study the Book of Allah. The Most Merciful blesses us guidance and knowledge; and He imparts that guidance and education with compassion and mercy. He is the One Who helps and supports His faithful slaves in times of trial. That should be the motivation enough for us to reflect. He asks:

“Who is he besides the Most

Beneficent (Rahman) that can be

an army to you to help you? The

disbelievers are in nothing

but delusion.”

(al-Quran 67:20)

Despite all those signs, revelations and proofs, if someone is still in doubt and does not believe in Him, then he is in error:

“Say: ‘He is the Most Beneficent

(Rahman), in Him we believe, and

in Him we put our trust. So you

will come to know who is it that

is in manifest error.”

(al-Quran 67:29)

For such a person, who gives a deaf ear or a blind eye to the Signs of the Almighty, there is no guidance. When man turns away from Allah, Allah also turns away from him too. Therefore, he continues living in delusion or sin. The door of guidance is closed on him and he becomes one of the friends of the Devil. And the Devil is destined to Hellfire.

“And whosoever turns away (blinds

himself) from the remembrance of

the Most Beneficent (Rahman), We

appoint for him Satan (devil) to be

an intimate companion to him.”

(al-Quran 43:36)

When Allah sent Adam and Eve from Heaven down to the Earth, He told them that they will be there for a fixed term. They were also told what to do and what not to do during that tenure. Adam was the biggest and the tallest man on earth, and he lived longer than any other human being – 960 years. The couple went through lots of hardship and trials but Allah’s forgiveness and mercy was with them, therefore, they left their offspring to spread in the Earth. Among the children of Adam, there were hundreds or even thousands who were chosen by Allah to be His messengers and Prophets. According to one narration, they were 124,000 in number, of whom Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) was the last and final. Therefore, try to apply his teachings on your life, that could be your last chance too!

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