AFRAID OF CORRUPT RULERS But Not Afraid Of God!

 

Afraid of Corrupt Rulers

But Not Afraid of God!

Allah Is Severe in Punishment But

Oft-Forgiving And Most Merciful Too!

 

(M. Javed Naseem)

“They are those who, upon committing an evil deed

or wronging themselves, remember Allah and seek

forgiveness for their sins—and who forgives sins

except Allah?—and they do not knowingly persist

in wrongdoing. Their reward is forgiveness from

their Lord and Gardens under which rivers flow,

staying there forever. How excellent is the

reward for those who work righteousness!”

(al-Quran 3:135-136)

When a calamity or natural disaster hits mankind, people change and remember Allah. But as soon as that calamity or disaster subsides, man forgets Allah and goes back to evildoing. Generally speaking, man is so stubborn and naive that he cannot stand up to evil. He is weak and seeks strength from the sources that force him to obey the Devil. He is never consistent in obeying Allah, Who has created him and Who is the Most Merciful, Oft-forgiving.

In the face of an affliction, man cries to God because he is afraid of dying. He panics but does not change his ways and character. He still lies; he still steals; he still commits adultery; he still practices dishonesty, and he remains unjust in his dealings; and above all he still acts like the biggest hypocrite on the face of earth. He lectures others on ethics and morals but he himself does everything contrary to that. Corruption and evil-doing continues in the earth as a result of man’s actions and so do the death and destruction.

The most ridiculous thing one can notice today is that Man is afraid of Coronavirus or a corrupt govt. official or even a dog but he is not afraid of the Almighty God Who created him and prescribed for him the rules of conduct. What a shameless and ungrateful creature – Man! The Bible says:

"Woe to the one who quarrels with his

Maker – An earthenware vessel among the

vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the

potter, 'What are you doing?' Or

the thing you are making say,

'He has no hands'?”

(Isaiah 45:9).

When God sent Man to live on the earth, He gave him a lot of freedom, a lot of liberty and a lot of choices; and also warned him of the bounds and limits prescribed for him. But man, being so ungrateful, hasty and Devil-friendly, abused that liberty and freedom of choice to the fullest extent. So much so that he became disobedient and rebellious to God – the Almighty Who created him in the first place. He ignored all warnings (he still does that) and kept doing what he ‘liked’ to do while bending and twisting the laws/rules prescribed by God to cover or justify his evil deeds. But the Lord God is watching! The Quran says:

Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and”

of all that is between them; so worship Him,

and be constant and patient in His worship!

Know you of any who is worthy of the

same Name as He?”

(al-Quran 19:65)

And the Bible says:

"The God who made the world and all things in it,

since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not

dwell in temples made with hands.”

(Acts 17:24)

Today, man doesn’t even like to hear the word ‘God’ (or religion) in his daily affairs. Using the silly excuse of separating the Church from the State, or fancy terms like ‘secular’, he has dumped religion and with that God too. For him, it is very old fashioned and annoying to talk of God and applying His laws on his life. He does not care that to God belongs everything in the heaven and on earth.

The Bible says:

"Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and

the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.”

(Deuteronomy 10:14):

The Quran says:

“Glorify the name of your Guardian-Lord the

Most High, Who has created, and further, given

order and proportion; Who has ordained laws;

and granted guidance.”

(al-Quran 87:1-3)

Allah says in the Quran: “Remember Me, I'll remember you!” In other words, if you ignore God, He will ignore you too. Simple as that! We should acknowledge the sovereignty of God in the universe. He is the Supreme Creator and the Supreme Commander. He is running the universe and we have the obligations to fulfill His commands. That's the only way that can guarantee the smooth running of affairs. Otherwise, there will be chaos all over because every powerful man wants his own way. And we are all suffering from arrogance.

The solution of today's problems is repentance and return to God. We need to bring God back into our lives because we cannot survive without Him. We should enforce His laws and glorify His name for our own success in this world as well as in the Hereafter. We should have learned the lesson by now, but unfortunately we are making the same mistakes the people before us made and we are going to meet the same fate if we don't mend our ways. The Most Merciful is ever ready to forgive our mistakes and bless us again. Let's invoke Him tonight. Under the present circumstances, He is our only hope and our last resort.

The Blessed Night

We are going through the month of Ramadan in which there’s a blessed night. As a matter of fact, there are blessings every night; and every night is like the Blessed Night. It is narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “In the last third of every night our Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer – Allah) descends to the lowest heaven and says: 'Who is calling Me, so that I may answer him? Who is asking Me, so that I may grant him? Who is seeking forgiveness from Me, so that I may forgive him?'”

Allah tells us in the Quran:

“Those who show patience, firmness and

self-control; who are true (in word and deed);

who worship devoutly; who spend (in the way

of Allah); and who pray for forgiveness in the

early hours of the morning.”

(al-Quran 3:17)

May Allah guide us (but only seekers are guided), have mercy on us and bless us with protection from evil and disaster! -- Amen.

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