Is Islam or the Ummah in danger? (Part 1)
Najeeb Al-Zamil
NAJEEB AL-ZAMIL
No, Islam is not in danger. Islam is destined to last eternally. So, no need to worry about it, or to be alarmed whenever we think that it is attacked or assaulted. This is nothing but an illusion in which we submerge ourselves and we believe that we will drown. Islam, dear Muslims, is not susceptible to drowning.
So, if we, as adherents to Islam, believe in this with every cell in our bodies, we would recover and readdress our conscience and minds. Reconsider that which Allah has informed us of keeping: His Qur’an intact, and recall the teachings the Prophet has delivered to the Ummah, we would realize that anger, shouting, and crying out of caring for Islam is nothing but empty gestures that fill in emptiness, nothing but rage that ruins the nerves and adds nothing to our mental development.
Do you guard the bank for securing your deposited money in its highly secured safes? Or do you move freely in your life seeking your living to add more to that you deposited there? If you stay there to guard it, people would laugh at you, and your money will not increase by even one riyal. If you stay there to bodily tackle every person who draws near the bank, or for doubting his reason for entering it, you will become the laughing stock of the town.
Islam is Allah’s religion, and Allah guards it. So we should not fear that it might get lost. If we can put our trust in a bank, how cannot we put our trust in the Creator of the earth and all the banks existing upon it?
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Najeeb Al-Zamil
NAJEEB AL-ZAMIL
No, Islam is not in danger. Islam is destined to last eternally. So, no need to worry about it, or to be alarmed whenever we think that it is attacked or assaulted. This is nothing but an illusion in which we submerge ourselves and we believe that we will drown. Islam, dear Muslims, is not susceptible to drowning.
So, if we, as adherents to Islam, believe in this with every cell in our bodies, we would recover and readdress our conscience and minds. Reconsider that which Allah has informed us of keeping: His Qur’an intact, and recall the teachings the Prophet has delivered to the Ummah, we would realize that anger, shouting, and crying out of caring for Islam is nothing but empty gestures that fill in emptiness, nothing but rage that ruins the nerves and adds nothing to our mental development.
Once we realize this fact, Muslims committed to their religion, will feel reassured.
Why should we feel reassured? Let me give you an example from the realities of our life. If you have a lot of money in your house, you will certainly fear the idea that thieves may steal it, so you guard your house and exaggerate doing it. Nobody would blame you for this. If you are on the street with a bag full of money, no doubt that you worry about it, and it is natural to do so and to show excessive distrust in anyone who passes by you, and if anyone accidentally touched you, your adrenaline will reach its highest degree, then you will find out that you are on the edge of your nerves. Who would blame you? However, you deposit your money, no matter how big or small its amount, with a bank, not really worried about it, as the bank guarantees it, even in the event it was robbed, which is not a daily occurrence!
Why should we feel reassured? Let me give you an example from the realities of our life. If you have a lot of money in your house, you will certainly fear the idea that thieves may steal it, so you guard your house and exaggerate doing it. Nobody would blame you for this. If you are on the street with a bag full of money, no doubt that you worry about it, and it is natural to do so and to show excessive distrust in anyone who passes by you, and if anyone accidentally touched you, your adrenaline will reach its highest degree, then you will find out that you are on the edge of your nerves. Who would blame you? However, you deposit your money, no matter how big or small its amount, with a bank, not really worried about it, as the bank guarantees it, even in the event it was robbed, which is not a daily occurrence!
Do you guard the bank for securing your deposited money in its highly secured safes? Or do you move freely in your life seeking your living to add more to that you deposited there? If you stay there to guard it, people would laugh at you, and your money will not increase by even one riyal. If you stay there to bodily tackle every person who draws near the bank, or for doubting his reason for entering it, you will become the laughing stock of the town.
Islam is Allah’s religion, and Allah guards it. So we should not fear that it might get lost. If we can put our trust in a bank, how cannot we put our trust in the Creator of the earth and all the banks existing upon it?
Twitter: @najeebzamil
E-mail: Najeeb_alzamil@hotmail.com
http://MuslimWindow.blogspot.com/
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