Sheikh Abdul-Salaam Zoud
There are people who have developed a wrong opinion of Allah, especially
after the events in Afghanistan and Iraq. They have said to themselves:
where is the victory of Allah to the Muslims, and how could He give victory
to the unjust transgressing American and British disbelievers. It is this
issue that I will be discussing with you this evening inshaa Allah. So lend
me your ears and your hearts so that perhaps we may re-affirm the good
opinion of Our Lord by the end of this lecture inshaa Allah. So in the name
of Allah I say:
Having good opinion of Allah is from the essentials of Tawheed (Monotheism),
which many people have become heedless of. It is from the attributes of a
Believer, in fact it is from the obligations of Tawheed. Having good opinion
of Allah Most High is built upon your knowledge of His Mercy, His Pride, His
Goodness, His Power, His Knowledge, His superiority of selection as well as
your complete reliance upon Him. So if all of these conditions are
fulfilled, good opinion of Allah will come to fruition in the heart.
For in the Qudsi Hadith, which was narrated by Abu Hurairah, Allah Most High
says:
“I am as my slave thinks of me and I am with him whenever he remembers me.”
(Agreed Upon).
In another hadeeth recorded by Muslim, Jaabir narrates that he heard the
Prophet (s.a.w) before his death by three days saying:
“Let none of you die without having a good opinion of Allah High and
Mighty.”
There is no doubt that having good opinion of Allah is coupled with good
actions. Just as having good opinion of Allah is one of the character of a
believer, the ill-opinion of Allah and the opinion that does not befit his
Majesty is from the character of hypocrites and polytheists who look at
Allah with a view of Jaahilyyah (ignorance) and falsehood.
Allah has promised these people by saying:
“And [that] He may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women, and the
polytheist men and polytheist women – those who assume about Allah an
assumption of evil nature. Upon them is a misfortune of evil nature; and
Allah has become angry with them and prepared for them Hell, and evil it is
a destination.” [al-Fath, 48: 6]
For how many people these days have given themselves a negative perception
of Allah, and have accused Him of all His actions, and perceive that this
religion will never be victorious and will never achieve it goals. Some
perceive that Allah will not give support and aid His followers, and to
raise them over their enemies and claim them in victory.
Others perceive that Allah permits for victory to be for falsehood and it’s
people, over truth and it’s people, such a clear victory that truth no
longer stands a chance.
Maybe it is these visions and sights of Muslim defeats and misery and agony
from East to West that has brought these individuals to gain such a negative
perception of Allah. Once one issue of misery or agony is resolved, another
is ignited somewhere else to such a degree that they can no longer envision
a resolution or an escape from such a routine.
They then forget the reasons and the causes of victory and triumph, and
increase their awareness and their dread towards the so-called ever- increasing
power and might of the enemy, fully forgetting the might and
glory of Allah in return.
To those people we say: This is obviously a clear negative perception
towards Allah, and they are perceptions that contradict the completeness of
Allah, His Majesty, Glory, His Descriptions and Wisdom. For His Mercy, and
Wisdom, and God-ship refuse from such a thing to occur. It also refuses that
His people and His soldiers to be disgraced, and that constant victory and
triumph to be for His polytheist enemies. He who perceives such things about
Allah truly does not know the true powers of Allah, nor His Names,
Attributes, and complete perfection.
If those people perceive that Allah will not give victory to his Laws and
His religion, and that Allah has written defeat to be upon the Muslims
forever, and that there is no breaking out of that, then why did Allah send
down the Book? Why did He send down the Prophets? Why did he decree the
Religion? Why did he make Islam more powerful and above all other religions?
Why did he abrogate all other teachings and methods, all other religions and
ways of life with the bringing of Islam if He never meant to give it victory?
That is why Allah says:
“If anyone thinks that Allah will not help Muhammad in this world and the
hereafter, let them stretch out a rope to the ceiling and cut themselves
off, then let them see whether their plan will remove that which enrages
them.” [Al-Hajj: 15]
In other words, the scholars have explained this verse that whomever thinks
that Allah will not give victory to Muhammad in this life and in the
hereafter, then let them hang themselves from their ceilings if that is
frustrating them. For sure Allah is going to give victory to His Prophet for
sure, as He has said:
“We surely will give aid to our Prophets and those who believed in this
world and on the day when the witnesses will stand forth. The Day when the
oppressors’ excuses will be of no benefit to them, to them is the curse, and
to them is the worst of dwellings.” [Ghaafir: 51-52]
Allah also says:
“And We have sent down Our words to Our slaves that We have sent, they are
surely to be aided, and that Our soldiers are surely to be victorious.”
[Assaafaat: 171-173]
And Allah also says:
“Those who oppose Allah and His Prophets, they will be in disgrace. Allah
has written My Prophets and I will be victorious.” [Al-Mjaadalah: 20-21]
So, if the causes of victory have been achieved, then Allah will definitely
give victory to those who have achieved it, but if they are defeated, they
are only defeated due to them, failing to achieve the causes of victory.
This nation learns and is taught by what Allah decrees upon it, and the
Prophet has taught us from his Sunnah how he aids his Lord and his Lord aids
him.
Allah (swt) has said:
“Oh you who believe, if you give aid to Allah, Allah will aid you and
strengthen you foothold.” [Muhammad: 7]
He also said:
“If Allah was to give you aid, there will be no victor over you, but if He
was to not, then who will ever give you aid after Him. On Allah let the
believers rely.” [Aal-Imraan:160]
Allah (swt) does that which He wishes to do, and He has written down destiny
and what He decrees before He created the heaves and the earth by 50,000
years, therefore, whatever happens on this planted is written with Him.
Allah knows and you know not.
Some Muslims might think something is evil when it could be good, that is
because of the shortness of their vision and inability to see the unseen.
Allah said:
“And Allah was never to allow you to see the unseen.” [Aal-Imraan: 179]
And He Most High said:
“Do not think it is bad for you; rather, it is beneficial for you.” [An-
Noor: 11]
All of this falls back onto the greatest basis:
“Allah will not change the condition of a nation until they change what is
within themselves.” [Ar-ra’ad: 11]
For this, we surely have to be confident in Allah, and that Allah power is
with Him, and nothing happens without His authority, and nothing occurs
except according to His plans and way, and Muslims should be more optimistic
of their lord. They should be in constant dependency on Him, always seeking
his support and aid.
Muslims of Allah eras, especially eras of weakness, such as our one today,
should always be armed with trust and dependency on Allah. Always seeking
His aid and support, and that He will aid those who aid Him. If a slave was
to seek refuge in Allah, then they surely have sought an awesome stronghold.
Yes, my brethren, a Muslim these days needs a lot of trust in Allah, and
renewal of their faith in him, and great dependency on him. They should also
definitely know, believe, and understand that:
Allah is capable of anything, and that all issues return back to Allah and
to no one else. Allah has said:
“And to Allah the issues return.” [al-Baqarah: 210]
And that:
“The earth is to Allah and He will allow whomever He wills to inherit it.”
[Al-A’raaf: 128]
And that He is:
“ Severe in assault.” [Ar-Ra’d: 13]
And that to Allah belongs:
“The soldiers of the heavens and the earth.” [Al-Fatah: 7]
And that:
“He is Allah the One, the full controller.” [Az-Zumar: 4]
And that:
He is the One of great power, the strong.” [Athaariyaat: 58]
And that He is The Possessor of the Kingdom:
“You give the kingdom to whom You will, and You take the kingdom from whom
You will, and You endue with honour whom You will, and You humiliate whom
You will. In Your Hand is the good. Verily, You are Able to do all things.”
[3: 26]
And He exalted and High is the One Who may benefit and the One that may
harm. Allah says:
“And if Allâh touches you with harm, none can remove it but He, and if He
touches you with good, then He is Able to do all things” [6: 17]
This is why when the enemy of Allah attacked the Prophet (s.a.w), Allah
destroyed all there plotting. He (swt) said:
“They were plotting and Allâh too was planning, and Allâh is the Best of the
planners” [8: 30]
And He Most High says:
“Those before them indeed plotted, but Allâh struck at the foundation of
their building, and then the roof fell down upon them, from above them, and
the torment overtook them from directions they did not perceive.” [16: 26]
So whomsoever deceives Allah, Allah will deceive him.
“Verily, the hypocrites seek to deceive Allâh, but it is He Who deceives
them.” [4:142]
And it is Allah Most High Who decrees destiny for killing and the absence of
killing:
“If Allâh had willed, succeeding generations would not have fought against
each other, after clear Verses of Allâh had come to them, but they differed -
some of them believed and others disbelieved. If Allâh had willed, they
would not have fought against one another, but Allâh does what He likes” [2:
253]
Allah informs His Prophet (s.a.w) that He is capable of continuing the
killing or ceasing it. Allah says:
“Every time they kindled the fire of war, Allâh extinguished it” [5: 64]
It is for this reason the Prophet (s.a.w) feared non other than Allah.
“Is not Allâh Sufficient for His slave? Yet they try to frighten you with
those (whom they worship) besides Him” [39: 36]
Allah (swt) does what He wills and decrees destiny for what He wills. This
is why trust in Him and complete dependence on him is incumbent on every
Muslim and it is an obligation that Islam has placed upon us.
When pharaoh and his soldiers came to plot there evil plot and gather there
oppressing views, the weak in faith among Musa Peace be upon him felt afraid
and said to him: “We are sure to be overtaken,” meaning we will surely lose
and be destroyed. Pharaoh will gather us and kill us and we will come to an
end. At this Musa replied with full trust in Allah: “Nay, verily with me is
my Lord and He will guide me.”
This is an excellent example of complete trust in Allah in all matters, and
it is the strong pillar that a believer depends on.
Trust in Allah is what caused the Prophet (s.a.w) say to ‘Umar ibn al- Khattab (r.a)
on the day of reconciliation of hudaibiyah after the signing
of the treaty: “Oh ibn al-Khattab, I am the Messenger of Allah and He will
never fail me.” (Agreed upon)
Trust in Allah (swt) is what caused Ibrahim peace be upon him while he was
being thrown into the fire to say: “Sufficient for us is Allah and He is the
best of judges.”
Trust in Allah is what made the Prophet (s.a.w) and his companions
say: “Hasbuna Allahu wa N’ima-al Wakeel (Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He
is] is the best Disposer of affairs.” This was said when returning from the
battle of Uhud after the hypocrites said, “Indeed, the people have gathered
against you, so fear them.”
What was the result?
Allah says:
“So they returned with Grace and Bounty from Allâh. No harm touched them;
and they followed the good Pleasure of Allâh. And Allâh is the Owner of
Great Bounty” [3:174]
Then Allah said in the following verse:
“So fear them not, but fear Me, if you are (true) believers” [3:175]
From the trust that the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) had in His Lord he
used to
always believe that Allah would aid and support him and that Allah would not
abandon him.
Remember you are not the first to be afflicted by frustration and a sense of
hopelessness, actually some of the companions were also afflicted by
frustration and a sense of hopelessness because of the large power which
they witnessed possessed by the disbelievers and the weakness the Muslims
had towards them, as well as their small number.
The Prophet (s.a.w) used to remind them during the worse situations that the
future was for Islam. When Khabbab ibn al-Arat [The one who was branded on
his back with heated iron bars by his master, consequently causing it to
heat up with nothing to sooth it except his own body fat when it melted ]
came complaining to the Prophet (s.a.w) about the difficulties he
experienced along with his companions in Mecca, he said:
“Why don’t you pray for heavenly help for us? Why do you not request for
Allah’s help for us?”
The Prophet (s.a.w) replied:
“Allah will surely help Islam complete its mission, till a rider will
proceed from San ‘aa to Hadharmaut, fearing nothing save Allah and the
danger of the wolf concerning his sheep. However, you are too hasty”
(Bukhari)
And when the Prophet (s.a.w) traveled with his companion Abu Bakr (r.a) to
Madinah, Suraaqah ibn Maalik caught up to them for the bounty as they were
being pursued by the people of Makkah. However, Suraaqah’s horse sunk into
the sand repeatedly. The Prophet (s.a.w) said to him: “What will be of you
if you are to wear the bracelets of Kisraa [Persian emperor]?” He did not
say this after the victory of Badr nor the conquering of Mecca, he said this
whilst being chased.
Allah Most High says:
“When the disbelievers plotted against you (O Muhammad SAW) to imprison you,
or to kill you, or to get you out (from your home, i.e. Makkah).” [8: 30]
With the disbelieves plotting and planning to kill the Prophet of Allah
(s.a.w), searching for him, fixing a large reward of 1000 she camels, the
Prophet (s.a.w) says to Suraaqah: “What will be of you if you are to wear
the bracelets of kisra?” Obviously this was something that is very far
fetched, something in which Suraaqah could not even think about at that
point in time.
And when the confederates besieged Madinah and gathered upon it 10,000
soldiers, the Muslims were few in number. In the darkness of the night and
with the cold strong winds, they dig their trenches with their own hands
during hunger, fatigue, difficult circumstances, and during their
unexplainable fear for the Prophet (s.a.w).
The Prophet (s.a.w) descends into the trench they were digging to break a
rock in which had come in their way. He strikes the stone breaking off a
third of it while saying “Allahu Akbar. I am given the keys of Al-shaam. By
Allah I can see its red palaces at this very moment”.
Then striking it a second time breaking off another third, he says: “Allahu
Akbar. I am given the keys of Persia, by Allah I can see palaces of the city
white in colour.”
Striking off the final piece of the rock he says: “ Bismilaah Allahu Akbar,
I am given the keys of Yemen. By Allah I can see the doors of San’aa this
very moment.” (Ahmed)
When did he say this? He said it in the hardest and worse of conditions.
Allah describes this situation when He says:
“When they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when the
eyes grew wild and the hearts reached to the throats, and you were
harbouring doubts about Allâh. There, the believers were tried and shaken
with a mighty shaking.” [33:10-11]
In this war, Allah differentiated between the believers and the hypocrites.
They said as Allah informed us about them:
“And when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease (of doubts)
said: "Allâh and His Messenger (s.a.w) promised us nothing but delusions.
And when a party of them said: "O people of Yathrib (Madinah)! There is no
stand (possible) for you (against the enemy attack!). Therefore go back!"
And a band of them ask for permission of the Prophet (s.a.w) saying: "Truly,
our homes lie open (to the enemy)." And they lay not open. They but wished
to flee. And if the enemy had entered from all sides (of the city), and they
had been exhorted to Al-Fitnah (i.e. to renegade from Islâm to polytheism)
they would surely have committed it and would have hesitated thereupon but
little.” [33:12-14]
As for the believers Allah describes them by saying:
“And when the believers saw Al-Ahzâb (the Confederates), they said: "This is
what Allâh and His Messenger had promised us, and Allâh and His Messenger
had spoken the truth, and it only added to their faith and to their
submissiveness (to Allâh).” [33:22]
These incidents occurred after everyone believed that the infidels would
kill the believers in the trenches and that the believers would die under
besiegement. But Allah the All-Mighty and the All-Powerful granted the
believers clear victory when He sent an unexpected wind to destroy the
disbelievers, and angels which descended upon them and struck terror in the
heart of the Jews.
Brothers and sisters in Islam - When the Prophet (s.a.w) informed us in the
authentic narration that the future is for Islam, we must believe in this.
It is unconditionally Haraam (prohibited) that we have the least amount of
doubt concerning this. Allah Most high says:
“It is He Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of
truth, to make it superior over all religions, even though the Mushrikûn
(polytheists, pagans, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) hate
(it).” [9: 33]
Even if the disbelievers hate it.
The Prophet (s.a.w) said to his righteous companion:
“Allah foregathered the whole earth before my sight and I saw both its
east’s and its west’s. And verily the kingdom of my nation shall reach all
that has been foregathered before me.”(Muslim)
The prophet literally saw the whole earth before him and the status of his
nation will reach what he saw.
Yes indeed, as the prophet mentioned in another hadith, “Surely, this
religion will reach the boundaries of the day and night and Allah will not
spare a rural or an urban dwelling except that he would cause Islam to enter
it by elevating some and degrading others. A glory with which Allah elevates
Islam and a humiliation with which Allah degrade Kufr (disbelief).”
In another hadith, in Sahih Muslim ‘Amr Bin Al-As says:
“Whilst we were scripting the hadiths of the prophet he was asked, ‘which
city will be conquered first Constantinople or Rome?’ the Prophet (s.a.w)
replied, ‘the city of Hercules is the first to be conquered.’” (Ahmed)
Rome is yet to be conquered, but surely the Muslims will conquer it because
the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) said so and his words are both truthful and
inexorable.
There are many hadiths in which the Prophet (s.a.w) informed us that there
will be many battles and combats between the Muslims and the Romans in which
the Believers will be the victorious ones and the Muslims will have the last
say.
Muslim narrated on the authority of Sa’d Bin Waqaas (r.a) that Allah’s
apostle (s.a.w) said:
“There shall remain a sect of my nation victorious in upholding the truth.
Never shall they be afflicted by those who fail them nor by those who oppose
them until the matter of Allah (i.e. The Day of Judgment) comes and they are
on this status.”
Ahmad narrated on the authority of Hudhaifah that Allah’s Apostle (s.a.w)
said:
“The prophet-hood shall rule amongst you for as long as Allah wills, then He
elevates it. Then there shall be a caliphate upon the basis of Prophet-hood
for as long as Allah wills then He elevates it. Then there shall be a
clinging kingship for as long as Allah wills then He elevates it, then there
shall be a forceful kingship for as long as Allah wills then He elevates it,
then there shall be a caliphate upon the basis of prophet-hood (again) then
the prophet remained silent.” (Declared as Sahih (authentic) by sheikh al-
Albaani)
Therefore, the caliphate upon the prophet-hood is coming no doubt and we ask
Allah to be amongst its soldiers.
Brothers and Sisters in Islam - We should all believe that the future is for
Islam. Otherwise, what other religion can be nominated for victory and
propagation, what other religion can provide people with the proper remedies
and convincing responses to their diseases and doubts?
Isn’t this nominated religion ought to be Islam, the fastest growing
religion despite the weakness of its followers today?
It is incumbent upon Muslims, particularly during times of calamity and
struggle, to rely on their lord and trust that he will eventually divide the
world into two camps.
One of Islam and the other is of hypocrisy.
Abu Dawood mentioned, on the authority of ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar: “When we were
sitting with the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him), he
talked about periods of trial (fitan), mentioning many of them. When he
mentioned the trial of Ahlaas, some asked him: ‘Oh Apostle of Allah, what is
the trial of Ahlaas? He replied: ‘It will be flight and plunder (meaning
people at this time will escape from each other because of their enmity to
one another, and they will loot each other’s money and property).
Then will come a test of prosperity. It shall be caused by a man from my
household, who will assert that he belongs to me (in lineage and action),
whereas he does not (in religion and nature), for my friends are only the
God-fearing (the trial of prosperity during which people will enjoy good
health, abundance in wealth and enjoy in indulgence. This prosperity will
lead people to excessive acts of sin and immorality, which will make them
suffer a severe hardship.). Then the people will unite under a man who will
be like a hipbone on a rib (meaning he is not fit for leadership in
appearance nor in competence and religion). Then there will be the Duhaymaa’
(a murky and drastic) trial whose harm will spare none. Every time people
say that it is finished, it will be extended. During it a man will wake up a
believer and will by the evening end up an infidel and vise-versa, until the
people will become in two camps: the camp of faith, which will contain no
hypocrisy, and the camp of hypocrisy, which will contain no faith. When that
happens, expect the Antichrist (Dajjal) that day or the next.” (Shaykh al-
Albani declared this hadith as Sahih – authentic)
Brothers and sisters in Islam, why do you think the Prophet (s.a.w) informed
us of all these events?
Is it not so we believe in it and prepare ourselves with Faith and good
deeds in order to deal with it?
We should all believe that justice and veracity are the foundations of the
universe and that they are the pillars upon which the earths were
established. This life began on the truth and it will definitely end upon
what it began.
The truth is that this Ummah (nation) will lead humanity once more. Justice
necessitates that the laws of Islam rule the entire world and that the
agonies and calamities of the Muslim Ummah resume.
On the other hand, do not let the luring colours of the chameleon fool you.
Do not let the temporary control that the crusade and the Zionists have over
the world deceive you. For verily Allah the All Mighty says:
“Be not deceived by the [uninhibited] movement of the disbelievers
throughout the land. [It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final]
refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.” [Aal-Imraan 196-197]
Their superiority and control is only for a short period of time. This is a
decree of Allah and none can reverse it or alter it because Allah
has put and end to every matter and so is too the end of evil.
My dear brothers and sisters did you know that this nation ruled the world
from the early days of the Prophet-hood of Muhammad peace be upon him until
the collapse of the Ottoman Caliphate in 1924.
For more than thirteen centuries this nation has been victorious; and in its
rule rested the affairs of the whole world including those of the
disbelieving countries.
The great poets of the past have composed hundreds of lines of poetry
describing this golden period in which the nation enjoyed and ultimate power
and prideful victory
One of the poets describes the past status of the ummah in the following
verses, he says:
We were the kings of the land for centuries,
And our eternal forefathers subjected it.
We have encrypted bright pages that time has not forgotten,
Nor have we forgotten it.
With vivid blades we controlled it,
And the soldiers of fear accept not to accompany us.
When we pull our blades out of their cases,
You see horror and clear conquest before us.
Whenever a king used to attack us unjustly,
We would bury the forehead of his might lower.
And when people oppress us,
We used to discipline them,
Firm and patient we are in our power.
And the wheels of time kept turning,
Until victory became the share of different nations.
And since then my people were not seen with victory,
Despite that they had been victorious for long years
For more than thirteen centuries this nation was the emperor of the world,
feared by the west and the east. And one example that suffices to show this,
is the statement of Haroun ar-Rashid when he addressed a cloud saying:
“Shower wherever you please, for your crops will eventually come to me.”
The disbelievers did not have power until after the fall of the Ottoman
Empire. This means only 80 years ago.
So how can you compare 80 or 100 years of power made up of civilizations
filled with falsehood, materialism, and deviation, and forget about 13
centuries, whereby the ruling over the world was the deen (religion) of
Allah, the Shari’a of Allah, and the Monotheism of Allah.
Therefore, it is not incumbent to even compare one specific moment from the
period of history and forget about all of the past future.
The empowerment of the disbelievers in this day and age is only temporary as
has been decreed by Allah the Magnificent. It is from the wisdom of Allah
Glory be to He, the Most High. The deen of Allah will prevail, and victory
from Allah towards this Ummah is near by the will of Allah. All it needs if
for someone to wipe off it the dust.
Brothers and sisters in Islam: Perhaps people from amongst this Ummah have
been killed, and continue to be killed. And perhaps groups of people and
communities have been annihilated. And perhaps states or countries have
fallen and continue to fall, losing their names and icons – This is all
true. However, Islam remains.
Indeed, the one who wants to confront Islam, or fight it is wretched. The
comparison of such a person is like a butterfly that wants to turn out the
electrical light. And Allah will continue for His light to remain if the
disbelievers hate it. This deen is the secret behind the continued existence
of this Ummah.
Verily, this Ummah was created for the sake of Islam, and its existence is
for Islam. Whoever, wants to get rid of Islam, then let them try and get rid
of this Ummah. However, is it possible for anyone to get rid of this Ummah –
How impossible this truly is.
This Ummah has been promised continued existence, not only will it continue
to live on, but it has also been promised victory and strength. Allah
continues to produce for this Ummah in every period of its history scholars,
callers to Islam, leaders, and Mujaahideen that are used to serve this deen,
in order for honor to be given to this deen and His believing slaves.
Indeed, how many oppressors have been buried?
People have buried how many disbelievers that fought against Allah and His
Messenger?
How many infidels have been buried?
How many hypocrites and apostates have been buried?
Pharaoh passed on. Namrood passed on. Abraha passed on. Abu Jahal passed on.
Hulaakoo passed on. Jankis Khan passed on, and many others. A day will come
when even the leaders of today’s disbelievers and corruption will be buried
by their very own companions. All that is required is good Patience, seeking
the help from Allah, and truly Allah will make His deen triumphant, but many
people do not know.
Know my dear brothers and sisters, that this deen, is the word of Allah Most
High, and that the phrase ‘Laa ilaaha Illa-Allah’ (There is no deity worthy
of worship except Allah) is the word of Islam. So who is it that will be
able to extinguish the light of this phrase?
Today, we say to America and its Allies – You are not the first to have
fought Islam. Actually there are many who fought it before you. However,
what was the result? Allah destroyed everyone that stood against the path of
Islam, and Allah kept The deen of Islam lofty. And it shall remain that way
as per the promise of Allah and His Messenger (s.a.w).
More and more people are reverting to Islam, even its own adherents are
turning back to its clarity and purity. Furthermore, there have been
achievements from its people, its propagators, its writers, and
organisations. Masses of people have been gathering around it. There are
crowds of Muslims that lead the congregations of mosques and rituals. There
is good taking place here and there. All of this is stirring up the hearts
of the enemies. Consequently, those who had ill thoughts and doubt about
Allah have gained their trust in Him.
Let us look back at the past for a moment. Just how many wars, afflictions,
and catastrophes did Islam face, only to come out of them strong, honored,
and secure.
What the Muslims are being subjected to today in the East and West without
specifying, from killings and attacks from its enemies is due to wisdoms
Allah has decreed. So we should think of Him as having allowed them to
happen as signs from Him in order for the Ummah to return to its deen. And
that what will come after these trials and afflictions is clear victory for
the believers in shaa Allah. And that through these trials Allah will bring
life to the hearts of the believers, which have been overcome with the love
of the dunya (life) and reliance on their enemies. Allah will will resurrect
these hearts through Imaan, and Jihaad for His sake. After this, there will
come the victory and strength for the committed followers of Allah Most
High.
Allah Most High says:
“And Allah is predominant over His affairs, but most of the people do not
know.” [Yusuf: 21]
May Allah’s mercy be upon the poet who said:
And the deen is victorious and tested,
Don’t be surprised,
For this is the way of Al-Rahmaan (the Most Merciful)
So revere Allah brothers and sisters in Islam. Turn to Him in repentance and
make Istighfaar. Beware of having doubt and ill thoughts about Allah. We
should accuse ourselves before forming a bad opinion about Allah.
