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The faithful servant places unwavering trust in his Creator, never succumbing to despair during tribulations, and remains hopeful for His all-encompassing Mercy. In times of calamity, the patient servant recognises that God has decreed it to be and He does whatever He Wills.
Despite its revelation in Arabia, the unwavering support, resilience, and equilibrium essential for bearing the weight and strain of Islām are found in Palestine. As such, Palestine stands as Islam's steadfast pedestal, its resilient pillar, and its load-bearing capital.
Ibn Taymiyyah supplicated: "If (Ghazan) has risen for show and reputation, seeking worldly gains, and for his word to be the highest while humiliating Islām and its people, then seize him, shake him, destroy him and cut off his progeny." While Ghazan stood by and said Amin.
Sensing a responsibility to confront Caliph, al-Nasir regarding the excessive construction of al-Zahra (in Andalusia Spain), al-Munthir delivered a compelling sermon in the Grand Mosque. On that Friday, he ascended the pulpit with Al-Nasir present among the congregation and commenced his extraordinary Khutbah...
Contrary to much of today's needless titleage, Allāh’s call using Īmān, or cognisance and dedication to the Caller as the identifier has the compound effect of intensely attaching those being called to the Caller.
Leavers of Islām should know full well that they leave behind nothing but a purer base, a surer assembly, and a firmer, better bonded core, ready to weather whatever dreary day or turn of fortune awaits ahead...
The chasm of ‘Atheism’ may have been avoided were Christians loyal to the true message of Christ; that he is God’s servant and messenger, not God in human form. Without doubt, Incarnationist Christians have a lot to answer for...
A knowledge and appreciation of this concept is one of the most powerful incitements towards good action and greatest deterrents from injustice and sin...
Worship can also be a choice, but in so far as our recognising our little worth or capability when it comes to changing the universal order, submission is inevitable.
Such knowledge is to bring our estimation of the Creator, closer to what it ought to be before submitting to His Might and Majesty. Who or what else could fathomably be ‘worthy’.