Individuals committed to serving Islam, are like building bricks fused together to form a solid wall. Each individual, like a brick, must be strong and capable of withstanding the loads and stresses that it is called upon to bear.
The popular belief is that if a young person grows up used to doing something, he or she shall grow old doing the same thing and if he or she grows old doing that same thing, he or she will die doing it.
It is one of the numerous mercies of Allah that we, human beings, can and do forget; we forget unpleasant or painful situations or events just as we forget happy ones. The memory of the painful or sad events do not have the same degree of feeling of sadness as when the event occurred.
If your Deen is safe, and by the Grace of Alláh, it is, you have nothing and no one to fear, no matter how physically or materially powerful. Place your trust in Alláh as did our father (Ibrahim) and his son (Ismail).
Consciously or otherwise, we all seek knowledge, understanding and wisdom, throughout our lives. It is a natural human condition, to seek, to know, to understand, to be wise.
The Ummah today numbers about 1 billion followers. But, when you consider our influence on world affairs today, it is very small. At every level, Muslims are aware of this, and we are calling for Unity.
Knowing Allah’s names is one thing. Knowing our responsibilities is another. We need to transform ourselves, from what we are, to what Allah wants us to be. This is not a destination, but a method of travelling.
In the context of the breakdown of moral and ethical fabric of the contemporary Muslim society, it is important for us to recognize that the solution is intimately related to the functional link between Taqwa and our moral and practical values.
