Allah promise about power, rulers, representation, khalifa

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Assalamoalaekum السلام عليكم

I am sharing an ayah here and my reflection on it. If it is of any benefit then all praise to Allah. All the shortcomings are due to me. Oh Allah please guide us to the straight path. Path of those who You favored. Not of those on Your anger is and not of those who went astray. Ameen.

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Surah An-Noor, Verse 55:
وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّن بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا يَعْبُدُونَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئًا وَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good that He will most certainly make them rulers in the earth as He made rulers those before them, and that He will most certainly establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them, and that He will most certainly, after their fear, give them security in exchange; they shall serve Me, not associating aught with Me; and whoever is ungrateful after this, these it is who are the. transgressors.


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First of all I am grateful that Allah gave me the chance to recite and reflect following ayah today. I feel it came right in time. Too much chaos is going on everywhere. Reading the news especially cnn gives me headache these days. Too much insecurity and fear. More and more i think about, i reach to the conclusion is that mainly power struggle is going on everywhere. Everybody fighting for power. Rulers are corrupt. Some blame the rulers and come out to protest against the rulers. Nobody (including me on the top of the list) takes the responsibility on themselves. If my  ruler is corrupt, it is by will of Allah and I need to understand my responsibility.

Ayah 55 is telling responsibilities of those who are not rulers or not happy with rulers. Allah promises those who believe and did good deeds. What is that promise? Allah promised that He will certainly make them rulers and would certainly establish their religion and certainly would give them security after fear. SubhanAllah. Allah promised everything, a man needs in these days. Security after fear. That is what everybody needs whether a Muslim or non muslim.

So what is my responsibility? Seems so easy. Just believe and do good deeds. But it's not that easy. And there are two more condition in ayah 55. Which are to be His slave alone and associate no partner with Him.

So there are basically 4 conditions to get the rulers of our choice.

1. Believe
2. Do good deeds
3. Be His slave
4. Associate no partner with Him.

Seems like I am doing all 4 of these. How can i be so sure?Allah Knows the best. But if I am really sure that I am doing all 4 of these then I should be sure that Allah will make those rulers who believe and do good deeds and His religion will be established inshaAllah because Allah is true to fulfill His promise.

Problem lies in me. May be I don't believe correctly. May be deeds I am doing thinking they are good are not good in Allah's sight. May be I am claiming I am His slave but not doing slavery to Him alone. May be I am associating partner with Him not even realizing.

Oh Allah help us believe, do good deeds. Oh Allah help us become Your slave and help us not to associate partner with You. Ameen.

Jazakumullaho khair for reading