Help from Allah

Aaoodhoo billahe minashaitan rajeem 

Aal-e-Imran 3:160

إِن يَنصُرْكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمْۖ وَإِن يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَنصُرُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِۧۗ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ 

If Allah should aid you, no one can overcome you; but if He should forsake you, who is there that can aid you after Him? And upon Allah let the believers rely.

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This reminds to seek help only from Allah. And to fear Allah forsaking us. Oh Allah help us trust You alone. Ameen.

Trust of being guided, getting direction

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

Assalamoalaekum السلام عليكم

I am sharing an ayah here which inspired me today. If it is of any benefit then all praise to Allah. All the shortcomings are due to me. Oh Allah help us remember and benefit from Your ayahs. Ameen.

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Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 62:
قَالَ كَلَّا إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ

He said: By no means; surely my Lord is with me: He will show me a way out.

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My Lord is with me. He will show me a way out. That was the statement of Musa عليه السلام at the time of great calamity. I can't imagine myself at the bank of a sea and Army of the cruelest king just behind me almost there to catch me and my companions telling me we are overtaken. But I can imagine myself in a situation where I made a important decision and my companions agreed to be with me but when calamity  strikes that my companions start to loose hope. It happens all the time. Start a new task, gather people on a common objective and then one starts to loose hope. Doesn't it impact everybody? Of course it does.


This ayah teaches me the kind of Faith I should have when my companions start talking hopeless stuff and when opposite group is about to overtake me and all who are with me. It teaches me a lesson of leadership. Alhamdolillah.

I have no strength and power except with Allah. لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله But the companions play a very important role. And if the faith of companions start to shake then leader needs to be super strong.

First of all it is hard to visualize the situation Musa عليه السلام was in. He knew he will be followed up by Firon because he made him angry because people started to believe in Lord of the worlds. Now he is next to sea and Army of Firon was behind him and his companions are saying, we will be overtaken.

It must be really hard to keep the morale high in such a difficult situation. But he had a strong faith. That's why he said "my Lord is with me and He will guide me".

SubhanAllah. Whoever Allah wants to save, He will save. And Allah saved Musa عليه السلام and those who were with him. And this is the first story being shared in Soorah الشعراء
Further in this Soorah, stories of many others will be shared where Allah saved the believers.

While doing anything if I have a strong belief that He will guide me, then He will guide, provided what I am doing, I am doing it for Allah's sake.

As a leader, Musa عليه السلام showed confidence and transferred his confidence to his companions instead of panicking. And that's what I need to do when things seem to go wrong. Also sometimes, it feels like things are not going right but then Allah helps all of a sudden just like Allah helped Musa عليه السلام. SubhanAllah. 

Oh Allah guide us all and keep us firm on Your path and help us help our companions as well. Ameen.

Trust

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

Assalamoalaekum السلام عليكم

I am sharing an ayah below which inspired me today. If it is of any benefit then all praise to Allah. All the shortcoming are due to me. Oh Allah help us to put our trust in You alone. Ameen. I pray that all of us benefit from these wisdom of Allah's ayat. Ameen.

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وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا
And rely on the Ever-living Who dies not, and celebrate His praise; and Sufficient is He as being aware of the faults of His servants,
(Surah Al-Furqan,25:58)

وَتَوَكَّلْ And put your trust  -  عَلَى in  -  ٱلْحَىِّ the Ever-Living,  -  ٱلَّذِى the One Who  -  لَا does not die,  -  يَمُوتُ does not die,  -  وَسَبِّحْ and glorify  -  بِحَمْدِهِۦ with His Praise.  -  وَكَفَىٰ And sufficient is  -  بِهِۦ He  -  بِذُنُوبِ regarding the sins  -  عِبَادِهِۦ (of) His slaves,  -  خَبِيرًا All-Aware,  - 
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I was stuck on this ayah for quite a while pondering why did Allah use the phrase "لا يموت  doesn't die" in addition to "الحي The Ever Living".

I checked many tafasir and couldn't find an explanation for this but Allah tafasir said that we should trust Allah in all of our affairs concerning ourselves and concerning the creation of Allah.

I reached to the conclusion that the reason Allah used two terms to emphasize that only He is alive since nobody is alive and He is not going to die. So basically both terms are complementing each other.

SubhanAllah.

I learned three lessons from this ayah.

First is that nobody is the perfect candidate to put our trust in except Allah because He is not going to die and because He is ever living, meaning He was alive when nobody was alive and He will be alive when nobody will be alive. SubhanAllah. If I have a case in court and my lawyer dies right in the middle of the case, I would need to hire a new lawyer. Also while choosing a new lawyer, I would usually go for a lawyer who has more experience and more experience comes with more life. But with older life, there are more health problems. So basically I am looking for a lawyer who has more experience and doesn't have the risk of dying. SubhanAllah Allah mentioned both in the ayah. Allah o Akbar. Allah is Great.

Second lesson is سبح بحمده glorify with His praises. It took me long to understand this as well. For a longer period of time I associated tasbeeh with glorification but then I always used to wonder why Allah said بحمده with His praise. I found out that when we do tasbeeh we need to believe that Allah is free from any imperfection. So previously I used to say SubhanAllah when I used to see a beautiful creation of Allah, like a moon, star, rivers, waterfalls, sky, ocean, a new born. Now I found out that the command to Glorify is not just for things that are beautiful but also for things and events that are not beautiful. SubhanAllah. A bad scene or event or even a personality should remind me more to Glorify Allah reminding me that Allah is free from any imperfection and whatever Allah showed me is by His order and His orders are the best. So when I glorify Allah on seeing bad scenes, then it makes perfect sense that I glorify Him with His praises that is سبح بحمده but why is this order is with putting my trust in Allah. Because my trust can be shattered if I don't have solid belief that Allah is free from any imperfection.

Third lesson is to remind myself that Allah is خبيرا AL Aware of the sins of His slaves. This reminder is very much necessary in order to keep the complete trust in Allah. I am a caretaker of my kids alhamdolillah . Suppose one of my kids wrongs one of my other kid. And both of them come to me to judge. I can't judge correctly if I am not aware of the situation. And how can i be fully aware of exact situation if situation didn't happen in front of me. I will need to rely on them to tell me the right thing. Only All is All Aware without relying on any one for His awareness. Then I am definitely not the right candidate for them to put complete trust. So this ayah also reminded me to remind my kids to put their complete trust in Allah. Sometimes it happens that somebody wrongs me and I am about to loose my patience upto the extent that I want to make people aware of his/her wrongdoing. And this happens when I start to forget that Allah is All Aware of sins of All His slaves or I start to get weak in the faith that Allah has decided to hide his sins and Allah is free from every imperfection. And this results in weakening of our trust in Allah. I am also more than convinced that the perfect candidate for me to put my trust in should not only be aware of my situation but should be aware of the sins of all other as well. And that can be no other than Allah سبحان و تعالى

Oh Allah help us strengthen our trust in You alone. Ameen.

 

Believers in truth

اعوذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم

Surah 8. Al-Anfal, Verse 2:

إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَإِذَا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُهُ زَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَانًا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

Translation:

The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a fear in their hearts and when His Verses (this Quran) are recited unto them, they (i.e. the Verses) increase their Faith; and they put their trust in their Lord (Alone);

Surah 8. Al-Anfal, Verse 3:

الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

Translation:

Who perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat) and spend out of that We have provided them.

Surah 8. Al-Anfal, Verse 4:

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا لَّهُمْ دَرَجَاتٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ

Translation:

It is they who are the believers in truth. For them are grades of dignity with their Lord, and Forgiveness and a generous provision (Paradise).

Inheritors of Firdaus (Paradise)

اعوذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 2:

الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ

Translation:

Those who offer their Salat (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness.

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 3:

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ

Translation:

And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, and all that Allah has forbidden).

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 4:

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكَاةِ فَاعِلُونَ

Translation:

And those who pay the Zakat.

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 5:

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ

Translation:

And those who guard their chastity.

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 6:

إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Translation:

Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, for then, they are free from blame;

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 8:

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ

Translation:

Those who are faithfully true to their Amanat (all the duties which Allah has ordained, honesty, moral responsibility and trusts etc.) and to their covenants;

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 9:

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

Translation:

And those who strictly guard their (five compulsory congregational) Salawat (prayers) (at their fixed stated hours).

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 10:

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْوَارِثُونَ

Translation:

These are indeed the inheritors.

Surah 23. Al-Mumenoon, Verse 11:

الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

Translation:

Who shall inherit the Firdaus (Paradise). They shall abide there forever.

Feel overpowered by satan?

اعوذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم

Surah 16. An-Nahl, Verse 99:

إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

Translation:

Verily! He has no power over those who believe and put their trust only in their Lord (Allah).

Surah 16. An-Nahl, Verse 100:

إِنَّمَا سُلْطَانُهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِهِ مُشْرِكُونَ

Translation:

His power is only over those who obey and follow him (Satan), and those who join partners with Him (Allah) [i.e. those who are Mushrikun - polytheists - see Verse 6:121].

Signs of True Believers and their rewards

اعوذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم

Surah 8. Al-Anfal, Verse 2:

إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَإِذَا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُهُ زَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَانًا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

Translation:

The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a fear in their hearts and when His Verses (this Quran) are recited unto them, they (i.e. the Verses) increase their Faith; and they put their trust in their Lord (Alone);

Surah 8. Al-Anfal, Verse 3:

الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

Translation:

Who perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat) and spend out of that We have provided them.

Surah 8. Al-Anfal, Verse 4:

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا لَّهُمْ دَرَجَاتٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ

Translation:

It is they who are the believers in truth. For them are grades of dignity with their Lord, and Forgiveness and a generous provision (Paradise).