Asalam o alaikum wr wb brothers & sisters
Its been long since i read some wake up call in this group. Something which could act as a strict reminder for all of us. So here i am trying to share something which really left me with mixed feelings of awe and fear. By Allah when i read about it, i felt it is for me. So i will share it with u people as a reminder too.
We all offer prayers daily and recite surah fatiha daily. I read something great about Surah Fatiha. Surah Fatiha is the first chapter of Quran and it defines the importance of knowledge and describes three types of people who have knowledge.
The first type is صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ
"the path of those upon whom You have bestowed Your favor." This category is represented in those who combine useful knowledge along with righteous deeds. These are the ones whom Allah has guided to the straight path because they after acquiring knowledge, also acted on it and Allah keeps them steadfast.
The second type is غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ"those who have evoked Your anger." This category is represented in those who learn useful knowledge but do not act accordingly. These are the ones who evoked Allah anger, like the jews.
The third type is الضَّالِّينَ
"those who are astray." This category is represented in those who act without having knowledge i-e useful and correct knowledge.
Now brothers & sisters, some ignorant people mistakenly believe that these two qualites i-e those who invoke Allah's anger and those who went astray, are restricted to Jews and the Christians only, forgetting that Allah commands us to recite these verses and seek refuge from such a condition, daily atleast 17 times (counting only fard rakahs). Now what shook me was the attribute of Jews. I just felt that this applies to me. We gain a lot of knowledge, share a lot of knowledge, talk a lot about Islam. But the question is. Is our life according to Islam? Are we not acting like the jews who had the knowledge but yet they turned away from Allah's obedience and didn't act? Are we practicing what we preach? Or are we also like the jews:
"Then do you believe in a part of the Scripture and reject the rest? Then what is the recompense of those who do so among you, except disgrace in the life of this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they shall be consigned to the most grievous torment." (2:85)
Its been long since i read some wake up call in this group. Something which could act as a strict reminder for all of us. So here i am trying to share something which really left me with mixed feelings of awe and fear. By Allah when i read about it, i felt it is for me. So i will share it with u people as a reminder too.
We all offer prayers daily and recite surah fatiha daily. I read something great about Surah Fatiha. Surah Fatiha is the first chapter of Quran and it defines the importance of knowledge and describes three types of people who have knowledge.
The first type is صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ
"the path of those upon whom You have bestowed Your favor." This category is represented in those who combine useful knowledge along with righteous deeds. These are the ones whom Allah has guided to the straight path because they after acquiring knowledge, also acted on it and Allah keeps them steadfast.
The second type is غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ"those who have evoked Your anger." This category is represented in those who learn useful knowledge but do not act accordingly. These are the ones who evoked Allah anger, like the jews.
The third type is الضَّالِّينَ
"those who are astray." This category is represented in those who act without having knowledge i-e useful and correct knowledge.
Now brothers & sisters, some ignorant people mistakenly believe that these two qualites i-e those who invoke Allah's anger and those who went astray, are restricted to Jews and the Christians only, forgetting that Allah commands us to recite these verses and seek refuge from such a condition, daily atleast 17 times (counting only fard rakahs). Now what shook me was the attribute of Jews. I just felt that this applies to me. We gain a lot of knowledge, share a lot of knowledge, talk a lot about Islam. But the question is. Is our life according to Islam? Are we not acting like the jews who had the knowledge but yet they turned away from Allah's obedience and didn't act? Are we practicing what we preach? Or are we also like the jews:
"Then do you believe in a part of the Scripture and reject the rest? Then what is the recompense of those who do so among you, except disgrace in the life of this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they shall be consigned to the most grievous torment." (2:85)
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