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February 20, 2007

of love, life and deity

some people's heedlessness prevents them from living the peace of faith as they should and cause them trouble in a number of ways. from others they expect love, respect, affection, friendship, self-sacrifice, patience, forgiveness and many other blessings. likewise, they believe that they will achieve them by their own acts, efforts and their own will. however, only Allah can make an individual be loved, respected and admired. no matter how hard he tries, a person can never affect the hearts of others. Allah places love in a person's heart as a blessing resulting from his observance of the morality of the Qur'an. likewise, no one can create love for another in his own heart. it is Allah Who gives him this emotion. whatever people acquire materially or spiritually is created by Allah.

setting the approval of others above Allah's approval causes considerable trouble. living according to others' rules and ideas rather than those of the Qur'an also has the same effect, for no one can please a large number of people at the same time. when a particular behavior pleases one person, it angers somebody else. this is a vicious circle, and such an individual is doomed to live an uneasy life.

for a person who seeks only Allah's approval, everything is easy. the Qur'an informs him of all the deeds to which he should conform, and which he should avoid, during his life. what others think and how they behave towards him is of no importance. as long as he conforms to Allah's will, a sincere Muslim lives in the hope of finding salvation both in this world and the next. consequently, he lives out a far more tranquil, simple and beautiful life than those who feel compelled to judge themselves against those around them and seek the approval of others.

Allah describes the situation of people who seek the approval of others in this verse: "Most of them do not believe in Allah without associating others with Him" [QS Yusuf 106]. for this reason, without excepting himself, everyone should think carefully on the subject of idolatry and regulate his beliefs and his life according to this truth. everybody should take a warning from this important truth which Allah reveals to us in the verse:

That is part of the wisdom your Lord has revealed to you. Do not set up another deity together with Allah and so be thrown into Hell, blamed and driven out. [QS al-Isra' 39]

posted by pastimati at 1:14 PM