The Muslims: September 2011

Allah Almighty has showered His unfathomable blessings and virtues on man in this world for his spiritual, physical mantel and intellectual growth and betterment. He would continue this practice to the end as He is the Benevolent and the compassionate.

Allah Almighty has blessed us with His thousands of blessings and bounties but it is not His practice to mention them to make us realize his blessings .He has crowned us raising to status of the best of His Creation and craft. He has also crafted us in such a magnificent way that we become a fancy for the angels and other spiritual creatures. He has tied us in beautiful relations like father, mother, son and daughter, husband and wife. In a nutshell he has given his thousands of blessings that are far valuable and magnificent even our imagination cannot grasp their strength and value.

But he has not mentioned his blessings to express His benevolence because he is charitable whether someone recognizes His majesty or not, He blessed everyone with his compassion and mercy. He also does not mention his acts of benevolence he extends to the people.

But there is one supreme blessing that He showered upon the mankind and he sent His Beloved to the people of all the ages and times. When he blessed the people with that virtue and compassion, he tells them with forceful emphasis.

He says in the Holy Quran,

لَقَدْ مَنَّ اللّهُ عَلَى الْمُؤمِنِينَ إِذْ بَعَثَ فِيهِمْ رَسُولاً مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ يَتْلُواْ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِهِ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبْلُ لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍO

(سورۃ آل عمران 3 : 164)

ترجمہ : ’’بے شک اللہ نے مسلمانوں پر بڑا احسان فرمایا کہ ان میں انہیں میں سے عظمت والا رسول بھیجا جو ان پر اس کی آیتیں پڑھتا ہے اور انھیں پاک کرتا ہے اور انھیں کتاب وحکمت کی تعلیم دیتا ہے اگرچہ وہ لوگ اس سے پہلے کھلی گمراہی میں تھے‘‘۔

Verily Allah Almighty has done a supreme act of benevolence when He raised His Beloved as a Prophet to them selecting him among them, the one who recites His Verses Upon them, makes them free of all sort of corruption, teaches them His Book and wisdom, though they had been wandering in pitch of darkness.”

Allah Says in the above mention verse,

It is my special act of benevolence, compassion and favour upon the people that I have raised my Beloved to them, so that He would mould your destiny; change the worse circumstances that have gripped the people badly, and raise them to the highest esteem and honour.

O people Beware! That there is not any other greater blessing in my possession than that I have blessed you with my Beloved for whom I have created the whole world , beautified it with flashing stars, trembling lakes, cool breeze.

It does not suit me to mention my blessings upon you but it is necessary doing so lest you should become indifferent to it as you had been to the other blessings and recognize its importance and worth.

Now it is obligatory upon the people to remain thankful to Allah Almighty constantly by expressing their joy and happiness on the supreme act of compassion and favour Allah Almighty has extended to them.

As Allah Almighty says in the Holy Quran,

قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُواْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَO

(یونس10 : 58)

ترجمہ : ’’آپ فرما دیں کہ اللہ کے فضل سے اس کی رحمت سے (جو اُن پر نازل ہوئی) اس پر ان کو خوش ہونا چاہئے یہ تو ان چیزوں سے جو وہ جمع کر رہے ہیں کہیں بڑھ کر ہے‘‘۔

(O my Beloved) tell them that they should be happy upon the compassion and benevolence of Allah Almighty which he extended to them and spend something from their wealth they possess and own.