أَتُحَاجُّونِّي فِي اللَّهِ وَقَدْ هَدَانِ ۚ وَلَا أَخَافُ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ رَبِّي شَيْئًا ۗ وَسِعَ رَبِّي كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا ۗ أَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٨٠﴾ وَكَيْفَ أَخَافُ مَا أَشْرَكْتُمْ وَلَا تَخَافُونَ أَنَّكُمْ أَشْرَكْتُم بِاللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ سُلْطَانًا ۚ فَأَيُّ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالْأَمْنِ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ “Do you dispute with me concerning Allah while He has guided me, and I fear not those whom you associate with Allah in worship? Nothing can happen to me except when my Lord Wills something. My Lord comprehends in His Knowledge all things. Will you not then remember? And how should I fear those whom you associate in worship with Allah while you fear not that you have joined in worship with Allah things for which He has not sent down to you any authority. So, which of the two groups is more deserving of security? If you only knew.” -Al Qur’an 6:80,81 Which of the two groups is more deserving of security and assuming the best of his guardian - he whose guardian is the Controller of the Heavens and Earth, having in His Hand the entire Universe? Or he whose guardians dispute and are divided partners who cannot harm or benefit themselves or others? The answer comes loud and clear: الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُم بِظُلْمٍ أُولَـٰئِكَ لَهُمُ الْأَمْنُ وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ “It is those who believe and do not mix their belief with wrongdoing (polytheism). For them, there is security, and they are the guided.” -Al Qur’an 6:82 So, security and tranquility, which are from the results of expecting the best of Allah, are all from the fruits of Tawhid. And I then imagine his people while they are carrying him in their arms and throwing him into the middle of the fire, and he does nothing with his firm heart and confidence in his Guardian except to say “Allah is sufficient for me, and He is the best disposer of my affairs.” I then think of his blessed wife, who he left with their child in a valley without vegetation without even turning to look back while she was calling him: "O Ibrahim! O Ibrahim! Who did you leave us with in this place?" She then realizes after her amazement at his continuing to walk away without turning back to look at her, and she says: "Did Allah command you to do this?" He replied: "Yes." So, she replied, with the best expectation of her Guardian: "Therefore, He will not abandon us." So, may Allah bless such a husband and wife! From the Book “Expecting the best from Allah” by Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:48:03 +0000
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