Asif Hirani – Ayah of the Night Ramadan Day 6

			Help each other, cooperate each other, assist each
		

			other in all the good things and in
		

			the things of piety, but do not help
		

			each other in the sinful things and in
		

			the things which will create animosity.
		

			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is giving us few
		

			principles in this beautiful, beautiful phrase. First, Allah
		

			subhanahu wa ta'ala says, you cannot do all
		

			the good things by yourself. You need help
		

			to achieve the greater good, and that help
		

			will come when you will going to assist
		

			others in the good things because at the
		

			end of the day, the purpose is the
		

			good things and not your name and not
		

			your fame. That's a very first lesson we
		

			should learn from this ayah. 2nd,
		

			we are learning in this ayah that we
		

			have to complement each other instead of compete
		

			each other in the good things. If there
		

			are other Muslim brothers and sisters who are
		

			doing some good thing, I should compliment them
		

			because at the end of the day, the
		

			good things are being achieved for the sake
		

			of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Even if I'm
		

			not doing it, someone else is doing it
		

			instead of competing and reinventing the wheel.
		

			3rd,
		

			you don't have to completely agree 100% before
		

			you can even help them to do good
		

			things. This eye is very clear. Whatever is
		

			good thing, help them. And whatever is sinful
		

			thing, do not help them. So you don't
		

			have to completely 100% agree like a perfectionist
		

			before you will help them. This is ex
		

			extremely important because perfection is the enemy of
		

			the good.
		

			4th, if we want to
		

			bring
		

			benefit to the ummah, we cannot do it
		

			alone. We cannot do any big thing alone
		

			or individually. We need help of the people,
		

			the help of brothers and sisters. This ayah
		

			is reminding us that by working together in
		

			a community, in a social environment, we can
		

			bring a positive change in the society. This
		

			particular ayah brings us out from the
		

			delusion of individualism which we are living right
		

			now. I ask Allah to give us all
		

			the ability to help each other in all
		

			the good things and to stay away and
		

			to avoid helping each other in the sin
		

			and the things which create hostility. I'm in
		

			Europe.