Sadullah Khan – Developing a Qur’anic Personality To be and What not to be. #9

We continue our theme,

developing a Quranic personality,

how to be and what not to be.

The world seems so devoid of beauty.

It appears so full with anger, with hatred,

with intolerance, with injustice,

with oppression,

with indifference.

It seems the world needs the exquisite light

of beauty.

Beauty that may bring beautiful rays into the

negativity

and the darkness that is so pervasive

in all around us.

You see Allah says in the

Quran Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created the human

being

in the best possible way, in the finest

stature,

in the most appropriate of forms.

And not only that, the entire universe has

been created

in proportion,

with due measure,

beautiful

both qualitatively

and quantitatively.

And the traces of divine wisdom

and beautiful planning

is reflected

and underpins each and every one of Allah's

creation. And that's why

we find Allah is beautiful Himself

and He loves beauty.

Adam Iqbal

went to the masjid of Khurutba there in

in Spain, and bemoaned, look at the beautiful

structure the Muslims built. And of course we

lost it in Spain. But none the less,

look at the beauty of the muslims, and

the architecture, and the art, and the people

who were involved. And he said,

Basically he's trying to say, whatever of beauty

possessed

or developed by the righteous is proof of

the manifestation

of Divine beauty.

So whatever is connected to Allah, the source

of beauty, itself become

of of beauty.

And if we do not imbibe beauty

within ourselves,

we will not be able to appreciate beauty

around us. And that's why they

say,

If the one a person is devoid of

beauty himself, he will not able to see

beauty all around him. And the poet wrote,

He said, O complainer,

O fault finder,

what is your problem and what is your

ailment?

Imbuy beauty in yourself

and you'll see beauty everywhere around you.

Some people are unable to appreciate beauty because

they lack beauty within themselves.

Allah loves human beings to beautify

their tongues with the haqq, with truth. To

beautify their minds with sound aqr, with reasoning.

Allah

loves us to beautify our intentions with ikhlasunniya,

with sincerity of intention and devotion. Devotion. To

beautify our hearts with Mahaba, with love. To

beautify

our being with good character. To beautify our

bodies through cleanliness,

and to beautify our acts

by engaging in acts of goodness.

And to this end, Imam al Shafi'i Rahimahullah

prayed the famous prayer.

Oh, Allah,

enrich us through knowledge.

O Allah, enrich us through knowledge. Adorn us

with humility.

Oh Allah, honor us through piety

and beautify

us with the ability to forgive.

So, we as people of faith, in particularly

in this Ramadan, as we are on a

spiritual journey

of elevating ourselves

of moral rejuvenation and spiritual purification.

We must resolve to improve ourselves from within.

Let beauty emanate from our very souls.

And let that beauty be reflected in our

behavior, in our actions, in our interactions. Let

it be reflected in our lives.

So that when people see a Muslim,

they see a reflection

of the beauty of Islam.