Sadullah Khan – Nights of Empowerment Parables and Wisdom from the Quran Night 4
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We continue our theme
nights of empowerment,
parables, and wisdom from the noble Quran.
The Quran makes a conditional statement at the
very beginning of the 4th Jews.
Allah begins
You cannot attain
unless
you avail for others what you yourself
love most for yourself.
And whatever you spend,
whatever you provide,
whatever you avail for others,
surely Allah is fully aware of everything
that you do.
Now, lent an alul beer, you can never
attain unto beer. This beer is a concept
that occurs numerous times, in fact, 14 times
in the holy Quran.
And in the Islamic primary text, the concept
of birb
is a very fundamental concept.
It implies a variety
of positive behaviors and positive attitudes.
For example, there are
Right? Truthfulness leads towards.
And human conduct.
Also, it can imply cordiality
and respect for others.
In numerous ayaats, in one of them for
example, Allah says, those who do not fight
you, those who do not oppose you, those
who are not hostile towards you, Allah says,
there's no there's no harm
in being just and fair and kind to
to them. And the word used there is
so implies
a cordiality
and respect for others.
It can also be the means of social
engagement.
For example, Allah says,
engage each other, engage other people,
engage in social activity
on the basis of
on the basis of what we can say
righteousness and God consciousness.
In the verse that we are particularly focusing
on,
the unique aspect of this verse that captures
our attention and that evokes
our our conscience
is the fact that it's a conditional statement.
You can never attain and to build.
In other words,
there's a precondition.
Until and unless.
You cannot attain this bill until and unless
you avail for others
that which you yourself love most.
So here,
symbolizes,
righteousness
coupled with what we can say the spirit
of of of empathy, of infar, of generous
generosity,
of spending, of availing, and benefiting other people.
And this verse we can say for Islam
in the Islamic terminology and in the Quran
is the foundation of what we call the
golden rule, the ethic of reciprocity
that is loving for others what you love
for yourself.
And therefore,
this golden rule,
which is linked to the notion of
is
emphasized the prophet
as a mercy unto the world in numerous
ways. Among them, for example, he said, as
an advice,
he said,
He said, If you love for others what
you love for yourself, then truly you are
a Muslim.
This can also be a means of salvation.
Whoever wishes to be saved from the fire
and to enter the guard the garden of
paradise,
that person should die having faith in Allah
and aware of his accountability
on the day of judgement.
And
that person should treat other people the way
he himself would like to be treated.
And of course,
Mu'adh ibn Jabal radiAllahu, one of the companions
asked the prophet, what is the best
what you love for yourself.
Dislike for them what you dislike for yourself,
and say something good. If you say something,
then if you can't say something good, rather
remain silent. This is the highest perfection of
your iman.
So we need to realize from all
this, that if we live with love as
our dominant emotion,
because we're all emotional beings. Any human being,
we're always in some
state. We only become conscious when we become
highlighted when we're angry,
when we express love,
hatred,
jealousy, then we come aware of our emotion,
but we are emotional beings. We're always in
some emotional state.
So if we live with
our with love as our dominant emotion,
which is very rarely the case, even among
loved ones.
If we live with love, like Deirasul, his
dominant emotion was mercy. Israel will call him
mercy.
If we live with love as our dominant
emotion, then we have a power to make
a difference in the lives of the people
whom we engage and whom we meet.
There's nothing more comforting. There's nothing more gratifying
for a conscientious person than knowing that through
your kind word,
through a helpful act, through a loving hug,
through a cheerful smile,
that you have made a difference. You've made
someone's burden a little lighter, someone's day a
little brighter,
someone's
situation a little more pleasant.
So kindness and love are indeed most noble
qualities,
not only good qualities,
integral to righteousness,
which is the doorway to paradise and also
linked to the notion of taqwa, which is
the reason why we're fasting.
So love
and kindness are indeed most noble qualities,
characteristics of Allah himself.
Allah is kind. Muslim.
Allah is kind and Allah prefers kindness in
every
matter. And of course, Allah encourages
love and compassion
for after all.
Allah himself is most compassionate and
most loving.
Let us ponder over the following three points.
1,
or
the expression of
righteousness, should be an integral
part of the life and the psyche and
the attitude of any believer.
Bir,
or the expression of righteousness should be an
integral part of any believer and should be
manifested in our attitude and our engagement with
other people.
2,
righteousness
cannot be truly attained without caring for the
well-being
of the rest of our human family.
And we should therefore love for others
what we love for ourselves as instructed by
the Quran and by the prophet.
And I leave you with a reminder of
the
All of creation,
dependence of Allah. All of the creation,
dependence of Allah, and Allah loves most among
his creation,
those who are best to his creation.