Through the eyes of Faith

I often feel as if I wasn’t important to Allah before I embraced Islam. As if every single matter in my life, or all those years were of no significance to Him. As if He hadn’t payed any attention to my actions, to the things I did, people I’d met, those whom I’d made happy or those whom I had hurt..I feel as if in those days my choices were completely free and banned from any responsibility. There were no consequences, no reward, no punishment. There is no doubt that it is a false feeling since Allah as the Creator has the knowledge of every creature. Still, I feel as if I was far more important to him now, than then. I do not feel as if I had a free choice anymore. By accepting His will I agreed to have His decree over mine and not to overstep the bounds which He made lawful for me. But my surroundings have changed to such an extent that there is no one person left in my life from those who used to be by my side in the past. All this is new to me. I can not choose for myself anymore..it’s as if Allah was choosing for me. I guess this is what He called a destiny – something that everyone has, but not everyone chooses the right way to get to it. There is no more accidental people in my life anymore like there used to be before. I feel as if He was watching and allowing an approach to those who will push me further on my path and prohibiting it to those who could corrupt me and made me go astray.
The only way to get to my heart is through a woman. This is something I have only understood recently. Since Allah knows me better than I know myself He is aware of my weaknesses. He placed love above all of them, making it the most desirable thing in my life. For there is nothing that I wouldn’t do for love… This is how my past love became the main foundation of my today’s life. Only through her He made me do things I wouldn’t do otherwise. If there are no more accidental people in my life, then what is your role in it? Why have I met you? You are Muslim. I am Muslim. You seem to be the closest to heaven that I’ve ever been..but you are out of my reach..physically so far..

The further you go, into the places where poor people live, the more of them attends every prayer, the fuller all the mosques are.

Every person finds himself in a certain level of knowledge. Hence a speech directed to a group of people will be perceived by many in a different way. What is clear and certain for some, would be doubtful or misunderstood by others. Something that is already known to the person will be skipped for the benefit of  something new of which he knew not before. It would be skipped [not forgotten] only in order to make space for the further knowledge which is being sought.
It is same in the matter of understanding and perceiving a speech by someone who’s knowledge is limited. For his perception can not go beyond the level of his knowledge. It means that the less he knows, the less he can perceive and vice verse. Hence the misunderstanding of those who have no knowledge of Islam or those who have little knowledge, about its teachings. Something that is being said straight and in a strong manner should be respected and not treated as a threat. For a direct speech is rather a willingness to reach one’s heart and not to redirect him from the right path. 

Knowledge can be a blessing, if it is right and if a knowledgeable person does share it with others. For the best of creation is that which benefits others. But knowledge can also be a curse if one chooses it to be so. The best lesson available is the case of the ‘chosen nation’ who had been favored by God, and who has become the wisest of all humankind over the centuries. The knowledge they have been given, although it was used by some to cultivate the world in the best of ways, the majority used it as a tool of gaining control over the less given people, what lead to the corruption of the societies.
Learning from this example, a Muslim should always use his knowledge in the best way. Never should it be a tool of gaining control over people’s minds for it is only for God to be the Controller. Neither should a Muslim, behind the cover of knowledge spread hatred or dislike other nations or races. A duty imposed on every Muslim is to spread the right knowledge among those who seek it, so what has been given to him would become his blessing, and not his curse.

It is also important to remember that along with persons death everything that he has ever owned disappears from his perception. Neither his family or his home or belongings can accompany him to the grave. A person who realizes that becomes a Munsaref [the one who does not follow unworthiness of this world]. A Munsaref knows that the only thing that does matter in this life are the good deeds and that it is only them that will last forever in this and the next life.

Wiedza wraca do tych, ktorzy sie nia dziela. Jesli podzielisz sie z kims swoja wiedza, dajac komus to o czym jeszcze nie wiedzial, Bog odda ci to co dales innym, pod postacia nowej wiedzy, ktorej do tej pory nie miales. Uczac innych, uczysz siebie…uczac innych, Bog uczy ciebie.

Lekarstwem na kazda chorobe jest prostota. Kiedy pojawia sie nowy wirus, naukowcy pracujac nad jego zlozonoscia, rozkladaja go na najmniejsze czynniki, poszukujac drogi do zrodla choroby, do samego jadra owego wirusa. To dotyczy nie tylko widocznych chorob cywilizacyjnych – zaniku moralnosci, upadku wartosci czy indywidualnosci zachodnich spoleczenstw. Ta metoda sprawdza sie w kazdej dziedzinie chorob, rowniez w chorobach serca. Czlowiek ktory kiedys mial wiare i to ona prowadzila go kazdego dnia przez zycie, dzis z daleka od Boga poszukuje innych sekt Islamu, innych metod modlitwy, miedzynarodowych spiskow przeciwko partii Shia czy tez kompanie zachodnich niedowiarkow przedklada nad towarzystwo swoich braci. Choc daleko zboczyl z raz wyznaczonej mu sciezki, nie zdaje sobie sprawy w jak wielkim jest bledzie i jak daleko znajduje sie jego sposob myslenia od prawdy.
I choc z zewnatrz jego sytuacja wyglada na bardzo skomplikowana, lekarstwo na jego chorobe jest dziecinnie proste. W mysl Arystotelesa, kory wychwalal prostote ponad wszystko, uwazny obserwant zauwaza, ze czlowiek ten dawno temu przestal sie modlic. Drugi z pieciu filarow Islamu w jego zyciu codziennym nie istnieje. Jesli jedna z czterech podtrzymujacych  stol nog peknie, piata czesc stolu – jego blat – runie na ziemie, i nie wroci na swoje miejsce, dopoki nie znajdzie sie stolarz, ktory ow stol naprawi. Stad lekarstwem na jego zagubienie w swiecie mysli jest powrot do tego, co w Islamie, tuz po wyznaniu – jest tylko Jeden Bog i Mohammed jest Jego Prorokiem – ma wartosc najwieksza. Modlitwy. 

To zawsze ten najmniejszy pies szczeka najglosniej…

Wiele osob szuka drogi do szczescia nie zdajac sobie sprawy z tego, ze to sama droga jest szczesciem. I kiedy uda im sie juz cos osiagnac w zyciu, cos o co wlaczyli od wielu lat czy pokolen ich zapal opada…tak jakby ich walka nigdy nie miala miejsca. Warto pamietac, ze ‘to serce jest najwazniejsze…wszystko inne przychodzi po sercu’.

Every generation was sent a Prophet carrying a law or a reminder. Whoever obeyed his Prophet obeyed God. Quran is the law and Mohammed (SAWS) is the Prophet of our times. Moreover, Quran is an order of this world. So whoever lives according to its divine law also follows the order of this world. Whoever does not follow it, knows not peace, understanding or the purpose of his own creation. Quran is the Light as well as the Caller at the end of the tunnel. It is the guidance on how to live this life in order to become succesful.

People were created within the need of worship within themselves. Therefore no civilization has ever existed that would not have had a place of worship. People worship that which they can benefit from, today it it money, fame or other people. A Muslim should know for certain that nothing can benefit him but God.

Obtaining knowledge does not only benefit yourself but also by it’s means you can benefit others. For the best of creation is that which is most beneficial to others.

For every deed there should be an intention. For only those deeds that are intended for the sake of God will be by Him accepted.