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Success is For the Believers
March 10, 2008 on 1:05 pm | In Ibadah, Islam, Salaah, Tazkiyyah| By Abd al-Ahad
Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says in the first few verses of Surah Mu'minoon:
الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ
Translation: Successful are the Believers! Those who establish their salaah with khushoo. [Surah Mu'minoon, verses 1-2]
Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) carries on to mention many other characteristics of the believer in this surah--however, the thing to focus on, the thing to ponder about, is that the FIRST characteristic that Allah chooses to describe a believer by--a person who establishes the salaah.
Establish the salaah? What does this mean? It means to make it the foundation of your life, to make your life revolve around the salaah, to pray on time and with full sincerity and submissiveness to Allah.
In our day-to-day dealings, we come across three categories of people who pray:
- People who just refuse to pray or just pray when they are told to.
- Individuals who pray, but it's as if they are in a hundred-meter dash to the finish line; and I think you what I'm talking about.
- Those who take their time and establish that relationship with Allah within their salaah.
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And it is these people, the people who build that relationship with Allah within their salaah, that Allah refers to as Believers; "Those who establish their salaah with full submissiveness."
Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says in another verse of the Qur'an:
Translation: I have not created man nor Jinn except that they worship me. [Surah Adh-Dhariyat, verse 56]
Our purpose of creation is very simple: to worship Allah (سبحانه وتعالى). To submit ourselves to the law of Allah and to follow the ways of our beloved Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم). In this, and only this, will hearts find full tranquility.
Insha'Allah take the time now to establish the salaah--because you never know when your time will come.
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Excellent reminder. May Allaah help us establish the Salaah firmly in our lives.
One little thing I wanted to share that one of my teachers taught me was that the Salaah is like a shield around your Eman…i.e. Shaytaan would never come and ask you to commit shirk or kufr without first attacking your level 1 shield - as-Salaah.
So my teacher (May Allaah protect him) said, establish the Sunnah so that it will be a shield for the Fardh and then establish the Nawaafil for it to shield your Sunnah.
So just like those RPG games, you build upon your shield levels/strength. And remember the words of Allaah “Innahu Lakum Aduwwum Mubeen”…”Surely, he is…for you all…a Manifest, Clear Enemy”
Comment by Dr. Socks — March 11, 2008 #
Jazakum Allahu khayran. I wanted to share something I put together containing these amazing ayaat from suratul Mu’minoon, here: http://fajr.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/certainly-they-will-succeed/
Comment by AmatulWadood — September 15, 2008 #
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