A Vectorial Being

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A Vectorial BeingBetween the Forerunners and theContemporary



“ Did you think that We had created you in play

(without any purpose), and that you would not be brought back to Us?” (Al-Muminun, Q23 vs115)

“And I (Allah) created not the jinns and humansexcept they should worship Me (Alone).” (Adh-

Dhariyat, Q51 vs 56)



Our main objective in life!

• Man was created pure, free from sins, averse totransgression, with a heart longing and occupied with submission to Allah.

• His responsibility is well defined, the way toaccomplished it is well expatiated, the instructionalmaterial to be used is the Qur‟an and his tutor,instructor and role model is Muhammad (SAW)

• His ultimate goal in life is to seek the pleasure of Allah, which can only be achieved by being alive tohis responsibility.




• This objective illuminate his path, outline hisendeavours, regulate his footsteps, actions andpositions. You find him walking on the ground while his heart is set on the Heavens.

• He goes forth one instance and hold back another; sometimes he hastens and sometime he

slows down. He speak on one occasion and holdshis tongue on another. During all this he isproceeding with caution and care to his ultimategoal.




• He quench his thirst through His obedience; heilluminate his intellect through submission toHim; and he hasten towards perfection of hisfaith and character through sacrifice and

patience in His path.

• He recognise the extent of the journey, theinadequacy of his preparation, and the weakness

in his resolution. He prayed to Allah forguidance, he shed tears for forgiveness and heconsistently engage in actions that will possibly bring him closer to Allah‟s Pleasure.




• In order to attain the ultimate goal (Allah‟s Pleasure. We must take cognizance of twothings:

• Sincere devotion to Allah alone

• Achieving the true following of His Messenger,

Muhammad (SAW).



Sincerity

• On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (RA), whosaid the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: Allah(SWT) Says:

“I am Self-Sufficient. I am in no need of having anassociate. Thus he who does an action forsomeone else‟s sake as well as Mine will have

that action renounced by Me in favour of him whom he associated with Me.” (Muslim, IbnMajah).



Sincerity

• Our actions and words, remembrance andthinking, sleep and waking, worship and daily living, love and hatred, giving and withholdingmust be dedicated to Allah (SWT) alone.

“Say (O Muhammad (SAW): verily, my

prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are all or Allah, the Lords of the

Worlds. He has no partner.” (Al- An’am,Q6 vs 162-163)



Following the Prophet (SAW)

• Sincerity of devotion to Allah (SWT) constituteone of the two conditions for actions to beaccepted by Allah (SWT). The second condition

is to follow the examples of the Prophet (SAW).

• Al-Fudhayl ibn Iyaad said: “the excellent deedsis that which is the most sincere and the most

correct .” he was asked: how is that, O AbulHasan? He said: “the deed which is sincere but not correct will not be accepted. Likewise, thedeed which is correct but not sincere will not be

accepted, until it is both sincere and correct .”



• Look at Bilal defying Umayyah ibn Khalaf, hismaster, saying „ Ahad, Ahad.‟ (He, Allah, is one)despite the burning sand under his abck and theheavy stone on his chest.

• And here is Khabbab adhering faithfully to thereligion of Allah despite being tortured by redhot iron being applied to every part of his body.

• And this is the family of Yasir being tortured,and Sumayyah killed, but yet their Iman did not weaken; they steadfastly believed in the promiseof the Prophet (SAW).



• Or is it the the Muhajirun who forsook their wives,cildren and possession, and crossed the desert from

Makkah to Madeenah with no provision apart fromtheir faith, emigrating to Allah and His Messenger(SAW).

• And look at Abu „Ubaydah slaying his father on theday of the Battle of Badr, and Abu Bakr almostkilling his own son; and Mus‟ab killing his own brother, „Ubayd ibn „Umair.

• And let us look at the Ansaar reaching out theirhands with a pledge of allegiance to the Prophet(SAW) on the night of al-‟ Aqabah knowing fully wellthe consequence of their actions.



• Observe the way they share their homes, money andpossessions with their migrating brothers, the

Muhajirun, Allah (SWT) commenting about theirsincerity and faith Says

“Love those who emigrate to them, and have

no jealousy in their breasts for that whichthey have been given, but give them(emigrants) preference over themselves eventhough they were in need of that.” (Al-Hashr,Q59 vs 9)

• Let us look at Abu Bakr donating all his money toequip the Muslim army, leaving for his childrenother than Allah and His Messenger (SAW).



• Let us stand behind the trench, when the Ahzaab(the Confederates) beseige Madeenah for a

month until “the eyes grew wild and heartsreached to the throats” (Q33 vs 10) andsuddenly the faithful, driven by the power of faith and sincerity, cried out: “this is that

which Allah and His Messenger hadpromised us.” (Q33 vs 22).

• Watch with admiration the thousands of

believers who march out towards Tabuk with theProphet (SAW) in the year of difficulty anddistress, leaving behind the comfort of theirhomes and the ripe fruits, crossing the barren

desert with no more than meagre ration of water



and dry dates, happy to accompany the belovedMessenger of Allah (SAW).

• Now let us return to Madeenah and weep along with those who did not find anything to spend

(on Jihad), nor could Prophet (SAW) providethem with any mounts:

“they turned back, while their eyes were

overflowing with tears for sorrow thatthey could not find anything to spend.” (At-Tawbah, Q9 vs 92).



• Let us walk in the streets of Madeenah, awash with spilled alcohol immediately after the

revelation of the command to forbid itsconsumption:

“O you who believe! Intoxicants, gambling,

al-ansab (stone alters whereuponsacrifices are slaughtered in the name of idols, jinn, angels, saints etc), and al-azlam (divination by arrows) are an

abomination of Satan’s handiwork. Soavoid (strictly all) that (abomination) inorder that you may be successful.” ( Al-Ma‟idah, Q5 vs 90).



• And here is a woman from the tribe of BanuDinar, who having been told of the deaths of her

husband, father and brother in the battle of Uhud, said: “how did the Messenger of Allah fare?” the answer was that he fared well. Whenshe saw him (alive) she said: “ Every

catastrophe, compared to your well being, iseasy to bear.”

• And here we see Al-Ghamidiyyah who

committed adultery and, although no one foundout about it and Allah protected her, she insistedon confessing pleading with the Prophet topurify her through stoning.



• She sacrificed herself to please her Lord andundergo a repentance so pure that it would

suffice to grant Allah‟s forgiveness to seventy of the people of Madeenah.

• And here is the noble companion Abu Dharr whoplaced his cheek on the ground and insisted onBilal to step on his other cheek, in repentance forhaving sinned against him by calling him: “O son

of a black woman!”

• These and many others are the examples of thegreatness of the first generation of Muslims.



• Allah (SWT) described them thus:

“Muhammad (SAW) is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him aresevere against disbelievers, and merciful

among themselves. you see them bowingand falling down prostrate (in prayer),seeking Bounty from Allah and (His)Good Pleasure. the mark of them (i.e. of

their faith) is on their faces (foreheads)from the traces of (their) prostration(during prayers)……” (Al-Fath, Q48 vs 29)

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