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Why To Believe
What does it mean “for Allah”, that is “fiiSabiilAllah”?
It is a way of life with the experience of what is in your essence and with the fulfillment of its effect!..
That is to live with the character traits of Allah, evaluate all the beings, the entire creation with the viewing of Allah, regardless of whether they are close to or far away from you.
It means striving with your entire being to help others attain Allah, so that the ridha (total acceptance) of Allah may unfold through them!
What is known as “coming together for Allah” is a “togetherness” sharing that goal!
A person’s unawareness of “Allah” at his core and of the experience of its effect, is what is known as “being afflicted with the wrath (ghazab)”!…
Ignoring our current state of “affliction” by misinterpreting the wrath (ghazab) as a fire or a suffering to come in future, is a plain state of “affliction with Allah’s wrath”!
”A person who has undergone the wrath of Allah”, is the one who could not recognize Allah in his very core and who still fails to experience its effect!.
Failure in perceiving this fact is also a sign of affliction with the wrath!..”
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We have given considerable emphasis to this matter in our previous chapter.
Since it is the most important subject in a human’s life, I would like to carry on with explaining the same matter this time also as far as it is unfolded through ourselves.
Iman (faith) is either manifested in a person and he lives upon the perspective resulting from his faith as much as his share (nasib) allows him, hence he is known as a “said” (blessed person) as his final destination in his eternal life will be in heaven!..
Or else, he lacks iman at his fitra (innate disposition, primordial nature) and lives upon the perspective resulting from its lack, behaves and acts under the guidance of that perspective, hence he is known as “shaqi“ (wretched) as his final destination in his eternal life will be the dimension of “hell” and his life will continue in “afire”!
The faith “iman” in the person’s fitrat will sooner or later make him realize that Allah is the creator of all affairs and actions and Allah is the executor in (having use and disposal
―tasarruf― of) every single particle of the entire creation according to Hu’s own will, and as a result, faith brings that person’s burning on account of that particular event to an end! Let us now recall the sign: “Hearts will find ease with the remembrance of Allah”…Presence and absence of iman (faith) in a person, is the result of an unfoldment of a specific neural circuitry of perception in his brain. I can even personally admit that there is a gene of “iman”, in my opinion!… A brain’s conclusions through interpreting circumstances under the light (nuur) of iman, is different from the conclusions of a brain that interprets circumstances without the light of iman!.
We can never know from outside if people are carrying that gene or not!. However, their conduct of behavior may be a partial indicator for that given moment…
After all, even if we may say “this is because of the light (nuur) of iman” or “this is the outcome of his faithlessness” by merely looking at someone’s actions, we can never make definite judgements such as a “believer” or an “unbeliever”, because we cannot know in a later phase the state of consciousness he will be having during his transition into spiritual dimension.
In general, understanding life from a perspective based on faithlessness however, does not make a promise a happy future as a rule!.
No one’s state can be truly estimated before his lifetime ends, even if he has lived upon a perspective based on iman.
As far as I could recall it, one of the warnings of RasulAllah aleyhessalaam is briefly as follows:
“A person who is known to have been murdered while fighting on the path of Allah, is said to have died while fighting to show his power and skills so that he could find favor and esteem in people’s eyes and therefore he is not a shehid (martyr) but he is destined to hell…
A person who gives away large sums of zakat and alms is also said to have given away his goods to find glory in people’s eyes and to bribe their hearts as he could not treat them the other way; and his deeds are not welcomed; and therefore, he is thrown into hell by angels…
An alim (master) is said to have communicated his knowledge to provide sustanence for himself by expecting people’s favor, service and recognition as a wise person, and therefore his deeds are not rewarded and his place is hell…”
Considering this point of view, we realize that…
A believer will get the reward of his achievements provided that he has carried through all his deeds “for Allah” (fii SabilAllah), that is, for the purpose of sharing all that he had in hand, with others in his surroundings without expecting any gain in return!
All other purposes apart from this are results of a faithless point of view, that is known as “associating partners” (shirk)!.
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Let us examine our intentions and our points of view toward life and our surroundings, if “wrath” has not enveloped us, and if our conscience can see our intentions with insight, even through a needle’s hole!..
Let us account for ourselves right now without waiting for tomorrow!..
Let us look at a mirror!.
Let us consider the following warning fairly: “You are responsible for what is in your mind”… (Bakara:284)
To be honest and open for Allah?
Or to cover the faults for the sake of your material or spiritual interests and for keeping your comfort safe by stating the excuse that you are only trying not to offend the people?
Never forget the fact that tomorrow we will lose all that is in our hands at present, no matter what!
Is it worth turning our eternal lives into hell for worthless temporary advantages?
What is more, if we are not speaking out the facts that we know, for keeping the privilege of our present advantages and if we are closing our eyes to people’s following the wrong paths!..
Are we really so strong to suffer for their sins?..
Besides, if we do not share our knowledge with those whom we claim to be dear to us and close our eyes to the development of their gangrened condition, for the favor of our worldly comfort and self-interests, how are we going to face the account of such an oppression?
Iman will finally bring the experience of a life “fiiSabilAllah“, as an outcome.. It makes one challenge to lose all his worldly riches!… It makes one do his best to prevent his truly-loved-companions from the fiery of tomorrow!..
Iman urges one to strive with his wealth, life and wisdom to fulfill what is necessary to prevent his beloved fellowmen from falling into a house on fire.
If a person lacks the light (nuur) of iman, he only considers spending every day in more comfort! He is not concerned about afterlife conditions or of what people are going to encounter there!
His goal is to get more and to live better in comfort… He can even victimize those who are close to him for this purpose. He gives an additional kick to his closest ones while they are still struggling in the swamp of the world, he closes his eyes to the fact that they keep engaging their brains only with the worldly matters without doing anything for their life beyond death!..
We do not take it into account that every person comes across with the mischief of Dajjal (Anti-Christ) during his lifetime! We keep waiting for the right-eye-blind-Dajjal to come by the time of Doomsday!..
We do not even realize that Dajjal’s world is a person’s world that keeps him back from “Allah” and “caliphate”; and that it is to chose the Dajjal’s paradise to employ your brain for the pleasures of this world. We even do not notice that getting prepared for the life beyond death, living “fiiSabiilAllah” and attaining the mystery of “caliphate” is one’s daring to jump into the Dajjal’s hell fire!
Because, by showing interest in these subjects for a few hours a week, taking them as a hobby or handling them as a means to ease our conscience, we will only be deceiving ourselves in an excellent way!
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Iman forms one’s point of view about life and enables him to perceive all affairs and circumstances with reference to that viewpoint… It generates actions connected with that way of consideration. And you experience the simultaneous effects of your actions depending of what you achieve!..
So is also the lack of faith! You have considerations connected with that point of view, and have actions connected with those considerations and you finally live the effects of them!..
Let us remember again the following warning of the RasulAllah aleyhessalaam…
“Allah has created a people for paradise…
Allah has created a people for the hell fire…
The ink of the pen that wrote became dry… Every person will find it easy to achieve what has been made easy for him!”
Therefore, my friends, let us realize those facts:
All objects of iman except the iman in “Allah” informed by RasulAllah, are objects of iman requiring to perform actions, based on one’s acceptance of life beyond death…While applying those actions, people say “aslaamnaa”, meaning “we perform muslim actions”… But, they are not believers yet, with reference to the sign in the Koran!
Those who have faith in Allah through the mystery of “B” and who can carry out the required actions “fiiSabilAllah” as a natural consequence and who views life with that point of view, are the men of faith (mumin) who say “we believe”. They have some classes among themselves with reference to their level of insight (basirat)… The lowest class is known as “mutmainna” (tranquility)!.
Everybody walks towards their purpose of creation and their perfection (kamal) with firm steps… However, there are some among us who are set to assuming perfection -full growth (kamal)- as to grow roses by planting thistles, and also some who plant rose seed and expect roses!..
Additionally there are the dull-witted (ones with a limited understanding) who are even failing to take into consideration the warnings that have been made to them, while they keep on scattering the thistle seeds thinking that they are planting rose seeds!
In the system and order of Allah, there is no place for excuses. Every person will automatically encounter the consequences of his actions resulting from his viewpoint and his understanding!
If those of tomorrow are making us brood today, they will be putting us in fire tomorrow!
Those who give no heed to the intercession (shafaat) today no matter what their excuses are, do not have the right to expect any reward from it!
19.07.1998
New Jersey
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