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God want me to totally disown every aim, purpose,even the desire to see His islam triumph and His enemies defeated. He want me to be free even from this desire,be free from all ambitions. Requirement is,to be ready to give+sacrifice, to fulfil the duty, perform d obligations. There is no comfort and enjoyment of this life. No promise of victory, achieving aims,gaining of power. Promised is of Hereafter.

This is in the nature of faith and ideology: to withstand such trials while maintaining fear of God, so that repelling aggression by others does not turn into counter-aggression, and despair is not allowed to becloud one’s vision as one goes through the hardships. But this is far from easy: “That is indeed a matter requiring strong resolve.”

Ignorance remains same. Its all forms manifest uniquely regardless of where and when it exists. Draw parallels between ignorance of modern world and that of arabia
Man’s humanity is wearing thin as people continue to seek animal pleasures. Indeed, animals have a standard of life which is cleaner and purer. God reminds:“on the believers He sent them a messenger,to recite, to purify them, to teach them the book”

God fulfilled to you His promise when, by His leave, you were about to destroy them. But then you lost heart and disagreed with one another concerning [the Prophet’s command] and disobeyed after God had brought you within view of that for which you were longing. Some of you cared only for this world and some cared for the life to come.

Man may think himself dedicated and free of love of material luxuries. But When he is exposed to a practical test, he may discover that he still has certain traces of self-slavery remaining . So he has to become aware of these weaknesses, to try again to mould his character, which enables him to take up any pressures—the advocates of Islam may have to face— and to fulfil the duties Islam imposes on its followers

there are patterns which will eventually come to pass. Muslims are not a special type of men. The laws of nature which apply to human life will continue to operate. If they examine the laws of nature and understand what rules affect them, they will be able to learn the lessons of all events. They will realise that God’s law never fails. This nation of Islam was able to recognise all this and to understand it

If the Muslim community is to abandon its role of leadership, what purpose has its existence? Its leadership is to provide correct concepts, beliefs.learn the secrets of the universe, manipulate its potentials, using it for the benefit of mankind, not to threaten it with destruction, nor to devote it to satisfy carnal desires.

When a believer struggles to make such a society a reality and to establish this method as the way of life followed by that society, when he prefers to die rather than live under any system which does not implement a Divine constitution, he in effect gives his testimony that this religion is more important than life itself, the most valuable possession of the living. It is for this reason, he is said “a witness”

The Torah to Moses-contained the legislation to be implemented in the life of the community- is here endorsed by Jesus.

it is in the nature of any religion to include legislation to organise the life of the community, and not to be confined to providing moral standards, or restricted to the realms of feelings and conscience or worship and rituals.

Our Lord, we believe in what You have bestowed from on high, and we follow the messenger, so write us down among those who bear witness [to the truth].

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Whenever the faith of Islam begins to establish itself in any environment of ignorance, in a hostile land, which could be any land, and among hostile people, any people, it then faces a bad reception because it stands up to people's illegitimate ambitions and greed. Its followers are persecuted and chased away.

The true history of Islam is not everything that Muslims have done or achieved in their life, but it is everything they have done and accomplished in total agreement with Islam and its firmly- established values and principles. The deviations and mistakes should not be attributed to Islam or associated with it, but should be credited to the individuals or societies that were responsible for them.

What has happened to you, to your surprise, has come from your own souls, because the laws of nature set into operation by God have to apply to you. The laws of nature apply to all human beings, believers and unbelievers alike. Such laws are not suspended for a believer's sake. His faith is not complete unless he conducts his life according to God's laws.

God has committed Himself to grant victory to those who support His cause and fight to defend His faith. He, however, has made the granting of victory conditional upon certain things: that the whole concept of faith be deeply entrenched in their hearts, that the practical implications of faith manifest themselves in their organisation and behaviour and

The idolaters ascribe divinity to deities other than God. The very concept of polytheism is based on giving certain fundamental qualities to beings other than God. One of the most important of these qualities and attributes is the right to issue legislation which may affect any aspect of human life, and the right to establish values which people should implement in their community and observe in their behaviour.

Restraining anger is only the first stage; it is not sufficient on its own. A person may restrain his anger but harbour a grudge. His outward fury becomes a deeply-seated, inward rancour. Needless to say anger and fury are preferable to harbouring grudges and rancour. The Qur'anic verse emphasises that the God-fearing do not allow their anger to become a grudge. They forgive others and do not harbour any ill feelings

Islam can never be confined to a mere mental acceptance of the truth of divinity and revelation, devoid of its practical effect. Nor can Islam be limited to a set of worship practices, contemplations, or moral & spiritual education unless these are followed by their practical correlative represented by a way of life derived from God.

We note here that the term they use to describe themselves is “Muslim”, which is a reference to Islam in its broad sense, i.e. surrender to God, which is the essence of true faith.

In practice, Islam means to consider God’s book as the final arbiter and to accept its judgement. Anyone who does not do this in practice cannot be considered a Muslim, even though he may claim to be so or may claim to follow God’s religion. It is God who defines and explains His own religion. His definition and explanation does not take into account the desires or personal concepts of human beings.

“A believer’s heart appreciates the value of having guidance after being misguided, the value of clarity after impaired vision, the value of following a straight road after confusion, the value of reassurance after being at a loss, the value of liberation from subjugation to other people, through submission to God alone, the value of having high concerns after being preoccupied with pettiness”

“He it is Who has sent down to you the Book, containing verses which are clear and precise — and these are the essence of the Book — and others are allegorical. Those whose hearts have swerved from the truth pursue that part of it which is allegorical, seeking to create dissension and trying to give it an arbitrary meaning. None save God knows its final meaning...”