Archive for May 9th, 2009
An Invitation to Goodness
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah Most-Compassionate, Most-Merciful
“By doing good, by being obedient to Allah we are not doing anyone a favour and nor are we doing Allah a favour. But rather, goodness when it comes to us, when it finds us, is our opportunity to gain the reward of Allah, gain closeness to Allah, gain the blessing and good favour of Allah. Our doing good is in reality Allah doing good to us. It is our opportunity to be good, and invitation to do good. So that we may know Allah is One, the Absolute, the Eternal, that in reality all goodness belongs to Allah, and Allah alone.” (SAA 07 May 2009)
إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوءًا فَلاَ مَرَدَّ لَهُ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِ مِن وَالٍ
“Verily, Allah does not change the condition of a people until they strive to change their own condition; and when Allah intends evil to a people, there is no averting it, and besides Him they have no protector”. (ar-Rad, 13:11)
