About 5 years ago, I was in the lobby of a clinic where many patients were ahead of the queue. As time passed I got attracted to some books & magazines on a table in the corner. Among them was a yearly collection of Al-Jumuah Magazine, UK http://www.aljumuah.com/. As I was flipping pages & reading … a particular quote pierced through my conscience. I still can’t comprehend how important that moment meant to me. It read: “Calling ‘Candy Candy’ won’t sweet your mouth!” An Azarbaijani Proverb.
“No one can do a sin … that God cannot obliterate.”
Pray (implore/ plead/ beg/ ask/ entreat/ request) God so that He could forgive!
“The places of worship belong to GOD; do not call on anyone else beside GOD”. Qur’an 72:18
Fear God!
“When GOD's servant advocated Him alone, almost all of them banded together to oppose him”. Qur’an 72:19
Do not set up any idols beside God!
Say, "I worship only my Lord; I never set up any idols besides Him." Qur’an 72:20
REMEMBER … “We are spiritual beings on a human journey. Not the other way around!”
Answer: "O People of the Scripture, you are [standing] on nothing until you uphold [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord."
Reference:
O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allah will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.
Say, "O People of the Scripture, you are [standing] on nothing until you uphold [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord." And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. So do not grieve over the disbelieving people.
Indeed, those who have believed [in Prophet Muhammad] and those [before Him] who were Jews or Sabeans or Christians - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
In the Name of God
I am capable of standing on top of a bullet travelling at a speed greater than a bullet coming out of an M16 rifle!
Are you?
Speed of the Earth in orbit around the Sun is 29,800 meters in 1 second!
Muzzle velocity of a bullet coming out of an M16 rifle is only 975 meters in 1 second!
Please check it out for yourselves “And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).” Qur’an 17:36 http://quran.com/17/36
Please refer: Orders of magnitude (speed) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%28speed%29
In reality we all are standing & living on top of this bullet - we call Earth, which is hovering in empty space THIRTY times faster than a man-made-bullet!
Let us also be mindful of the fact that …
God has been Most Gracious & Most Merciful even though some of us forget (including me) & ‘sometimes’ live like beasts thinking that there’s no Afterlife!
We shouldn’t be amazed every time the ground shakes below our feet. Considering the facts above, let us be amazed because it isn’t … this moment!
Let us be among …
‘Those who say, "Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,"’ http://quran.com/3/16
During my quest on dot connecting … I got amazed to hear ‘an incredible story about an Ex-Atheist to whom God answered INSTANTLY to his ‘sincere’ prayer’!
No doubt! Once we are born, anyone of us (human/ Children-of-Adam) is qualified to contact God.
So simple? Yes, it has to be simple because each one of us is accountable directly to God!
“And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).” Qur’an 17:36
“To GOD is your ultimate return, and He is Omnipotent”. Qur’an 11:4
God is very close. Guess how close? [Pls refer Qur’an 8:24]
Peace
