This video, wallahi, taken an immense effort to script, rehearse, make sure the content and message was accurate and approved by knowledgeable people and eventually shoot. I sincerely hope you like, share and comment. Inspirational words for all the Muslims out there.
The Ramadan Imaan-spiration “Success Through Sacrifice” series focuses in on the human flaw that whenever individuals are looking for success, yet they never achieve getting to the next level, they never look at themselves first as to why they failed.
*Video should say “Do get a bad grade”
In Ramadan Muslims have the time to ponder over themselves and think about their character, their purity and their intentions. When success does not come for us we always look towards saying; well maybe something good will come in the future.
What if it does not? What if something good never comes because we have not adjusted ourselves first, we have not looked upon our own faith and actions first.
From the Qur’an in Surah Al Nisa 4:74, Allah says “Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allah, but whatever evil befalls you, is from yourself ….”
In Surah Al Imran 3:165, Allay says “And was it so, when a disaster smote you, though ye had smitten (them with a disaster) twice (as great), that ye said: How is this? Say (unto them, O Muhammad): It is from yourselves. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.”
Allah swt is saying in this ayah that when the Muslims lost the Battle of Uhud they said, how is this so? When we had won the Battle of Badr? How have we now lost this battle and have been defeated? Allah swt says that it was from themselves that they had lost.
The meaning being “it is from yourselves” is because the archers disobeyed the Prophet Muhammad’s (saws) command when they were told to hold their positions. (There is a difference of opinion as to the exact reason but the main message is that the Prophet saws was disobeyed).
This is clear evidence, as it is from the Qur’an, that true success will only come in both lives when you strive to be the best Muslim you can be, but if you disobey Allah swt along your path to success then verily that path will be made more difficult for you or it may never happen.
Even if you become successful in this life – there still lies the matter of what your eternal life will be like in the next.
Jazakallah Khair.
Pondering upon who we are, what we represent, our identity and our reflection upon others is a powerful activity which all Muslims should do in Ramadan
— in Scotland, United Kingdom.
