Logic! Use your Head!

Is not He (Allah), Who has created the heaven and the earth, sends down rain from the sky and with it brings forth the beautiful gardens not better,  than the false gods that they worship?  IT is not in your ability to cause the growth of trees for those gardens.  Is there another god besides Allah who can do that?  No doubt they are people who have swerved from justice in ascribing equals to Him.

Just think who has made the earth a place for your residence, caused in it rivers to flow, set mountains upon it  and placed a barrier between the two seas?  Is there another god besides Allah?  Nay most of them have no knowledge.

Just think who answers the oppressed  person when he cries out to Him and relieves his affliction and makes you, O mankind, inheritors of the earth?  Is there another God besides Allah?  How little do you reflect.

Just think who guides you in the darkness on the land and the sea, and who sends the winds as heralds of the good news of His mercy?  Is there another god besides Allah?  Exalted be Allah above what they associate with Him! 

Just think who who originates the creation and then repeats it production, and who gives you sustenance from the heavens and the earth?  Is there another god besides Allah?                                                                                                                            Quran: 27 ( An Naml) 60-64

Please, please use your heads and reflect. 

Believers

Blessed is the one who has decked the sky with constellations and placed in it a lamp (sun) and a shining moon. He is the one who has caused the night and the day to succeed  each other, for him who desires to learn a lesson or desires to render thanks.

True servants of the compassionate are those who walk on the earth with humility and when the ignorant people address them, they say, "Peace"; who pass the night prostrating before their Rabb and standing in prayers; who say, "Our Rabb! Ward off the punishment of hell from us, for its punishment is atrocious - certainly it is an evil abode, an evil resting place;  who when they spend are neither extravagant nor stingy, but keep the balance between those two extremes; who do not invoke any other god besides Allah; nor kill any soul that Allah has made sacred, except for a just cause; nor commit fornication - he that does this shall be punished for his sins, and his punishment shall be doubled on the Day of Resurrection and in disgrace, he shall abide forever, except the one who repents, becomes a true believer, and starts doing good deeds, for then Allah will change his evil deeds into good, and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.

He that repents and does good deeds, has truely turned to Allah in good faith.  Those are the ones who will bear witness to falsehood and, if they ever pass by futility, pass with dignity.  Who when reminded about the revelations of their Rabb, do not turn a blind eye and deaf ear to them.  Who pray, " Our Rabb!  Make our wife and children the comfort of our eyes and make us leaders of the righteous."  Such are the ones who will be rewarded with lofty places in paradise for their patience, wherein they shall be welcomed with greetings and salutations.  They shall live forever in that excellent dwelling and excellent resting place.                                                                                       Quran 25 (Al-Furqan): 61-76

Modesty

"Enjoin the believing men to lower their gaze and guard their modesty; this is chaster for them.  Surely, Allah is well aware of their actions. Likewise, enjoin the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their modesty; not to display their beauty and ornaments except what normally appears thereof; let them draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their adornments except to their husbands, their fathers, their fathers-in-law, their own sons, their step-sons, their own brothers, their nephews on either brother's or sister's sides, their own womenfolk, their own slaves, male attendants, who lack sexual desires or small children, who have no carnal knowledge of women.  Also enjoin them not to strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden trinkets.  And O believers! Turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, about your past mistakes, so that you may attain salvation.

Get the singles among you married as well as those who are fit for marriage among your male slaves and female slaves.                                                              Quran 24 (An-Nur): 30-32

There is no blame on such elderly women who have no interest in getting married, if they lay aside their cloaks wjthout displaying their adornment, but it is better for them if they do not discard.  Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.                                Quran 24 (An-Nur): 60

Prophet Nuh

"We sent Nuh to his people.  He said, " O! My people. worship Allah, you have none worthy of worship but He, are you not afraid of Him for committing shirk?"  The chief of the unbelievers among his people said, " Nuh is but a human like you; he desires to assert his superiority over you.  If Allah wanted to send Rasools He could have sent down angels; we have never heard such a thing as he says from our forefathers." Some of them said, "He is a madman, so bear with him for a while."  Nuh said, " O my Rabb! Help me against their calling me a liar."

So We revealed Our Will to him, saying, "Build an Ark under  Our eyes and under Our inspiration, and when Our judgement comes to pass and water wells out from At-Tannur (oven), take aboard a pair (a male and a female) from every species and take your family, except those of them, against whom judgement has already been passed; and do not plead with Me in favor of the wrongdoers, for they are doomed to be drowned in the flood.  Then when you have embarked on the Ark with your companions say, " Praise be to Allah, Who has delivered us from the nation of wrongdoers," and pray, " O my Rabb!  Bless my landing from this Ark, for You are the best to make my landing safe."  There are many signs in this story, and surely, We do test people."                                         Quran 23 (Al-Muminun): 23-30

Guidance

Allah chooses His messengers from among the angels and from among the human beings for surely Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.  He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and to Allah all matters return for decision.  

O' Believers! Bow down, prostrate yourself, worship your Rabb and do good deeds so that you may attain salvation.  Strive in the way of Allah as you ought to strive with sincerity and discipline; He has chosen you and has not laid upon you any hardship in the observance of your faith - the faith of your father Ibraheem.  He named you Muslims before in prior scriptures and in this Quran so that the Rasool, Mohammed, may testify against you and you may testify against the rest of mankind.  Therefore establish Salah, pay Zakat and hold fast to Allah who is your Protector - what an excellent Protector and a splendid Supporter.  Quran 22 (Al-Hajj) 75-78

Best Advise

Allah says, "Glorify your Rabb with His praise before sunrise and before sunset, glorify Him during the hour of the night as well as at both ends of the day, so that you may find satisfaction.  Do not strain your eyes in longing for the worldly benefits We have bestowed on some among them, for with these We seek to test them.  The lawful provisions of your Rabb is better and more lasting.  

Enjoin Salah on your family and be patient in its observance.  We demand nothing from you; indeed We provide you sustenance.  Good shall be the end of the righteous."  Quran: 20 (Ta Ha):  130-132

Inshallah

"Never say of anything, "I will do it tomorrow", unless you add, "If Allah Wills!".  And if you forget to say this, then call your Rabb to mind and say,"I hope that my Rabb shall guide me and bring me even closer than this to the right way".  Al Quran 18 (Al-Kahf): 23-24