The
Revival of Islam
And
when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance -
there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
(Al-Baqara 2: 39).
By
the grace of Allah, it gives me great pleasure to address you all my
disciples in Kottar (Tamil Nadu, India) today on
“The Revival of
Islam”.
Allah
says in the Holy Quran, in the verses that I have just recited before
you (in Surah Al-Baqara, Chapter 2, Verse 39):
“And
when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance -
there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.”
Since
the creation of the heaven and earth and man, Allah has sent again
and again over so many centuries His chosen servants who came with
the Holy Spirit (Ruh’il Quddus)
to bring back the people on the right path. Why did these chosen
servants of Allah had to come? It is because, after the passage of
time, Satan and his army deviate from time to time – to be precise,
he keeps on trying to deviate – people from the path of Allah, and
thus, Allah, to save the people from spiritual deaths, send to them
His special people, messengers coming from Him, blessed with divine
revelations and guidance and the power of prophecy to warn the people
of the traps of Satan and to show them the right path.
This
right path is primarily the Tawheed,
i.e. the Unicity of Allah and Taqwa,
i.e. the fear of Allah. If the people establish themselves on Tawheed
and have Taqwa,
then the fear of the Satan and all his attractions will have no
effect on them.
The Spiritual Path and the Divine Elects
The Spiritual Path and the Divine Elects
Like
it is Sunnat Allah,
i.e. the practice of Allah to send His guides and guidance to the
world to reform the people and bring them back to His worship and the
right path, at the same time, Satan and his army try with all their
means to poison the minds and souls of people to bar (or block) them
from believing in the Chosen Messengers of Allah and the reformers of
religion. By doing this, they want to mock the absolute power of
Allah and turn to ridicule the divine way and messengers.
Now,
as we all know, as believers in the pure religion of Islam, there
exist two types of prophets and messengers of Allah who came in this
world. They are the law-bearing prophets and messengers and the
non-law-bearings ones.
Now,
by law-bearing, I mean to say there were prophets who came from Allah
on whom Allah revealed a specific set of laws for the people to
follow and these scriptures, law-bearing revelations of Allah have
been recorded by the people so that they may keep on following them.
Among all these law-bearing Books of God, the Holy Quran is to this
day and for all times the most perfect. Indeed, it was perfect upon
its revelation, it continues to be perfect for our times, and shall
ever remain perfect till the end of times. Alhamdulillah.
This is the superiority of the Quran over all other past divine laws
and books (for example, Zabur
(Psalms) of Hazrat Dawud (as), Tawraat
(Torah) of Hazrat Musa (as) and Injeel
(Gospels) of Hazrat Isa (as) as recorded in the Holy Quran).
And
with the perfect Book, came also the perfect man and prophet of
Allah, Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh). The essence of Islam lies in a
purified and sincere heart thirsty of the love and nearness of Allah.
And our Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has reached to the perfection of
this degree and holds this position till the end of times.
After the Prophet: The Renewal of the Path through Divine Elects
Since
the first uprising of Islam in the times of our noble prophet Hazrat
Muhammad (pbuh), Islam has seen many ups and downs in its history,
and whenever the sanctity (i.e. holiness, purity and essence) of
Islam was threatened, Allah sent revivers of faith, reformers,
caliphs and the Promised Messiah Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) in
the past century to revive Islam, to give it a new breath and to make
it victorious over all other faiths which are devoid of Allah’s
support.
Indeed
the true religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. All prophets of
Allah were Muslims, i.e. they were all completely submitted to the
will and command of Allah. They all preached Tawheed (i.e. the
existence of only one God, Who is Supreme, Powerful and Who has no
partner in His worship). But it was only with the advent of the Holy
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) that Allah decided to actually give a name to
His religion, i.e. to give it the name of ISLAM.
Always
remember my dear ones, that dangers in the field of spirituality is
ever present. Lots of Messengers of Allah can come to guide mankind
to Allah and to make them stick to the right path, but this invite
and the reform which comes afterwards should be done with Taqwa
and a heart which desires to reform for the better. Of what use it is
for one to say, that one believes in Allah and in all tenets of
Islam, and he accepts also the Messenger of Allah of his time but he
does not make any effort to change himself into a better human being,
into a better Muslim?
It
is quite easy for one to say that ‘I believe in the
Khalifatullah’ but you should remember that the Khalifatullah,
this humble self, has come to make your life better, to show you the
life of Islam, of being truly submitted to Allah, the Unique God. The
Revival of Islam begins only when you make the effort to change
yourselves. Belief and practice should go hand in hand. And my dear
ones, this inner reform is capital, is very important for tomorrow’s
victory of Islam.
Therefore,
my humble advice to you is to reform yourselves today – verily,
each one of us – so that together we can witness a golden tomorrow
when the sun of Islam shall rise high in the sky of true faith and
devotion to Allah. Insha-Allah, Ameen.
---Friday Sermon of 30 November 2018 (21 Rabi’ul Awwal 1440 AH) delivered at Kottar (Tamil Nadu– India) by Hadhrat Muhyi-ud-Din Al Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim Saheb (atba) of Mauritius.
---Friday Sermon of 30 November 2018 (21 Rabi’ul Awwal 1440 AH) delivered at Kottar (Tamil Nadu– India) by Hadhrat Muhyi-ud-Din Al Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim Saheb (atba) of Mauritius.