The Signs of Qiyamah- 7
Life after death will be a reckoning. This is a certainty. There is no doubt about it.
At the birth of each baby on this earth, Allah
provides them with an environment to test them, shape them, and thereafter
Allah sends His guidance to make them distinguish between right and wrong. This
is why it is an extraordinary honour when Allah causes someone to be born into
Islam, the natural and truthful way that Allah has established for humankind on
earth.
When they are in their mothers’ wombs, all
babies are touched by Satan, but just as I mentioned to you last Friday, there
is this Hadith from our beloved Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) [found in Sahih
Bukhari and narrated by Hazrat Abu Huraira (ra)] which tells us that only
Hazrat Isa (as) was not touched by Satan. The sign and miracle of Allah were
protected by Allah so that Satan could not touch him, where Satan only
succeeded in touching a layer in the uterus of Hazrat Maryam (ra) and not her
baby.
Here, we find that Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) did
not include himself among the exceptions. He only mentioned Hazrat Isa (as),
from the beginning of creation until his own time, that is, the time of Hazrat
Muhammad (saws), and we find that for each prophet, certain miracles or signs
were performed to distinguish them from any other people on this earth,
especially in their own time that Allah sent them.
But with the advent of Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), the
chief of all prophets, the seal, the honour of all prophets, Allah manifested
miracles and signs that He had manifested in the times of all the prophets
before, such miracles that He Himself has mentioned in the Holy Quran, and
which will remain until the Day of Judgement.
Thus, this makes us understand that when Allah’s
miracle operates and Allah decrees something, no matter how much Satan and his
army conspire, they will not succeed.
The prophets, messengers, reformers, and the
pious are all part of the honourable delegations of Allah. On the Day of
Judgement, they will be saved from hell by the grace of Allah. Here, in the
verses I have read, Allah speaks of His Rahmah (Grace); such a grace
that erases all sins and renders a soul purer than it was before.
It is good to clarify that the miracle that
happened to Hazrat Isa (as), Allah will continue to show this miracle
repeatedly in the time span between the era of Hazrat Isa (as) and the Day of Qayamat,
and this blessing will be given to the followers of Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh). The
true heirs of Hazrat Isa (as) are certainly the spiritual heirs of Hazrat
Muhammad (pbuh). This is because Islam is the truth that comes from Allah and
whoever receives the blessing to follow Islam and become a good Muslim, that
person will receive Allah’s imprint upon them, within them, and Allah will
shower them with His blessings.
Today in the world, we see how the leaders of
big countries and even small countries make decisions that are against humanism
and the preservation of human life. Some seek to destroy their peers. Why?
Because they want more power and territory than their peers! Allah says that it
is Satan who excites those kinds of humans in their sins, and they become so
blind that they lose all rectitude for the truth. Their thirst for power and
money, their thirst for territories and becoming more powerful than their
peers, drives them to bomb other territories out of vengeance. We have seen the
massacres that Israel has committed in Palestine and Lebanon, we have seen the
persecutions of all anti-Islamic nations against Muslims, such as China, Burma,
India, etc., but let me also tell you that the Arab world is included in this.
In a Hadith reported by Thauban (ra), the Holy
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: “The Hour shall not be established until
tribes of my Ummah unite with the idolaters and until they worship idols...”
(Dawud, Tirmidhi)
Nowadays, we see how this prophetic word has
come true. Money and power have blinded the Arab-Muslim world, and even non-Arab
Muslims around the world. We see how Muslims have detached themselves from true
Islam. They have imitated the West in their demeanour and behaviours and have
incorporated these behaviours and ways of dressing into Islam. There is no
doubt that we are in the midst of Qayamat. The duration of this Hour is
known only to Allah, how long we will remain in this phase until everything
ceases to exist, and our time comes to account [before Allah]. But even then,
Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) enlightened us a bit more about the subject when a group
of Bedouins visited him, and they asked him (him): ‘When will the Hour come?’
So he (pbuh) looked at the youngest among them all (present) and he (pbuh)
said: ‘If this one lives to an advanced age, then your Hour (your death)
will come.’ (Bukhari)
So, it is clear here that Hazrat Muhammad
(pbuh) in speaking of “As-Sa’at” (the Hour), is referring to death. Each
person has their hour of death marked for them. Their death is their Qiyamah
(Day of Judgement). When death comes, all souls enter a place, a phase between
Judgement and their destination, that is, either Paradise or Hell.
But here in these verses from Surah Maryam,
Allah says that there are Satans who incite those who follow them, those who
are attached to this world, towards hell and towards evil deeds. Think that
when a person does evil on earth, and they exceed the limits in their
wrongdoing, and they forget Allah, they forget or do not listen to the guidance
of the Quran, and they do not make an effort to reform their behaviour for the
better, then Allah lets the Satans take over them and incite them further in
their evil deeds, thus guaranteeing them a place in hell.
It is regrettable that despite what has
happened and is still happening in Palestine with the cruelty and genocide that
Israel has committed, there are still bombings between Ukraine and Russia.
There will be more deaths. The people of Ukraine faced destruction, and now the
people of Russia. It is the people who pay the price for the foolishness of
their leaders, and here the United States comes to inflame a situation by
targeting Russia. But Putin is not a leader who will remain idle, and this
situation will escalate.
As I have already told you, we have long entered
the phase of the third world war. Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, etc., all
Arab-Muslim countries have been attacked, either by non-Muslim non-Arabs, or
even by countries that claim to be Muslim, for example, Turkey. Here, we find
that there is a revenge policy. But as Allah says in the Quran, even in
vengeance [seeking revenge], there should be no excess, and there should be
irrefutable evidence proving that the attacks on Ankara came from Syria.
So, I make an appeal to humanity, we have
entered a phase of war that could become even more serious. If Vladimir Putin
puts his threat of launching his nuclear bombs into action, then the situation
in the world will be a real end of the world, where human life, and not just
human life, but plants and the air and the earth itself will become toxic,
uninhabitable. So the question arises: Is this the future we are reserving for
our generation of tomorrow? Are the new generations that are growing up, are
they equipped physically, morally, and spiritually to face this Great War that
is coming, and this great destruction that will consume the territories of the
world?
So, as a Messenger whom Allah has sent to this
earth to warn you, to caution you, raise your children in (true) humanism,
respect for one another. Do not make them thirst for money or worldly grandeur,
but make them attach to Islam. It is their faith in one God, the Creator, which
will save them from the worst of situations. Allah is with those who are with
Him. He will never abandon them. He will be there for those who work for His
cause. And those ones will have their eternal reward with Him. Whoever wishes
to see the Face of Allah, let them work for the cause of Allah with sincerity
of heart, let them strive for peace in the world and the protection of the true
divine teachings.
May Allah protect the true believers and our
future generations from the atrocities of the non-believers who let Satans
excite them in evil deeds. May Allah restore the glory of Islam in the world
before He destroys everything. Insha-Allah, Ameen. Truly, victory
belongs only to Allah and His Messengers, and it is us who shall be victorious
on the Day when all people will be resurrected, Insha-Allah, Ameen. May
Allah preserve us from the fear of that Day and restore our dignity, our
honour, and grant us His supreme love. Ameen.
---Friday Sermon of 22 November 2024~ 19 Jamaad'ul Awwal 1446 AH delivered by Imam- Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam International Hazrat Muhyiuddin Al Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim (aba) of Mauritius.