Islam preserved
and perfected in itself the true purpose of all religions which preceded it. By destroying
the impurity of idolatry and restoring the sublime faith in the Lord of mankind, Islam helped to mould purified and refined humans who
strived hard to reflect Divine attributes in their way of being, doing and
living through the centuries. Indeed, like the communities who were bestowed Divine Law in the past, leading
the world on spiritual purification was the heavy responsibility cast on the
shoulders of the Muslim Ummah by the Creator of
the Universe through His best Prophet, the Holy Prophet of Islam, Hazrat
Muhammad Mustafa (sa). Muslims who walked in the path of God became beneficiaries of Divine bounties as they were helped and assisted by God and His angels in their strivings. Indeed, the preservation of the true Faith and real spirituality
is a Divine Promise engraved upon the Holy Qur’an by Allah the Almighty
Himself.
At a
time when severe misfortunes have engulfed the Ummah, and sectarian disputes and violence destroy social peace in several lands, Muslims ought to recognize the extraordinary
magnitude of the task in front of them in the service of their noble Faith: of preserving
the good legacy and fair names of the pious ancestors- by repossessing and
displaying the solid Imaan (faith of
the early Muslims)- in their everyday lives; by being a force for good- enjoining
good and forbidding evil in their own communities wherever they are, Insha Allah, Aameen.
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