Islam is full of beauty , all we need is purify our intentions and make it sincere for Allah subhanahu wa taaala.
This reminds me of a lecture given by a sheikh where he spoke of a conversation between a Mongol ruler and a young sister [who was also a scholar, a female sheikh] in the 13th century. The City of Baghdad had been completely destroyed y the Mongols and the status and condition of the Muslims in their own country was deplorable.
The Mongol ruler had sought out the sister in question because of her Islamic knowledge and personal spiritual sincerity (something so many of us lack today). He had some questions based on what little he had heard of Islam and he had ensured there was an audience to hear her answers. He had assembled both ordinary Muslims and Non Muslims to hear her response.
It was not that he valued her opinion, held her in high esteem or believed in her words. It was to show the superiority of his country, his own culture, civilisation, religion and army over Islam and not just Muslims in general. While the exact questions are lost to history. I will reproduce what is approximately believed to be her answer.
His questions were if Islam is superior to all religions, then why are you under us and not the other way around. Her reply was Allah has allowed you to be over us for [a limited time] now and it will be over once we return to believing in Him as He should be and leave everything else [of other cultures, ideologies, systems etc.]
If we do the same today, then inshallah we can return to receiving Allah's Grace, Forgiveness and Reward.
