Contemplate!
Sheikh Hany Hilmy
[FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]How do you know you got ‘repentance' right?[/FONT][FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif][/FONT]
Sheikh Hany Hilmy
[FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]How do you know you got ‘repentance' right?[/FONT][FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]If you contemplate in reading these verses in surat Ghafir.. You will find a [/FONT][FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]pre******ion[/FONT][FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif] for repentance:
[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]10. {Those who disbelieve will be addressed (at the time of entering the Fire): "Allâh's aversion was greater towards you (in the worldly life when you used to reject the Faith) than your aversion towards one another (now in the Fire of Hell, as you are now enemies to one another), when you were called to the Faith but you used to refuse.}[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]11. {They will say: "Our Lord! You have made us to die twice (i.e. we were dead in the loins of our fathers and dead after our life in this world), and You have given us life twice (i.e. life when we were born and life when we are Resurrected)! Now we confess our sins, then is there any way to get out (of the Fire)?" (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi)} [/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]12. {(It will be said): "This is because, when Allâh Alone was invoked (in worship) you disbelieved, but when partners were joined to Him, you believed (deneid)! So the judgment is only with Allâh, the Most High, the Most Great}[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]13. { It is He, Who shows you His Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and sends down (rain with which grows) provision for you from the sky. And none remembers but those who turn (to Allâh in obedience and) in repentance (by begging His Pardon and by worshipping and obeying Him Alone and none else).}[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]14. {So, call you (O Muhammad SAW and the believers) upon (or invoke) Allâh making (your) worship pure for Him (Alone) (by worshipping none but Him and by doing religious deeds sincerely for Allâh's sake only and not to show off and not to set up rivals with Him in worship). however much the disbelievers (in the Oneness of Allâh) may hate (it).}[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]15. { (He is Allâh) Owner of High Ranks and Degrees, the Owner of the Throne. He sends the revelation by His Command to any of His slaves He wills, that he (the person who receives revelation) may warn (men) of the Day of Mutual Meeting (i.e. The Day of Resurrection). 16. The Day when they will (all) come out, nothing of them will be hidden from Allâh. Whose is the kingdom this Day? (Allâh Himself will reply to His Question): It is Allâh's the One, the Irresistible!} [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]10. {Those who disbelieve will be addressed (at the time of entering the Fire): "Allâh's aversion was greater towards you (in the worldly life when you used to reject the Faith) than your aversion towards one another (now in the Fire of Hell, as you are now enemies to one another), when you were called to the Faith but you used to refuse.}[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]11. {They will say: "Our Lord! You have made us to die twice (i.e. we were dead in the loins of our fathers and dead after our life in this world), and You have given us life twice (i.e. life when we were born and life when we are Resurrected)! Now we confess our sins, then is there any way to get out (of the Fire)?" (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi)} [/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]12. {(It will be said): "This is because, when Allâh Alone was invoked (in worship) you disbelieved, but when partners were joined to Him, you believed (deneid)! So the judgment is only with Allâh, the Most High, the Most Great}[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]13. { It is He, Who shows you His Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and sends down (rain with which grows) provision for you from the sky. And none remembers but those who turn (to Allâh in obedience and) in repentance (by begging His Pardon and by worshipping and obeying Him Alone and none else).}[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]14. {So, call you (O Muhammad SAW and the believers) upon (or invoke) Allâh making (your) worship pure for Him (Alone) (by worshipping none but Him and by doing religious deeds sincerely for Allâh's sake only and not to show off and not to set up rivals with Him in worship). however much the disbelievers (in the Oneness of Allâh) may hate (it).}[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]15. { (He is Allâh) Owner of High Ranks and Degrees, the Owner of the Throne. He sends the revelation by His Command to any of His slaves He wills, that he (the person who receives revelation) may warn (men) of the Day of Mutual Meeting (i.e. The Day of Resurrection). 16. The Day when they will (all) come out, nothing of them will be hidden from Allâh. Whose is the kingdom this Day? (Allâh Himself will reply to His Question): It is Allâh's the One, the Irresistible!} [/FONT]
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Look at the eight stances in these verses:[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]1. Despise your SELF for the sake of Allah[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]2. Glorify Allah[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]3. Tawheed Al-Ruboobiyyah1 [/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]4. Turn in Repentance[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]5. Sincerity[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]6. Al‐wala' wa'l‐bara' 2 [/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]7. Quran [/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]8. Be Conscious Of Allah.[/FONT]
Look at the eight stances in these verses:[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]1. Despise your SELF for the sake of Allah[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]2. Glorify Allah[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]3. Tawheed Al-Ruboobiyyah1 [/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]4. Turn in Repentance[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]5. Sincerity[/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]6. Al‐wala' wa'l‐bara' 2 [/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]7. Quran [/FONT] [FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]8. Be Conscious Of Allah.[/FONT]
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[FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]1 The DOUBTLESS CERTAINTY that Allah is the Rab, the God, the Master, the Lord of the entire universe and everything in it, that He is its creator and sustainer and that no-one else possesses these qualities.[/FONT]
[FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]2 They are two major prerequisites of true faith: al‐wala' is a manifestation of sincere love for Allah, His prophets and the believers; al‐bara', on the other hand, is an expression of enmity and hatred towards falsehood and its adherents. Both are evidence of iman.[/FONT]
[FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]2 They are two major prerequisites of true faith: al‐wala' is a manifestation of sincere love for Allah, His prophets and the believers; al‐bara', on the other hand, is an expression of enmity and hatred towards falsehood and its adherents. Both are evidence of iman.[/FONT]
To be Continued... Despise Your SELF for the Sake of Allah
[FONT=tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Source: Pausing for Confession, written by Sheikh Hany Hilmy [/FONT]