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Anyone who purifies himself/ herself will succeed

Purity is the essence of religion. 

Imagine that your body or clothes have dirt on them. Any sane person would definitely like to clean and purify his body and clothes. 

Similarly the purity of thought and belief is crucial to the persons physical and spiritual well-being. Purity of belief is our right understanding of our Creator and our obligation to worship Him alone, without associating any partner to Him in worship. He created us and all the people before us.

No created thing like the sun or the moon or the river or the tree, animal or man ( living or dead ) has the right to be worshiped as all of these were created by the Creator alone. When anyone worships other than the Creator anything or anybody else, they make their religion impure. This leads to an eternal loss and punishment by fire.

On the contrary when a person worships the Creator, the one and only, without associating any partner to Him in worship, they purify their religion, leading to an eternal reward and gardens of paradise.

As Allah, The Creator says in the Quran: "He/ she will succeed who purifies himself/ herself, And remembers his/ her Lord and prays."

May Allah, guide us all to the straight path and help us purify ourselves. Ameen.

Do not associate any partner to Allah in worship

Associating partner/s to Allah in worship is the worst crime. It is the crime against our creator and so it is not pardonable by Allah. Any person who commits this crime becomes worthy to eternal punishment of fire. He or she is removed from the mercy of Allah, The creator.

It is narrated in one hadith that Jibreel (AS) came to Allah's messenger, Muhammed (SAW) and said that, any person from his followers who dies without associating any partner to Allah, will enter paradise.

So it extremely important for a believer, to worship Allah alone and not associate any partner to Allah in worship and obedience, Insha Allah.

And a person who is worshiping other created things or people instead of Allah, should give up, repent and believe in Allah and worship Him alone without associating any partner to Him.

May Allah guide us all and protect us from the eternal fire of hell. Ameen.

God is Fair

Allah, The Judge, is fair.

If you say that everybody will be forgiven and will enter paradise, it simply means that God is unfair. 

There are people who are believers, those who are righteous and the doers of good, who are humble and obedient to God and His commandments. 

And then there are people who are criminals and sinners, idol-worshipers, the arrogant and disobedient to God and His commandments. Are they equal? Should their outcome be equal? There is nothing farther from the truth, if we say that they will all be forgiven and enter paradise. God is not unfair. 

It is only fair that the righteous and obedient should be rewarded and the arrogant and disobedient should be punished. And that is why God says, "Tell my slaves that I am forgiving and merciful, and my punishment is a very severe punishment." God created both the gardens of paradise and the fire of hell.

Eternal gardens of paradise are for the believers and for the obedient and the righteous servants of God. Those whose hearts are humbled and they believe once they come to know the truth.

Eternal hell-fire is for the the arrogant and disobedient people. Those who worship dead people as idols. A befitting punishement for the arrogant who do not believe even after knowing the truth.

May Allah, guide us all and save us all from the fire of hell. Ameen

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A Powerful Message

The Message of Islam is extremely powerful and beautiful. One God, Allah, with no partners or associates. The Creator, of the heavens and the earth and all that is between and beyond. The Creator of the day and the night. The provider of everything to everybody. The Eternal, never born and never dies. The First and The Last, has no father or mother nor does He take any son or daughter to Himself. No fatigue or tiredness touches Him, nor does He take any sleep. The Ever Living, the all seeing, all hearing and all knowing. The Master of the day of account. The one who gives life and death. And the one to whom all will be resurrected and returned. And He will judge them fairly and reward them or punish them according to their faith and deeds.

In opposition are man-made gods, people born, lived and died, male and female. Animals or trees, natural objects life like sun and moon, earth or rivers. Only an ignorant person, can worship these false gods. They have no power to benefit or harm you. They have no power to give life or death or resurrection.

Any one who worships the True God, Allah, will enter paradise and anyone who worships the false man-made gods will enter the hell-fire.

May Allah guide us and protect us from the fire of hell. Ameen.

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Hell Is Real

It's not hard to imagine fire. Every time we cook food we light up a fire. In winters we warm up ourselves with a bon-fire. The stars that twinkle in the night are distant fire balls. The day as it dawns brightens because of the sun, which is again fire. 

However, if a person gets burned we have seen the trauma it causes to the victim. Finally, after death the body is burned to reduce it to ashes, in the funeral pyre.

While in this world, fire is a thing of use and amuse ourselves, In the afterlife it is the divine punishment. Its not hard to believe as the one who has created fire in this world can easily make an eternal fire to punish the criminals and deniers for eternity. No death, only pain and suffering for eternity. Hell, a befitting punishment for the arrogant deniers and criminals of this world.

People who claim that hell is in this world itself, fail to understand that this world has many pleasures, however, the hell is devoid of any kind of pleasure. It is only pain and suffering. This world is a place to believe and do deeds, on the basis of that a person will be rewarded or punished on the day of judgement. 

May Allah guide us all and protect us from the fire of hell, ameen.
 

Paradise Is Real

This world is full of gardens, rivers, trees with green leaves and fruits. It is all exhibited to the people without any doubt of uncertainty. As it exists, we understand that it has come into being. The one who created it in the first place can definitely make it again or even better than this. It's easy for Him.

As this life is a trial and the reward to good is nothing but goodness. Allah has created the Paradise as a reward for those who do good deeds. Paradise is eternal, has gardens with trees and fruits, rivers flowing through these gardens as a reward for the people of understanding.

Many people who claim that paradise is in this world itself. They fail to understand that this world and life is filled with hardships, disease, pain, old age and death. It is only a place to earn deeds which will hopefully lead us to paradise.

In opposition life in paradise is eternal, in peace, happiness, without any kind of pain or suffering. May Allah guide us all and reward us with paradise, ameen.

Truthfulness Leads To Paradise And Lies Lead To Hellfire

It is narrated by Abdullah (RA) that the Prophet (PBUH) said, "Truthfulness leads to Al-Birr ( righteousness ), and Al-Birr ( righteousness ) leads to paradise. And a man keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a siddiq (truthful person). Lies leads to Al-Fujur (wickedness) and Al-Fujur ( wickedness ) leads to the fire, and a man may keep on telling lies, till he is written before Allah, a liar".

The Right of Allah

• O people! Allah is our creator and He has a right upon us. From the very time we are conceived in the womb of our mother to our very last breath, we are covered by His immense mercy and kindness. Our body, our food and water, the air we breath, the land we walk on, the clouds and rain, the mountains and rivers, the day and the night, everything is a part of his gifts to mankind.

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We cannot give him anything in return. He is free of need and we are the needy. However, everything has a right of its own. Your parents have a right upon you, your wife has a right upon you, your children have a right upon you. The employer has a right upon you, your customer has a right upon you, your friend your brother has a right upon you.




So what is the right of our creator, Allah, upon us. His right is that He alone should be worshiped and that no partner should be made equal to Him in His Lordship.




And our right upon Him is that He will not punish us if we give His right to Him. And he will reward us for that.




However, if we forsake His right we are blameworthy and subject to be punished in the eternal afterlife with the fire.




May Allah protect us from the fire of hell, and guide us and have mercy upon us and forgive us our sins. Ameen.