Surah Al Kahf - Ayah No 9

     Assalam o Alaikum. Ramazan Karim. Juma Mubarak. A polite reminder for reciting Al Kahf or at least first and last Rukuh on this blessed day.

     All signs of Allah are amazing but some are wonders. The story of men of cave is one of those wonder signs of Allah. But unfortunately, we have totally lost sight of our real heroes i.e. Wonder Boys of The Cave’. We and generation next are only familiar with crappy Hollywood wonder girls and boys. We have learnt to believe fictional stories crafted by human minds inspired by the devil to prepare them for the arrival of Dajjal. Having complained about this mess, we have certain obligations towards fighting this indoctrination. Refreshing this remarkable story told by no one else but The King of heavens and earth himself, Allah swt is extremely important. This story is about standing up for oneness of Allah in times of raging polytheism and deviation in deen of Allah. Let’s take ourselves in year 250 AD. Adoption of Christianity by Polytheist Romans commissioned a newer yet deadly variant of religion wherein beloved Prophet Isa (Jesus Christ) Alaihe Salam was declared son of God or God incarnate. The concept is so confusing to fathom: if Jesus is God then who is the one in heavens. And if they are two, the God and the son, then Oneness is already compromised. Thank Allah swt for giving us gift of Surah Alkhlas which settled this confusion once and for all. 

     Firstly, the relevance of story with our religion: Chronology is important to understand the whole matter and its relevance with our religion, present times and end of times. Men of Cave slept for 300 years which means they got up around year 550 AD. So, the stage is set for humanity to revert back to its lost heritage i.e. Oneness of Allah. It just needed one last logical manual to stick to it till the end of times. And our Beloved Prophet Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him graced this world in year 571 AD. A time when Arabs were mired in the plague of polytheism.

     Secondly, the resemblance of story with our times: Look around there is Godlessness galore. Catholic Church has tightened its clutches around Christianity. New sects of Christianity continue to emerge. Except Orthodox Christianity, all of them are misleading humanity from its real course i.e. Oneness of Allah. The only difference from year 250 AD is that sicne second half of 20^thCentury, polytheism has joined hands with atheism. Check out the consistency of Oneness against changing ‘isms’ of devil. They had problems with it then, they have problems with it now. Its more like COVID variants, each new strand is more lethal and spreads even faster. Despite its lethality, it remains a pandemic. And like COVID-19, we still find people questioning whether it is a Pandemic or a conspiracy. Dajl (Deceit) has been able to take strong roots. Confusion has never been so captivating that despite having full and free access to the Truth (The Book), we love to immerse in uncertainty and fictitious falsifications. Access to unnecessary information through media and internet are fundamental reasons.

     Thirdly, relevance of this story with the end of times: After years of study of Al Kahf, the scribe has reached this conclusion that there are four stages to the end of times. All four stories bring us one step closer to the end of times in order in which they appear in Al Kahf. We shall build our case as the Surah progresses. However, like it is mentioned above, the first stage i.e. attack on Oneness of Allah has been initiated in second half of 20^thCentury. How it connects with other stories and end of times, it will be clear in due course.

     It will be much appreciated if you may raise any query or give feedback. 

     Only Allah knows the whole Truth.

Surah Al Kahf - Ayah No 8

Assalam o alaikum. Juma Mubarak. Al Kahf day is back after seven days. A humble reminder for recitation of Al Kahf or part of it today. If possible try and develop understsnding of this amazing Surah. 

As usual, this Ayah (No 8) is sequel of previous Ayah(No 7). Earth/ universe was created out of nothing and it is only logical to conclude that at some point in time, it will definitely come to naught. Just the way it all began out of nothing with one word of command by Allah swt, it will all end in to nothing in no time. Like hand grenade, an appointed angel on an appointed time has to pull the pin of gravity and the whole universe will collapse. In the meantime, however, Allah swt has adorned this earth for us to enjoy our limited sojourn over here. And in this Ayah, Allah swt is exactly indicating towards insignificance of this world. No matter how attractive it may appear to us, how precious we think everything is therein, Allah swt will turn it into a barren ground i.e.Death followed by The Judgement Day,. Hence, be ware of real worth of this life. Don't attach your heart to worthless part of the journey of our soul. We all appeared in examinations in life but no one did or could fall in love with examination hall, no matter how cool and cozy it may be. Only those who are well prepared for the test, stay calm in exam. And they are the ones who stay calm on the day of result. Good preparation of this ongoing test as mentioned in previous Ayah is in good deeds. Good deeds only happen when we go out of our comfort zone. Take for example Fajar or Qayam ul Layl; in each case you have let go sweetest part of sleep. To help others in kind or cash, you have to let go of your money and time. So on and so forth. 

May Allah guide us to understand the value of this life in its true spirit and we invest our time and resources in correct pursuits. Ameen

French insolence & Pakistani ignorance

Me, my kids and my parents be Qurban upon Aqa Alaihe Salato Wassalam.

On Charlie Hebdo's attack, I wrote that they couldn't understand what Aqa Alaihe Salam meant to us. And if they don't respect our reverence for our beloved Prophet PBUH then some passionate Muslims like Kouachi brothers may appear from nowhere and without fear of consequences, may despatch Chalie Hebdos and Samuel Paties to hell. This is not freedom of speech, this is purposeful mischief. Intentional movement of cape, calling for the wrath of Muslims drenched in love of their Prophet PBUH. And each time, the result is obvious. So if they don't understand and respect our sensitivities, we can't or don't want to stop Koauchis either.

Now let's have a look at the domestic scene. As long as constitution of Pakistan declares Allah as Sovereign, we have hopes to keep the laws of the land within the realms of Allah's injunctions. At this point, we need to understand the value of electing right people for legislating laws of the land. How callous we have been in performing our most important obligation to this country and Allah i.e voting in the right people. But as long as Allah is Sovereign and there is no alternative put forth by custodians of religion in this country, we still have to stick to the existing system of governance, no natter how poor it may be functioning which it is right now.

There is no need to go into the details of agreement between the Govt and TLP because both lack will to stand by their word and commitments.PM thinks himself to be the lover of the Prophet PBUH by walking barefooted in Medina. But Rizvis have other ideas. Pakistan is at the verge of breaking free from so many shackles which scares its enemies. Hundred thousand disagreements with IK on selection of team, u turns and poor governance issues but he didnt budge on major issues. Internal and external unhappy friends couldn't find a way to down him. So external enemies in sync with internal 'loser' political and religious thugs see their only hope in Rizvi dynasty. How grotesque is our way of looking at things? We argue that there is no concept of hereditary tranfer of power/ leadership. But in case of Saad Rizvi, no one sees that same mistake committed by Ummiyad Dynasty. Young Rizvi had to announce his arrival to the national power scene and the situation was never so ripe to fill the void created by absence of failed political leadership who happily extended their full quiet support to create disquiet in Pak Sar Zameen. For common people, we are a mob of passionate lovers who love violence more than love and never fail to go violent on the pretext of love and that my dear countrymen is so easy to exploit. And being exploited we are. Calm down. I sincerely pray, we calm down.

There are two strands to current situation. Internatiinal: which can't be addressed as there is no unity in Muslims nation states, fruition of Lawrence of Arabia's endeavors. 

National: which can be addressed despite unity among anti state elements (internal & external). This garland of nincompoop group of people in power might wanna think out of the box. Listen to their demands. Set a timeline. Ensure their disunity. Wither them away.

May Allah have mercy on Pakistan. Ameen. 

Surah Al Kahf - Ayah No 7

Assalam o alaikum. Juma Mubarak and a polite reminder for recitaton and and understanding of Al Kahf. 

Today’s Ayah is pretty much the thesis of life. Thesis of Quran & central theme of Al Kahf. 

Allah for His kindness did not land humans on earth soon after the creation of earth because it was not inhabitable at that time. Resulting from big bang (for which I agree with modern science except that no particle was blasted rather it was Allah’s will which made it happen out of nothing) the earth in its early years was in gaseous form. Then it attained solid form and got shrunk on cooling down. Then immense rains flooded the world, followed by creation of life on earth. Quran mentions that all life is attributable to water. The dinosaurs and the big quakes must have taken place. Till this point science and Quran are in sync. However, creation of Humans is a serious point of difference. Modern science could not come out of the shadows of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. Though a deeper study of his work would reveal that he never really had the substance to prove that how long it took chimps to transform in to humans and what made it happen? It is quite demeaning to accept as well when Quran declares us the best of creatures in Al Teen.  Anyhow, this Ayah clearly tells us that Allah through all the process mentioned above, created ideal living environments on earth for us to live. With our knowledge, progress and development in different fields of life, life at earth is becoming more and more attractive. With Allah’s help and blessings, quality of life on earth has improved, pretty much turning this world in to a ‘glittering show’ as mentioned in translation above. But there is a downside to the matter. As much as the life becomes attractive, as much we deviate from our real cause of being which is to do the best deeds. All the adornment Allah did for us from the point of creation of earth till this day was not just to eat, drink and be merry but it was meant to be a test. A test of our inbuilt goodness to do good realizing the fact that we cannot just go by our urges and desires because we are created much better than the other creatures who succumb to their urges. We must sit down today and figure out what kind of best conduct is mentioned in this Ayah? If we fail this test it will have serious consequences. There will be no looking back, no intercession by our Pir sahib who gives us Taweez for every problem in life. Because on the Day, Pir Sahib may himself be running from pillar to post for his deeds/ misdeeds.

Finally, folks, we have not evolved from monkeys. Allah has spread this earth with all its bounties for our service. All the creations on earth are there to facilitate us humans which is Allah’s mercy but there are no free lunches. After having enjoyed all the blessings like food, shelter, clothing, health, wealth, power, position etc etc, we will be answerable for our conduct. The difference from this world to that world is that here punishment is instant. We over-speed and get a ticket by traffic police, but Allah’s court will be established once and for all and full HD videos, evidences and statements of witnesses (our own hands, legs, tongue, earth and other creatures) will be shown to us. No excuse. No escape. No friends. No family. None. Just good deeds can come for our rescue on that Day. The whole arrangement is quite logical for those who can relate it with their inbuilt divinity (little bulb of Noor kept in every human heart).

May Allah give us strength to do good deeds and protect us from our enemy who is always looking to exploit our vulnerabilities. Ameen

Surah Al Kahf - Ayah No 6

Assalam o alaikum. Juma Mabarak with a gentle reminder to recite Al Kahf or part of it for protection against our enemy. 

Hands of our enemy have strengthened with ideas like women emancipation and electronic rectangular screens (TV, cinema, computer or smart phones). Now he has access to our drawing rooms and palms of our kids. The time of deceit is here. Seeds of Dajl (deceit) have been sown. Grounds are prepared for the arrival of Dajjal. That's the half empty part. Half full part is Mehdi & Isa AS shall also arrive to counter this menace. The only downside of dajjali fitna is that even people of Imaan shall find themselves in a fix. It would be extremely difficult to tell the difference between right and wrong. It seems that we are already there. If dajjal is a figurative entity then it is already here in its infancy. And if it means physical being then the stage is set. 

How do we prepare for such testing times? The start point should be through awareness. Whether the peak of this fitna is weeks or centuries away, we ought to prepare our next generation(s) for the herculean task ahead. Understanding and recitation of Al Kahf is one of the protective layers around our defenses of Imaan.

Coming over to today's Ayah No 6 which is continuation of Ayah 5. Allah swt showing his mercy through the mercy of Prophet SAW. Mercy of Prophet is at an ultimate level. For those who out of ignorance have taken Prophet of Allah, Isa AS as his son and others who wouldn't believe, Prophet SAW was so concerned that Allah swt had to intervene and asked him not be so hard on himself. Prophet SAW having seen the 'other side', knew the implications. His SAW's concerns about everyone including you and me binds us into an amazing relation. Centuries before our birth, He SAW prayed and cried for us. This makes Him SAW dear to us more than our parents and children. We must also take away this lesson from His life to be merciful. We need to learn to be forgiving by raising of tolerance levels. We need a lot of tolerance in our society. 

May Allah help us. Ameen

Only Allah knows the whole Truth.