(Islamic
Poetry Collection)
“Afdholiyah” : Virtue’s Consistency.
What a high esteem of following on the steps of
righteous guidance, At the end of it we’ll come across an Excellent-mark,
called “Afdholiyah”: be humble, not expose the redundancy, as if the gallery
of beautiful antique porcelain jugs. So
soft. So perishable!
Virtue’s Consistency, imbedded in the deep of
heart, more than just an endless justification. Far beyond the Realities we’ll
find Wisdom -Solutions; Behind any incident, stored more valuable Hikmah. Back
to our original basic: Al Qur’anul Karim and As -Sunnah.Just follow him, he
lived modestly. Be Humble, it is our continous Consistentcy.
“Allah has revealed (from time to time) the most
beautiful Message in the form of a Book, Consistent with itself,(Yet) repeating
(its teaching in various aspects); The skins of those who fear their Lord
tremble thereat, then their skins and their hearts do soften to the celebration
of God’s praises. Such is the guidance of Allah swt, He guides therewith whom
He pleases, but such as Allah leaves to stray, can have none to guide” (Az Zumar: 23).
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A Pattern of Right Conduct.
“Ye have indeed in Rasulullah, a beautiful
Pattern (of Conduct) for any one whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, And
who enganges much in in praise of Allah”. (Al Ahzab: 21).
He taught to love each other among his followers,
to bow and prostrate themselves in prayer,seeking Grace from Allah and His Good
Pleasure. On their faces are their marks, being the traces of their
prostration.
Like a seed which sends forth its blade, then
makes it strong; it the becomes thick, and it stands on its own stem, filling the
sowers with wonder and delight.
Setting face steadily and truly to theFaith,
establishing God’s handiwork according to the Pattern on which He has made
mankind.
“Those who behave arrogantly on the earth in
defiance of right, them will I turn away from My Signs;
Even if they see all the Signs they will not
believe in them; And if they see the way of right Conduct, they will not adopt
it as the Way;
But if they see the way of error, that is the Way
they will adopt for they have rejected Our Signs, and failed to take warning
from them”
(Al A’raf: 146)
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Sincere Empathy Amidst Hardship.
Behave like Nabi Muhammad saw. always ever did:
To be modest with his attitude, be sincere in expressing Empathy amidst the
hardship of life.Not walking on the earth with insolence of knowledge,
appearance, wealth, power and followers.
Remember,
to Allah is our Return, and Allah shall show the truth of all that we did.
The life of the Present is as the rain which
Allah send down from the skies; By its mingling arises the produce of the earth
which provides food. It grows till the earth is clad with its golden ornaments
and is decked out in beauty. The people to whom it belongs think they have all
Powers of disposal over it. There reaches it Allah command by night or by day;
And Allah make it like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only
the day before. Thus do Allah explain the Signs in detail for those who
reflect.
“Moses prayed: Rabbana, Thou hast indeed bestowed
on Pharaoh and his Chiefs splendour and Wealth in the life of the Present, and
so Rabbana, they mislead (men) from Thy path.
Deface our Lord, the features of their wealth,
and send hardness to their hearts, so they will not believe until they see the
grievous Penalty” (Yunus: 88).
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