What Quran tells about Hereafter

Every Muslim believe that life of this world is temporary and a trail for the eternal life i.e. hereafter. Allah emphasizes in Quran again and again on the fact that life of this world is merely a test, in order that He may judge who among us follow the guidance and who doesn’t. Allah says in Quran

“O my people, verily this present life is but a temporary enjoyment; but the life to come is the mansion of firm continuance.”

The Holy Quran, Chapter 40, Verse 39

Uprising in the Muslim world against tyrant rulers

Rational is always what is possible, impossible is irrational. People always make decisions or conclude what is realistically possible. History is evident that there have been various cases where events turned in a way which was impossible to even imagine or seeing it practical. The corrupt and oppressive leaders of the Muslim world never imagine that time will change. The authority, power and wealth they hold can go away in days. The overconfidence in their personalities for their authorities and power have made them so blind that such thought may have never even occurred in their minds. Same was the case with Tunisian tyrant ex-President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. He held the office from 7th November, 1987, until he was forced to step down and flee the country on 14 January, 2011. He oppressed the Tunisians for a period of 23 years. He could have never imagined that he will have to run away from the very country he ruled for 23 years.

How to respond to the Bashing against Islam

The enemies of Islam were fully active during the time of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). When Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) started preaching the truth and ALLAH’s message, there were many enemies of Islam who opposed it and went to every means to stop the truth from spreading. They had no valid reason other than worldly desires and they didn’t wanted their temporary leadership and power to decrease. But they failed to stop the truth from spreading and those who stand support falsehood will always fail to stop truth, falsehood is bound to perish. ALLAH says in Quran:

“And say, “The truth is here and falsehood has ceased to be! Indeed, falsehood is ever bound to vanish!” [Holy Quran 17:81] 

Why Muslim youth get confused

The world has become a global village. What is happening in some street in America can be heard in Australia or other parts of the world. If a bomb explodes in Pakistan the whole world knows about it. People living thousand miles away can interact through internet or telecommunication or can travel thousand miles in some hours. All of this has made life easier and luxurious for mankind. Every positive thing can be made negative or can be seen as negative with a different mindset.

Why Islamophobia and Misconceptions against Islam

Islam is the second largest religion in the world with almost 1.8 billion followers. Islam is the only religion in the world that is rapidly growing.  A huge number of people are converting from other faiths to Islam. In America alone Islam is the fastest growing religion, however the enormous growth of Muslim reverts has led to a new line of propaganda that tries to give false and fake figures to show that Islam is not the fastest growing religion. In the past non-Muslim sources use to publish reports that suggests that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and especially America. Here is a link to News that was published before the false operation 9/11.

Oppression and lies against Islam & Muslims

Especially after the 9/11 twin tower incident, there has been so much bashing, negative stereotyping, propaganda and Islamophobia. Muslims are looked as terrorists. Thousands and thousands of books are written and published against ISLAM and Muslims. In doing so they are crossing every limit, from creating misconceptions against Quran, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Islamic laws and whatever they can find they try hard to give a wrong picture or create confusion.

The Books of ALLAH and the World (part 2)

The reason of these divine signs, whether they are to be found in the Quran or in the "book" of nature, is the same: it is to educate human beings about the natural world of the Divine truth. To be an individual of knowledge, one must learn two registers of divine communication: the Arabic text of the Quran and the "text" of the natural world.   The world is a book to be considered and educated by the person of knowledge, just as the word of God is a book to be studied and learned by the religious scholar. In Quran ALLAH has called the people of intellect to ponder on the world and to find ALLAH. 

Islam encourages Science (part 2)

In the Quran, ALLAH summons people to ponder and inspect the signs of creation in their surroundings. The final Messenger of ALLAH, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), also encouraged people to obtain knowledge. He insisted that it is our duty to seek out knowledge. In the authentic Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) we read:

“Seeking of knowledge is incumbent upon every Muslim”

“Acquire the knowledge and impart it to the people.”  

The two sides of Extremism in Pakistan

In my previous post I gave a very brief account of the reasons and the present state of Pakistan. Now there are two extreme sides existing in Pakistan. On one side we have extreme Mullahs who interpret a version of Islam that they think is right, and on the other side there are seculars who have no value of Islam and they also interpret and mould Islamic values according to their new modernized mindset. Both want Islam to be the way they want it to be rather then accepting it the way ALLAH has revealed it for humanity.

The Pakistan our forefathers sacrificed for and the Pakistan today

Pakistan was founded on the basis that there should be a separate Muslim state, where Muslims are able to practice their religion and culture freely. Muslim independence has its derivation in the provinces where the minority Muslims resided as they faced social and political marginalization. This ultimately resulted in the creation of Pakistan which led to history’s greatest migration of refugees. A huge number of Muslim men, women and children were massacred in the process. The name Pakistan is a combination of two verbs ‘Pak’ and ‘Stan’, “Pak” in Urdu means “Pure”, “Stan” means place. Pakistan means “land of the Pure”. Land of the Pure believers of ALLAH.

The Quran Leads the Way to Science

ALLAH calls humanity to look into and examine the heavens, the earth, mountains, stars, plants, seeds, animals, the alternation of the day and the night, the creation of human, the rain and many other created things. Investigating these, man draws closer to identify the insignia of ALLAH's creation in the world around him, and eventually, to know our Creator, Who created the entire universe and everything in it from nothing. More, advancement in technology and modern science, more the signs of Creator are visible to mankind. As the science unravels and discover more about the nature of the system of this world. The answer only leads to ALLAH.

Islam encourages science

Islam is the religion of raison d'être, intellect and principles. An individual identifies the fact declared by ALLAH by utilizing his intelligence, but derives results from the reality he has seen by going after his conscience. A person using the sense of his reason and conscience, upon probing the traits of any given entity in the universe, although he may not be a specialist in such subjects, would comprehend that it was formed by a holder of great Wisdom, Knowledge and Might.

The Books of ALLAH and the World

All the way through the Quran, heavenly revelation, and particularly the Quran itself, is called a "book" which is referred as ‘Kitab’ in Arabic.   On the other hand, this word should not be implicit as just an usual book. In medieval Arabic, the word kitab stood for any type of dictated communication, whether it was on paper or vocal.  The Quran refers to itself as Umm al-Kitab, "Mother of the Book" or "Sourcebook" (13:39).

“ALLAH effaces and establishes what HE wills, and with HIM is the source of all commandments.” [Quran 13:39] 

Teaching and Learning in the Quran

The ultimate source of knowledge for Muslims and for their moral conduct is from ALLAH through the Divine revelation ‘Quran’. In Islam, it is the principal source of learning and to take guidance. The Arabic word Quran is a vocal noun that holds the implication of a "constant reading," "recital," or message that is given an account or listened to over and over again. Therefore, the term may be explained into English as "recitation," "recital," or even "teaching".

Learning Quran an Integral part for a Muslim

A Muslim is a believer of the religion laid down by one and only God of the heavens and the earths i.e. ALLAH, through the final Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).  Literally the word Muslim means ‘one who submits’. Quran is the verbatim words of guidance and criterion from ALLAH to the whole of humanity. 

Allah says:

Divine code of Laws by ALLAH

Islam is a code of laws revealed by the one and only God of the heavens and the earth’s i.e. ALLAH, through His Messenger, Muhammad, for the direction of the whole of mankind.  This guidance, which can be considered as Permanent Values for humanity, is completely conserved in the Book of ALLAH, known as the Quran. Moreover, Islam vigorously and assertively advances the claim that if life is led in complete obedience with and in absolute subordination to the eternal Values, it will be rid of all the travails and difficulty in which the entire world of the present day finds itself weighed down accusing humanity to a hellish life regardless of the astonishing and overwhelming objects and scientific development.

Good or Evil, Who decides?

Every human with an intellectual reasoning, concludes that there is a Divine Power that is controlling everything in this universe. Even Atheists cannot defend their claim with any logical reasoning.

A man is born innocent with an independence to become good or bad. Man is gifted by intelligence and potentiality. If he develops them and utilizes them for the ethical and material improvement of mankind, his conduct is good; if he is unsuccessful to make the most of his enormous resources or puts them to uses which are destructive to mankind, his conduct is bad. Divine Guidance points out the way to self understanding and to the encouragement of knowledge and happiness.

Who will decide that conscience of a Person is right or wrong?

Man is a moral being, able to distinguish among right and wrong, and free to choose either. On the other hand, he finds that it is not simple to differentiate good from evil, nor is it easy to decide what is good, when it is known. In his own self there is no certain guide to the good. No moral sense leads him precisely to the right path. It is apparent that there are no unanimously accepted moral codes, for there are as many codes as cultural groups in the world. Each tribe or nation seems to have developed a code of its own, which is improper to others, or in some cases offensive to other groups. For example having a relationship before marriage is very normal in western societies while in eastern societies its offensive and strictly forbidden. 

Quran- A constitution for Humanity

Quran

The Divine book revealed to the final messenger of ALLAH is Quran. The confirmation provided by the Quran itself, as well as chronological research, proves that the original Quranic text has not been altered or is expected to be tainted in the future. This is an exclusive characteristic of the Quran and is not shared by the previous Divine books now extant.