Remaining Steadfast

Leave the world to those who hanker after it, as they leave the Afterlife to its seekers. And be in this world as the bee...

“Verily, along with every hardship is relief, verily, along with hardship is relief. So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah’s worship. And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.” (94:5-8)

And it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know." (Al-Baqarah, 216)

Allah subhanahu has explained in His Book that He is the Helper of believers in this world and the next.

"The World of the Jinn and Devils" © 1998 al-Basheer Company for Publications and Translations

The Ways of Satan in Leading Humans Astray.

Many people are slaves to their whims and desires and are not true slaves of Allah. They say that they are slaves of Allah, but when they are tested they turn on their heels and lose out in this world and in the Hereafter, and that is an evident loss.

Following some lengthy deliberations, the Quraysh reached a decisive decision to take measures deemed to stop the tidal wave of Islam through different channels. They were determined to spare no effort, in combatting the new faith. They decided to malign the Messenger of Allâh and put the new converts to different sorts of torture using all available resources. However the Sahahba remained steadfast. In their example is a lesson for us today.

The believer is not one who performs the ordained religious duties superficially and avoids what is forbidden only, but he is one whose faith is absolute, with no objection whatsoever arising in his heart and no obsession dwelling in his soul. The more hardships he faces, the more his faith grows and the more his submission strengthens