09-18-2004, 01:38 PM
Praise be to Allah the Only Deity Worthy of worship, prayer and peace be upon His Messenger Mohamed Ibn Abdullah, his household and companions.
Pondering on the following Ayah several times, or let us say each time I read I felt so much like sharing it with my brothers and sisters here.
" And seek help in patience and As-Salat (the prayer) and truly it is extremely heavy and hard except for Al-Khashi'un [i.e. the true believers in Allah - those who obey Allah with full submission, fear much from His Punishment, and believe in His Promise (Paradise, etc.) and in His Warnings (Hell, etc.)]." (Quran 2:45)
The word khashi`un is a hard Arabic word to translate. Because the status of khushu implies many aspects, it implies the utmost fear of Allah, the utmost sense of Allah's Presence, of His Majesty, Power, the sense of ones heart be fully absorbed with Allah, focused on Allah, nothing occupies the heart but Allah.
Just look at the remedy Allah Is Commending for us in cases of difficulty. Allah Did not suggest to talk about it, to take pills, to try and plan counteractions, take necessary protective measures or any of the like that human beings usually think of. Allah instead Teaches us to seek help in prayer and patience. Being the Creator, He certainly Knows who can and who can not do that. Not everyone when inflicted with a calamity can recall or even when reminded to seek prayer and patience responds easily. You may advice your coworker who is going through a test saying just go and pray 2 Raka`a and talk to Allah. Instead he /she will shout saying just listen to me let me finish and see how can I handle the situation. You repeat telling the person, talk to Allah the All Wise Who Is certainly of a better plans and arrangement than me. Some may respond while others will never be able to.
Unlike the Khash`iun who don’t need even to be reminded, but they actually run to seek refuge in prayer, never even mention or talk about the trial which is what patience means. They perceive things differently, they see tests as means to become closer to Allah through more prayer, Quran reading, remembrance. That is why Allah Specified which category of mankind will be able to follow this golden rule. Only the Khashiun, may Allah Makes us among them. They perceive tests as a sign of love from Allah. Allah Didn’t specify the Muslimeen, or even Mu`meneen, no this is a totally different level of mankind. Sobhan Allah. Because being a Muslim does not necessarily mean you are a Mu`min and the Mu`min is not necessarily a Khashi`a.
Alhamdulelah Who guided us for this and if it was not for Him we would have never been guided and prayer and peace be upon His Messenger Mohamed.