05-03-2006, 09:30 AM
This thread it not a gripe directed to the West to "give, give, give more' etc. The opposite in fact. The muslims have deserted their religion, or to put it more subtly...gone astray. We know the Law. But like an ostrich, if one sticks ones head in the sand...
We know the following is an oft-repeated commandment so that there can be no mis-understanding;
<b>O believers! Take neither Jews nor Christians as your protecting friends: they are only protecting friends of one another. Whoever of you disobeys this commandment will be counted as one of them. Surely Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.</b> 5:51
Yet we do take you as our protectors. helpers and advisers. And we have abandoned our religion for the sparkle and glitter of the life of this world. But we're muslims, and like the Jews before us it ain't that easy;
<b>But the one who will turn away from My reminder shall live a meager life and We shall raise him back to life as a blind person on the Day of Resurrection.</b> 20:124
So the muslims are wallowing in abject humiliation and eeking out a meagher life. Many are still reaching for the mirage of the illusion of this life.
<b>Whatever benefit comes to you O people, it is by Allah's grace; and whatever loss you suffer, it is the result of your own doings. We have sent you, O Muhammad, as a Rasool to mankind. Allah is your All-Sufficient Witness.</b> 4:79
However the tide is showing signs of ebbing. The disasters are getting bigger so as to alert the muslims to wake up. and many are now realising this fact. Alhamdulillah.
<b>...The fact is that Allah never changes the condition of a people until they intend to change it themselves. If Allah wants to afflict a people with misfortune, none can ward it off, nor they can find any protector besides Him.</b> 13:11
Once upon a time you could walk the streets of Cairo for weeks on end and not see a scarf. Now the only bare heads are the copts. That's why they're squealing. They can see Islam rising from the ashes before their very eyes.
And all praise belongs to Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.