Allah ki Taraf Aakar To Dekh
Allah Matwajah Na Ho To Kehna
Allah Rah Mein Chal Ke To Dekh
Allah Raahein Na Khol De To Kehna
Allah Se Sawal Kar Ke To Dekh
Allah Bakhshish Ki Had Na Kar De To Kehna
Allah ke Liye Beqadar Ho Ke Dekh
Allah Qadar Ki Had Na Kar De To Kehna
Allah Se Mang Kar To Dekh
Allah Rehmat Ke Khazane Na De To Kehna
Allah ke Liye Bik Ke To Dekh
Allah Anmol Na Kar De To Kehna
Allah ko Rab Maan Ke To Dekh
Allah Sab Se Be Niyaz Na Kar De To Kehna
Allah Khof Se Aansoo To Baha Ke Dekh
Allah Maghfirat Ka Darya Na Bahade To Kehna
Wafa Ki Laaj Nibha Ke To Dekh
Allah Ata Ki Had Na Karde To Kehna
Allah ke Naam Ki Izzat Kar Ke To Dekh
Allah Rehmat Ke Darwaze Na Khol De To Kehna
Allah ke Liye Apni Hasti Ko Fana Kar Ke To Dekh
Allah Jannat Ki Har Rah Teri Taraf Na Khol De To Kehna
Allah ka Ho Ke To Dekh
Allah Har Kisi Ko Tera Na Bana De To Kehna
Allah ki Taraf Aakar To Dekh
Allah Matwajah Na Hoon To Kehna
When Umar bin al-Khattab radi allahu `anhu (may God be pleased with him) was walking in the market, he passed by a man who was supplicating, “O Allah, make us of Your ‘few’ servants! O Allah make us of Your ‘few’ servants!”
ReplyDeleteSo ‘Umar said to him, “Where did you get this du`a’ (supplication) from?” And the man said, “Allah in His Book says ‘And few of My servants are grateful.’(Qur’an 34:13)” So ‘Umar wept and admonished himself, “The people are more knowledgeable than you, O Umar! O Allah make us of Your ‘few’ servants.”
Sometimes when you advise someone to leave a sin, they respond with “But most people do it, it’s not just me!” But if you look for the words “most people” in the Qur’an, you will find that most people “do not know” (7:187), “do not give thanks” (2:243) and “do not believe” (11:17). And if you look for “most of them”, you will find that most of them are “defiantly disobedient” (5:59), “ignorant” (6:111), “turning away” (21:24), “do not reason” (29:23), and “do not listen” (8:21).
So be of the “few”, whom Allah says about them:
“And few of My servants are grateful.” (34:13)
“But none had believed with him, except a few.” (11:40)
“In the Gardens of Pleasure, A [large] company of the former peoples, And a few of the later peoples.” (56:12-14)
Ibn al-Qayyim (ra) said, “Go on the path of truth and do not feel lonely because there are few who take that path, and beware of the path of falsehood and do not be deceived by the greatness of the perishers.”