اللہ کی طرف آ کر تو دیکھ
اللہ متوجہ نہ ہو تو کہنا
اللہ رہ میں چل کر تو دیکھ
اللہ راہیں نہ کھول دے تو کہنا
اللہ سے سوال کر کے تو دیکھ
اللہ بخشش کی حد نہ کرے تو کہنا
اللہ کے لیے بےقدر ہو کر تو دیکھ
اللہ قدر کی حد نہ کرے تو کہنا
اللہ سے مانگ کر تو دیکھ
اللہ رحمت کے خزانے نہ دے تو کہنا
اللہ کے لیے بَک کر کے تو دیکھ
اللہ انمول نہ کرے تو کہنا
اللہ کو رب مان کر تو دیکھ
اللہ سب سے بے نیاز نہ کرے تو کہنا
اللہ کے خوف سے آنسو بہا کر تو دیکھ
اللہ مغفرت کا دریا نہ بہا دے تو کہنا
وفا کی لاج نبھا کر تو دیکھ
اللہ عطا کی حد نہ کرے تو کہنا
اللہ کے نام کی عزت کر کے تو دیکھ
اللہ رحمت کے دروازے نہ کھول دے تو کہنا
اللہ کے لیے اپنی ہستی کو فنا کر کے تو دیکھ
اللہ جنت کی ہر راہ تیری طرف نہ کھول دے تو کہنا
اللہ کا ہو کر تو دیکھ
اللہ ہر کسی کو تیرا نہ بنا دے تو کہنا
اللہ کی طرف آ کر تو دیکھ
اللہ متوجہ نہ ہو تو کہنا
Come toward Allah and see
If He does not notice, then say
Walk the path with Allah and see
If He does not open the way, then say
Ask from Allah and see
If He does not grant forgiveness, then say
Become worthless for Allah and see
If He does not honor worth, then say
Ask from Allah and see
If He does not bestow the treasures of mercy, then say
Sell yourself for Allah and see
If He does not deem you priceless, then say
Acknowledge Allah as your Lord and see
If He does not make you self-sufficient, then say
Shed tears in fear of Allah and see
If He does not flood the river of forgiveness, then say
Uphold loyalty and see
If He does not give the measure of blessings,
then say
Honor Allah’s name and see
If He does not open the doors of mercy, then say
Annihilate your being for Allah and see
If He does not open every path to Paradise for you, then say
Become His entirely and see
If He does not make everyone yours, then say
Come toward Allah and see
If He does not notice, then say
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.”