All Praises And Thanks be to Allah and peace and salutations be upon His Messenger, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, his household, his noble companions and all those who follow him, till the Day of Judgement.
Understand this- No matter how much the right wing Non-Muslim groups or governments claim about the Muslims that, ‘Muslims don’t love India’ or that ‘Muslims are against LGBT’ etc.,- that is not their actual issue with us.
And just because they say that, we shouldn’t overdo things to just prove them otherwise.
Indian Muslims think that by wearing a tricolor (Indian Flag) Kurta or Hijab on the national days the right wing Hindus will start loving us or becoming neutral towards us? Has it happened? -No!
We keep bad mouthing Pakistan to prove our nationalism, has it helped anyways? – No! May be 1% or 5% think positively about us, but majority of the Hindus still doubt us and say we’re just acting and pretending!
Similarly, the French Muslims have joined LGBT rights rallies and other such rights’ movements and do sloganeering in support!? Has it even helped them against the evil Emmanuelle Macron (French President)? Not much!?
If the problem with Indian Muslims is that they don’t love India, how did the extremist Hindus who removed the baby from a pregnant Muslim female’s belly (using a sword) during Gujrat riots (2002) and slaughtered the child know that the unborn child doesn’t love India? The child didn’t yet enter the world… So, what was the problem with that child?
Allah informed us the reason for their hate more than 1400 years ago!
وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ
They punished them for nothing but that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, the Worthy of All Praise. (-Surah Al-Buruj, Ayah 8)
So what do we do now?
Instead of trying to please them, we should try to be firm on our religion, and stop compromising. Then we will either live with dignity or die with honour.
If we keep watering down our religion, we may save our bodies and not our hearts! And we and our subsequent generations will lose our Akhirah and end up as apostates with Arabic and Persian names.
Allah warned us in The Quran:
وَلَن تَرۡضَىٰ عَنكَ ٱلۡيَهُودُ وَلَا ٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَتَّبِعَ مِلَّتَهُمۡۗ قُلۡ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلۡهُدَىٰۗ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعۡتَ أَهۡوَآءَهُم بَعۡدَ ٱلَّذِي جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ مَا لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
The Jews will never be pleased with you, nor will the Christians, unless you follow their faith. Say: “Guidance of Allah is, indeed, the guidance.” Were you to follow their desires despite the knowledge that has come to you, there shall be no friend for you against Allah, nor a helper. (Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 120)
Explanation: Allah addresses and warns His Prophet, telling him that the Jews and the Christians will never be happy with him unless he leaves Islam and follows what they do; and that if he (ﷺ), or one of his followerrs, were to do such a thing, after the clear truth has come to them, they would not find protection or help from Allah. (Explanation of 2:120 from Tafseer Center For Quranic Studies, Riyadh)
So dear Muslims, remember that these trials from the Non-Muslims are coming to us are because we all say La-Ilaaha-Illa-Allah (There is no true god worthy of worship except Allah). The Non-Muslims may claim different reasons, but the main and I must say the only reason is La-Ilaaha-Illa-Allah.
So remember that in this tussle and tug-off war between the Muslims and Non-Muslims, you have two options.
1.Try to be at the mercy of Non-Muslims and compromise your religion, thereby loosing Allah's Help in this Dunya and losing your Akhirah.
(Or)…
2. Be firm on your religion, don’t compromise with the Islamic fundamentals, let them put us in jails and torture us, let them throw us in a pool of fire. Allah has prepared for such believers a Jannah where we will live forever.
أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتۡرَكُوٓاْ أَن يَقُولُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمۡ لَا يُفۡتَنُونَ
Do people think that they will be left (at ease) only on their saying, “We believe” and will not be put to any test? (Surah Al-Ankabut, Ayah 2)
وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۖ فَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُواْ وَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ
Indeed We have tested those who were before them. So Allah will surely know the ones who are truthful, and He will surely know the liars.(Surah Al-Ankabut, Ayah 3)
Allah said:
(یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ هَلۡ أَدُلُّكُمۡ عَلَىٰ تِجَـٰرَةࣲ تُنجِیكُم مِّنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِیمࣲ)
(تُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَتُجَـٰهِدُونَ فِی سَبِیلِ ٱللَّهِ بِأَمۡوَ ٰلِكُمۡ وَأَنفُسِكُمۡۚ ذَ ٰلِكُمۡ خَیۡرࣱ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ)
O you who believe, shall I tell you about a trade that saves you from a painful punishment? That you believe in Allah and His Messenger, and carry out Jihad (struggling) in His way with your riches and your lives. That is much better for you, if you but know.(-Surah As-Saf, Ayah 10,11.)
Remember- Whether you compromise on you religion or be firm, you will live only as much as is written in your fate. No liberal Muslim lived longer than what Allah willed for him and no firm Muslim lived a life shorter than what Allah had prescribed for him!
So please Allah and be firm in whatever is left out of your lives.
وَمَا عَلَيۡنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ
Our obligation is no more than to convey the message clearly.” (Surah Ya-Seen, Ayah 17)
Insha Allah we all will live and die as MOMIN
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Insha Allah we will live n die only to please Allah swt
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