In the name of Allah
the Beneficent the Merciful
LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE
By Maulana Dr.
Waffie Mohammed
Muslims are the best people from among the human beings
because they recognize that only Allah is the Lord and Master of the entire
creation. Nothing can be compared with Him as no creature can ever be like the
Creator.
Muslims have hope in benefitting from the Lord’s compassion
and mercy because they strive to please Him by doing what He has commanded them
to do; and avoiding what He has prohibited.
Muslims know that by so doing they have hopes of meeting
their Lord on the Day of Judgment. This is because He tells us in the Holy
Qur’an the following:
Whoever expects to meet his Lord, let him work righteousness,
and, in the worship of his Lord, admit no one as partner. (18:110)
To make every effort to please the Lord will bring great
rewards for all those who go along that Path. One benefit for so doing will
result in the opportunity of “holding the Hand of Allah”; and going into
Paradise.
Allah says:
Whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah has grasped the
most trustworthy Hand Hold that never breaks. (2:256)
Prophet Muhammad (pboh), our Leader who is also the Universal
Model was able to connect directly to the Lord on the night of the Miraj. He
achieved this blessing while he was still in this world, because he was free
from all sins. (sins form barriers between a person and the Lord.)
If we should follow him, we may not be able to do so in this
life, but will experience Allah’s closeness to us, after Judgment, when we
would be forgiven for our sins.
As opposed to the aspiration of holding the hand of Allah,
there are those who follow the ways of Satan. About them Allah says:
Of those who reject Faith, their patrons are the Taghut
(evil) ones. From light they will lead them on to the dept of darkness.They
will be the companions of the Fire to dwell therein forever. (2:257)
A Muslim should make every effort not associate with evil,
and must not be the friends of those who do so. Allah says:
When you see men engaged in vain discourse about Our Signs,
turn away from them, unless they change the subject. If Satan should cause you
to forget, then, after recollection, do not sit in the company of those who do
wrong. (6:68)
In conclusion we are to be to be reminded that good
removes evil, and good and evil are not equal. As a result the both
of them cannot mix, and we cannot compromise by harboring both of them in our
hearts at one and the same time. Perhaps this is a reason why Allah says:
Allah has not made
for any man two hearts in one body. (33:4)
This means that you cannot accommodate good and evil at one
and the same time.
Every believer should try to get as close to the Prophet
(pboh) as possible if he or she has desires of getting close to Allah.
