Beauties of Islam - Defaced by the Terrorists and Militants
By
Arman Neyazi, New Age Islam
30 August
2021
The
Essence of Islamic Beauty Must Be Preserved To Maintain Peace and Tranquillity In
The World
Main
Points:
1. Islam cannot
be a religion of terrorists and militants or hypocrites.
2. Allah
created man embedded in the beauty of wisdom, intellect, love, compassion,
inclusivity and the power to think and take decisions.
3. It is the
beauty of Islam that it continued to send prophets to every region and
community and continued the process untill it was completed with Prophet
Muhammad's Deen. (Peace be upon him)
4. Allah sent
His messengers in a quest to make men understand and accept His Oneness (توحید) and His signs so that they
may understand.
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Islam means
’peace. Peace is a beautiful word. Peace is embedded with all that is
beautiful. Islam is a religion that advocates religious peace and inclusivity
on the earth. The religion that says: ‘…whoever slays a soul, it is as
though he slew all men; and whoever keeps it alive, it is as though he kept
alive all men - (Al-Ma’idah: 32)’
cannot be a religion of terrorists and militants or hypocrites.
Human
beings are the most peaceful and the most beautiful creature of this universe.
In all that the Almighty Allah created, He created human beings the best. Allah
created them embedded in the beauty of wisdom, intellect, love, compassion,
inclusivity and the power to think and take decisions based on their
parameters. It is the beauty of Islam that it sent prophets from among us to
guide the rest of us on the righteous path. It is the beauty of Islam that it
continued to send prophets to every region and community and kept the process
continued till it was completed with Prophet Muhammad Pbuh's Deen.
The human
being takes birth will innocence and purity of heart and beauty of wisdom. Can
anyone imagine anything more peaceful and beautiful than a newly born baby? We
have to notice the innocent smiles and beauty of their thoughts to understand
the beauty of the Creator’s trait with which we all are born.
Allah the Most Gracious and the Most
Benevolent is in the peaceful beauty of the children looking at the wonders of
the world, silently praising the Almighty Creator for His gift of peace and
tranquillity and beauty bestowed upon the human being.
Looking at
the world we witness beauty in everything that we see. The beautiful blue sky is
embedded with beautiful twinkling stars and a big bright moon sprinkling parts
of the world with milky white light having the power of spiritual
enlightenment. Moonlit nights fill the hearts of the poets, Sufis and Saints
with the essence of heavenly beauty. Looking around the world as far as we
could we find peace, be it the fields, the mountains, the fountains or the
birds and animals. Allah the Most Compassionate created the universe with the
traits of peace, love and compassion. He arranged the days and nights, the
nature and environment and all the living beings in a manner that are made for
each other if the human being maintains peace and tranquillity among all the
creations of Allah. The human being must maintain peace as He has bestowed upon
them all that is humane and beautiful. Allah says in the Holy Quran:
“He
Who has made everything which He has created most good (beautiful: al-Husn): He
began the creation of man with (nothing more than) clay” - (As-Sajdah: 7)
And say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allah.
He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them. And your Lord is not
unaware of what you do." (An-Naml: 93)
It is one
of the beauties of Islam that Allah the Almighty never forced religion on His
creation and said in the Holy Quran, ‘For you is your religion, and for me is
my religion.’ And contrary to this to make people understand the righteous path
He sent more or less 1, 2400 prophets as His messengers in a quest to make men
understand and accept His Oneness (توحید) and His signs so that they
may understand.
Quranic
Verses Describing the Beauty of Islam:
In matters of faith, He has laid down for you
[people] the same commandment that He gave Noah, which We have revealed to you
[Muhammad] and which We enjoined on Abraham and Moses and Jesus: 'Uphold the
faith and do not divide into factions within it'-... — Quran: 13
Allah the Most Compassionate asks the human
beings: ‘Could the reward of Beneficence be anything other than beneficence?’ - (Ar-Rahman: 60)
The beauty
of the above-mentioned verse from the Holy Quran is that it says Allah has laid
down for His people the same commandments that He laid down for Prophet Nuh,
Abraham, Moses and Jesus along with the Holy Prophet Muhammad Pbuh. The
above-mentioned verse establishes man being ‘one of the finest creations of
Allah’.
…“And speak of goodness to people.”… (Al-Baqarah - 83)
Indeed We already created man in the fairest
stature; - (At-Tin
- 4)
“Though their beauty pleases you.” (33: 52)
No indeed, (but) you prefer the present life,
(Literally: the lowly life, i.e., the life of this world). - (Al-A'la -17)
Muslims
Who Betrayed Their Religion
We all
human beings are born embedded with the virtues of everything good created by
Allah.
Somehow,
some among us harnessed the evil of supremacism and sectarianism and have
defaced the values of our spiritual essence. The ugliness that has crept into
our thoughts and behaviour is needed to be defeated to recreate the peace and
beauty of Islam.
Somewhere
in between, we, the human being lost our spiritual essence and fell prey to the
devilish designs of the devil (Shaitan).
We the
human being are born alike. No one among us is good or bad by birth. Allah has
created us and Allah has created the evils (Shaitan) as well so that we use our
wisdom and keep ourselves safe from their evil designs. But the evil forces
defeat the inborn virtues of some among us and govern their ego that ultimately
instigate others to tread the wrong path. Allah, the Most High says in the Holy
Quran:
Let there be no alteration in the creation of
God. That is the upright religion; however, most people realize it not” (Ar-Rum: 30)
As the
above mentioned Ayat says, ‘most people realize it not’, we are surrounded by
such people who are not realising their mistake and are unknowingly killing
their brethren, injecting brutalities on women and children and are unjustly
making the Muslims their slaves.
Consider
the following beautiful verse of the Holy Quran that makes it clear that there
is no compulsion in religion hence any struggle in the name of establishing the
rule of Islam is unfound and against the essence of Islam.
“Let
there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever
rejects evil and believes in God hath grasped the most trustworthy handhold
that never breaks. And God heareth and knoweth all things.” [Al-Qur’an 2:256]
Door to
Forgiveness Are Open
It is the
beauty of Islam that He never closes the door to ‘forgiveness’ rather has
continuously revealed verses in all His Books mentioning how Allah forgives the
seekers of forgiveness. All those who have in the name of establishing Islamic
State have betrayed with their religion and their brethren need not be
depressed as ‘depression is a form of Kufr’, as the doors to forgiveness are
open. Consider the following Ayat and Ahadees on forgiveness.
Quranic
Verses Describing the Beauty of Repentance
And O ye Believers! Turn ye all together
towards God, that ye may attain Bliss. — (Al-Noor: 31)
O ye who believe! Turn to God with sincere
repentance, in the hope that your Lord will remove from you your ills and admit
you to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow ... — (Al-Tahrim: 66)
Surely God loves those who turn much (to Him),
and He loves those who purify themselves. — (Al-Baqara: 222)
God accept
the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and repent soon afterwards; to
them will God turn in mercy: For God is full of knowledge and wisdom. Of no
effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil, until death faces
one of them, and he says, "Now have I repented indeed;" nor of those
who die rejecting Faith: for them have We prepared a punishment most grievous.
— (An-Nisa: 17–18)
Prophetic
Traditions on Repentance
Allah's
Apostle said, "Every son of Adam sins, the best of the sinners are those
who repent." — Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith no. 2499
In Sahih
al-Bukhari, Anas ibn Malik narrates: Allah's Apostle said, "Allah is more
pleased with the repentance of His slave than anyone of you is pleased with
finding his camel which he had lost in the desert." — Sahih al-Bukhari, 8:75:321
Famous
historian De Lacy O’Leary wrote about Islam being a religion of peace
and beauty in the following words:
“History
makes it clear, however, that the legend of fanatical Muslims, sweeping through
the world and forcing Islam at the point of the sword upon conquered races is
one of the most fantastically absurd myths that historians have ever repeated.”
Those among
us who keep themselves engaged in Zikr (remembrances) keep safe and those who
fall prey to worldly attractions get misguided. Remember, ‘Let there be no
compulsion in religion’ and maintain the sanctity of Islam, the religion of
peace and beauty. The essence of Islamic beauty has to be preserved to maintain
peace and tranquillity in the world.
And
Allah Knows the Best.
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Arman
Neyazi is a columnist with NewAgeIslam.com.
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