DEVOTED TO ALLAH

• Main Author: YAHYA, HARUN 1956- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Goodword Books 2003; ©2003
• Subjects: Islam > Doctrines; Faith (Islam)
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 Muslim is actually the name Allah gives to those who adhere to His religion. The basic attribute, referred to in the Qur'an, that dis- tinguishes Muslims from other people is their absolute awareness of Allah's infinite might. Grasping Allah's might is not only a matter of verbal confirma- tion. Believers are those who recognize Allah's existence and His greatness, love Him and fear Him, "are steadfast in their duty" to Him and re-orient all their deeds and conduct in the light of this re- ality which has become apparent to them. This book provides an ex- plicit picture of a believer devoted to Allah as described in the Quran It must be remembered that Paradise is the abode of those who "believe with certainty" in Allah and the Hereafter and then "strive with all due striving" in the way of Allah. The end of those who "worship Allah right on the fringe of true faith" and place their trivial interests on the same footing as the pleasure of Allah is de- scribed thus in the Quran: Among the people there are some who profess to serve Allah but who stand on the very fringe of good faith. If good befalls them, they are content, but if an ordeal befalls them, they re- vert to their former ways, losing both this world and the Hereafter. That way true perdition lies. (Surat al-Hajj, 11)