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Saturday, April 30, 2005

Proclaim the glad tidings

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Those that turn (to Allah) in repentence;
That serve Him, and praise Him; that wonder
In devotion to the Cause of Allah;
That bow down and prostrate themselves, in prayer;
That enjoin good and forbid evil; and observe the limits set by Allah -
(These do rejoice). So proclaim the glad tidings to the Believers! - AL-Qur'an (9:112)

The above ayah gives us so much hope - subhanallah! In the tafsir of Abdullah Yusuf Ali it is explained in the following way:

We are to rejoice that by giving up such small things as ourselves and our possessions we are to be rewarded with such a great thing as the eternal life of felicity. The truly righteous, whose lives in various aspects are described in this verse, do so rejoice. The good news is to be proclaimed to all believers, including the weakest among us, so that they may profit by that example.

-Subhanallah! What could be a better news from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala than this?


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