[One Ummah] - The Coming of Man

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Submission by:  Tavis Adibudeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Topic:               The Coming of Man

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Friday Thoughts...

All praise is due to Allah, Who created humanity from a single soul, and
then created for it a mate.  From them, He scattered countless men and
woman over the earth.  It is He who initiated creation and repeats it
without tiring, without the need for preparation or experimentation.  He
simply says "Be" and it is.  He creates man in a humiliating state in the
form of a fertilized egg.  It is helpless even when it finally emerges from
its mother's womb.  We come into this world prostrating before Allah,
Majestic and Sublime, and He has enjoined on us that we leave in a similar
state.  The first man was unrefined, innocent, and without knowledge of
right or wrong, good or evil, life or death.  Allah, in His supreme Mercy,
showered the man with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding.  

The descendants of the first man, benefited from this and elevated
themselves and their progeny until Allah raised a man who was the
perfection and completion of His plan.  He deputed the Prophet Muhammad,
upon whom be peace and blessings, as a Mercy to all of humanity.  He gifted
him with revelation unlike any eloquence or poetry that had ever graced the
ears of human beings before him.  He, the Most High, commissioned the
Prophet to warn the people of a grievous chastisement, as idolatry swept
the land, sinister deeds were commonplace, and rejection of Faith a sign of
prominence.  The Messenger of Allah, upon whom be peace, called on the
people to worship only Allah, but their haughtiness consumed them, their
greed overtook them, and their suspicion drove them to disbelief.  

Allah, highly glorified and exalted, commanded the Prophet to fight the
people (in their hearts) until they testified that there is but one God,
Allah.  Truth prevailed over falsehood, knowledge over ignorance, good over
evil, and righteousness over misguidance.  The people enjoined good deeds
and forbade evil deeds.  They worshiped the Almighty in the early mornings,
in the afternoons, in the mid-day, in the evenings, and at night.  Their
ears were open to the revelation that was recited to them, and their hearts
were open until many had memorized it in its entirety.  

The revelation is the Criterion.  Its words are eloquent, its claims
undeniable, its inerrancy unanimous, and its verdicts are clear.  Allah
bestowed it on humanity for the benefit of all whose ears it graced, whose
eyes it captured, and whose hearts it softened.  Through it, criminals
found solace, evildoers found peace, the ignorant found knowledge, the weak
found strength, the haughty found humility, the mentally dead found life,
and the blind were given sight.  

When the revelation was completed and when the Prophet had fulfilled his
mission, Allah made the Word like wind that scatters seeds across unknown
lands.  Soon the entire peninsula lived by a single phrase, la ilaha
il-Allah.  But Allah's message was for all people, and the seeds spread
throughout the world.  Every shade of skin, every form of language, every
nationality, ethnicity, and race; every size and shape, every personality
type.  All are represented under this phrase.  No enemy can divide them.
No oppressor can overcome them.  No speaker can silence them.  No material
wealth can persuade them from righteousness.  No hunger can drive them to
evil.  No suffering can lessen their faith.  No army can defeat them.
Their Lord is One.  Their Prophets are One.  Their Books are One.  Their
Message is One.  Their Ummah is One.  

Consider it...

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