[IslamCity] Here I am at Your service, O Allah!

[Mohammad Shafi]

Assalaamu alaykum, Brother/Sister! 'Here I am at Your service, O Allah, here I am! You have no Partner. Here I am at Your service! The praise, the bounty and the sovereignty are all Yours. You have no Partner.' That is the constant refrain with which Muslims perform Hajj. By His grace, Allah has given me the opportunity to join the multitude in humming the refrain at His House, this year. I am aware, O Allah, that this refrain is to be acted upon not only during the limited period of the Hajj, but throughout one's life in this world. And I am painfully aware, O my Lord, that on innumerable occasions in my life so far, I have failed to stick to the ideal. Pardon me, O GhafoorurRaheem! And grant me the wisdom, the sagacity and the perseverance to stick to the Straight Path and never deviate from it during the rest of my sojourn here in this world. Won't you join me in this humble prayer, for my sake, for your sake and for the sake of all the Muslim world, my dear Brother/Sister? I may not be able to continue with further additions to my online Qur'aanic Studies for the present. I shall inshaAllah resume my Studies after the Hajj. In the meantime, please do tell your friends and acquaintances about the site www.islam-n-interest.com and do critically examine my Studies. I shall feel duly rewarded if my efforts inculcate in my readers the urge to study the Qur'aan on their own, and to abide by the divine commands therein. Allah Hafiz, Mohammad Shafi 12th January, 2005 *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)  also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamcity/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.