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Every human being thinks that he is successful. A business man thinks that he is successful, a minister thinks that he is successful, a ruler thinks that he is successful, a billionaire thinks that he is successful and a drinker who drinks all his life thinks that he is successful. All in their own minds think that they are successful in whatever they are doing or have achieved. These represent successes, successes that are defined and redefined to suite their own egocentricity and their own codes of conduct, ignoring those whose intelligence supersedes their own. Not only this, but they also have no self-propulsion that makes them endeavour to know or understand what success is as defined by the Creator, Allah Almighty. This leads to the statement, ‘self-Intelligence that kills further intelligence’.
This failure to comprehend the true success is happening in every field. The field of Science (as in refuting religion) also thinks that it is more successful under its own criterion of success than religion. This is why it remains busy refuting religion Islam day and night because it feels threatened towards its own existence. For example, if everybody believed in One God and Religion who would need and practice such sciences? Christianity and Judaism have the same definition of ‘success’ problem that makes them reject Islam and feel that they are more blessed than any other civilization. Pharaoh thought that he was to be worshiped having his own definition of success that circulated around him. Not only him but also Satan that defined success related to the power of things. Satan was made from smokeless fire and man made from clay. According to his definition of success and superiorority, the nature and power of things determined success therefore Satan thought that he was superior which killed his intelligence into negative deception.
Not sparing Islam. In Islam there are those that think that their interpretation of the Qur’an and Sunnah is more accurate than the rest of the Muslims and have created their own sects within Islam. How many sects are there in current day Islam? See the visual below: This kind of intelligence is killing the real meaning and success of humanity and is leading it to the same ignorance and closed minds that would result in their destruction and that have resulted in the destruction of the people in the past.
Muslim Islam has already been divided into 33 sects (excluding Sufi, not sure as to their being a sect, blue boxes in the above visual) and considering other sects from the people of the book such as Jews and Christians make the number to 58 should already be a concern to the Muslim Ummah or Humanity as a whole. Jews have two major sects Ashkenazim and Sephardim. One sect emerged from one of the 2 sects of Jews that came to be known as Christians in the mid 1st century, date cannot be confirmed, and leading to further Christian sects such as Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Restorationists and others. It is said of Islam that there will be 73 sects within Islam before the final judgments comes to pass or as Allah Wills and there is only one which is on the guided path of truth. Adding the two together, as the religion before Allah had, has and is always been Islam, we arrive at the chiffre 58 sects out of the 73. Only a difference of 15 sects’ remains which should be a grave concern for Humanity.
To answer the real definition of success, success includes the following 4 (Influenced by Jaffer Quraishi’s video on Youtube, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgT6dDgSMlc)
1. Strong Belief (in Islam).
2. Good deeds.
3. Practicing Justice & Truth, and siding with it at all costs.
4. Patience.
Creating Sects is already a Shirk (making partners with the Lord, Allah Almighty). These sects have been created because in the Qur’an it is clearly stated that there are two types of verses, basic and allegorical, as evident from the Qur’an Chapter 03 Verse 07.
‘‘He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:" and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding’’
So If today Scholars of Islam, Philosophers of Deen, People of knowledge or anyone who tries to find out as to what happened to the body of the Jesus Christ and to where it is will put them in doubts because the truth lies only with the Lord Allah Almighty and only pettifogging on an allegory turns peoples belief away from the real message of Islam and Qur’an. These sects are making the same historical mistakes which should have been put to rest keeping in mind the long History of Islam. So, as an example, instead of trying to find out what happened to the body of the Jesus Christ, Muslim Ummah should concentrate on what is basic or fundamental i.e. the Creator who created Jesus Christ and raised him Belief in Islam, Oneness of Allah and the Final Prophet and Messenger of Allah, Prophet Muhammad PBUH,
''That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah.;- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-
Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise;-
And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe in him before his death; and on the Day of Judgment he will be a witness against them;-''
(Qur’an 04:157-159)
and for those who have and had followed which is allegorical have turned from religion, like ones turning to Christianity and Judaism. So if now Muslims turn their heels and run away from Islam and continued creating sects and divisions will only draw closer the day of Reckoning as there is NO other religion that supersedes Islam.
So to the Muslim Ummah across the Globe:
‘‘This Ramadan discard all that is deceitful and embrace all that is Truthful’’
