A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is extracted from a transcript of a discourse delivered by Mawlana Wafi’ Muhammad.   Allah ( s.w.t. ) Says:   سُوۡرَةُ آل عِمرَان كُنتُمۡ خَيۡرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخۡرِجَتۡ لِلنَّاسِ تَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَتَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنڪَرِ وَتُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ‌ۗ … (١١٠)   You are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. … (Surah Ali ‘Imran:110)   After Allah ( s.w.t. ) sent 124,000 Messengers, after He Gave so much Tangible Care and Blessings to the previous nations, He then Sent Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ).  With his coming, we no longer see any such visible favours.  Of course, generosity flowed from his personality; but compared to how Allah ( s.w.t. ) Treated the Israelites, for example, He did not treat the Muslims like that.  The Muslims were subjected to a lot of trials in the early stage of Islam.   In s...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following is extracted from a transcript of discourse delivered by Mawlana Wafi’ Muhammad ( r.a. ).   Allah ( s.w.t. ) Reminds us in so many chapters of the Qur’an of the activities of Pharaoh and Prophet Moses ( a.s. ) and the consequences of their respective actions.  These reminders are one of the qualities of the Qur’an; that is dzikr .  On one hand, we gain knowledge of Allah ( s.w.t. ), and on the other, we are Given information of the past nations and the impact on our own lives if we should follow similar courses of actions.   Allah ( s.w.t. ) Says:   سُوۡرَةُ البَقَرَة ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَىُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُ‌ۚ لَا تَأۡخُذُهُ ۥ سِنَةٌ۬ وَلَا نَوۡمٌ۬‌ۚ … (٢٥٥)   Allah!  There is no Allah but He ― the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal.  No slumber can seize him nor sleep. ... (Surah al-Baqarah:255)   And He has Knowledge of every single one of us.  ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following is a transcript of a talk by Mawlana Wafi’ Muhammad.   Islam, the last of the Revealed religions, gave to the world a concept of a family, which was either not known or practiced before.  It informs us that the family began with the entry of the human species on earth, as Allah ( s.w.t. ) Created Eve out of Adam ( a.s. ) and from both of them, He Caused the entire human family to grow.  He Tells us:   سُوۡرَةُ النِّسَاء بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفۡسٍ۬ وَٲحِدَةٍ۬ وَخَلَقَ مِنۡہَا زَوۡجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنۡہُمَا رِجَالاً۬ كَثِيرً۬ا وَنِسَآءً۬‌ۚ … (١)   In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful O mankind!  Reverence your Guardian-Lord Who Created you from a single person, Created, of like nature, his mate and from them twain scattered (like seeds) countless men and women ... (Surah an-Nisa’:1)   ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is a transcript of a lecture given by Mawlana Wafi’ Muhammad.   The Merciful Lord Who is High above His Creation has Allocated for Himself Divine Attributes which are to be the terms of reference for man who is required to represent Him here on Earth.  He Says:   سُوۡرَةُ الرُّوم … فِطۡرَتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى فَطَرَ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلَيۡہَا‌ۚ لَا تَبۡدِيلَ لِخَلۡقِ ٱللَّهِ‌ۚ … (٣٠)   … (Establish) Allah’s Handiwork according to the pattern on which He has Made mankind: no change (let there be) in the work (wrought) by Allah: ... (Surah ar-Rum:30)   It is without doubt a great blessing for man, a finite creature, to be Selected by the All-Knowing, Infinite Being to be able to manifest something the “Habits of God”, contained in His Divine Personality, in our earthly life.  Every Attribute is equally important and has its benefits.  Perhaps, this is a reason Allah ( s.w.t. ) Makes them known to u...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is my answer to a Quora question: “ Does this argument defeat the Qur’an challenge? ”   No, it does not prove anything.   Simply because somebody says it, does not make it so.   No one can produce a book like the Qur’an. Allah ( s.w.t. ) Issued this Challenge in more than one place:   سُوۡرَةُ بنیٓ اسرآئیل / الإسرَاء قُل لَّٮِٕنِ ٱجۡتَمَعَتِ ٱلۡإِنسُ وَٱلۡجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأۡتُواْ بِمِثۡلِ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لَا يَأۡتُونَ بِمِثۡلِهِۦ وَلَوۡ كَانَ بَعۡضُہُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ۬ ظَهِيرً۬ا (٨٨)   Say: “If the whole of mankind and jinn were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur’an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support. (Surah al-Isra’:88)   سُوۡرَةُ یُونس … قُلۡ فَأۡتُواْ بِسُورَةٍ۬ مِّثۡلِهِۦ وَٱدۡعُواْ مَنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِينَ (٣٨)   … “Bring then a surah like unto it, and call (t...