59:19 **And be ye not like those who forgot Allah. and He made them forget their own souls! Such are the rebellious transgressors! **
— He made them forget their own souls, their ownselves? hmmm… This particular ayah also is the basis of the philosophy of Khudi (or self conciousness) of Allama Iqbal.
Don’t forget yourself.
Khudi ko kar buland itnaa kay har Taqdeer say pehlaY khudaa bandaY say khud poochaY ‘bataa teri razaa kiYaa hai?’
Don’t forget ALLAH and He will make sure that you do not forget yourself and you will be successfull.
That was exactly my point. Thanks for pointing that out. So, do you agree with my question that We Muslims - as an Ummah - have lost our Khudi? And that is the very reason ALLAH:swt: has forgotten us. We wait and wait for ALLAH’s help against the invasions of non-believers (culturally and/or militarily) but since we too are fighting with ALLAH:swt: Himself, it’s wrong expectation from our side?
Yes we have lost our ‘khudi’ as you call it and as i suppose Iqbal called it. We dont strive for Deen / Iman ourselves and expect it to be God send. Then when trials come upon us we expect Allah to help. Offcourse Allah is the most forgiving and merciful and he helps and provides his blessings, but he also makes it clear that he helps those who help themselves. We arnt helping ourselves.
We’ve lost the essense of islam. Its very apparent…even in the more knowledgeable amongst us.
Al-Qur'an 3:141. "Allah's object also is to purge those that are true in Faith and to deprive of blessing Those that resist Faith."
I was listening to a Surah yesterday (can't remember which) where Allah says that He does not take away a blessing from anyone, but due to their own actions.
2:171 The parable of those who reject Faith is as if one were to shout Like a goat-herd, to things that listen to nothing but calls and cries:** Deaf, dumb, and blind, they are void of wisdom.**
