Re: Why are Pakistanis n Indians so obsessed w/ each other?
Ugh, I hit the “Back” button by accident and lost everything I typed. Astaghferullah I’m getting angry -_-
Absolutely. “The people who do not look forward to the days of Allah” are all non-Muslims. Descriptively put, this verse states that regardless of who you are, we as Muslims, being priviledged enough to follow Allah’s (swt) last and truest words, should not look down upon ANY one, regardless of status, race, color, gender. We have no right to judge because we are merely human.
As for your question about the serial killer, I will answer it below in response to Zarvan Ali.
Yes, no Muslim can be 100% perfect, no man can be, save Prophet Muhammad (saw). And yes, we are taught to teach good to our fellow man, regardless of ethnicity, religion, or gender. Let Sania Mirza worry about Sania Mirza and Zarvan Ali worry about Zarvan Ali. Correct your innerself before you believe you are ready to point fingers at others. We are taught to teach others and help them attain a better path, not to force it down their throats. Your words against Sania Mirza will inspire others to create feelings of hatred towards her, and you will be sinned heavily every time someone will be foolishly motivated by your harsh words.
Hadith Al-Bukhari. I will provide you with the link that has a full description of this story and I will quote the main parts of the story here as a quick summary: http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-Living_Shariah/LSELayout&cid=1158658505026
“He was directed to a monk. He came to him and told him that he had killed 99 people and asked him if there was any chance for his repentance to be accepted.”
“He replied in the negative and the man killed him also, completing one hundred. He then asked about the most learned man on the earth. He was directed to a scholar.”
“He [the murderer] told him that he had killed 100 people and asked him if there was any chance for his repentance to be accepted. The scholar replied in the affirmative and asked, ‘Who stands between you and repentance?’”
“‘Go to such-and-such land; there (you will find) people devoted to worship of Allah. Join them in worship, and do not come back to your land because it is an evil place.’”
“So he went away and hardly had he covered half the distance when death overtook him; and there was a dispute between the angels of mercy and the angels of torment. The angels of mercy pleaded, ‘This man has come with a repenting heart to Allah,’ and the angels of punishment argued, ‘He never did a virtuous deed in his life.’ Then there appeared another angel in the form of a human being and the contending angels agreed to make him arbiter between them. He said, ‘Measure the distance between the two lands. He will be considered belonging to the land to which he is nearer.’ They measured and found him closer to the land (of piety) where he intended to go, and so the angels of mercy collected his soul.”
The moral of the story is that, as explained in the Qur’an, that Allah (swt) is able to see the lightness (niyyat) and darkness in our hearts. We can fool others and ourselves, but we can never fool Allah (swt), for He knows when we truly regret and when we don’t. He is the most Merciful and most Powerful, and loves mankind more than 70 times as much as our very own parents would.
“If you take one step toward me, I shall take ten steps towards you.” It all begins with a shift of heart.