LIFE

Being loved by Allah matters! Allah is Al-Wadood, meaning He loves. When Allah loves someone, He says it and shows it through His actions.  Out of love, Allah helps, guides, protects, showers His mercy and rewards His beloved with knowledge and wisdom.  Being loved by Him matters, and it has profound impact on a person’s wellbeing and worldly life. So, who are these people whom Allah loves? Allah tells us that He loves the muttaqeen, B ut yes, whoever fulfills his commitment and fears Allah - then indeed, Allah loves the muttaqeen.  ~ A l- Quran 3:76 Excepted are those with whom you made a treaty among the polytheists and then they have not been deficient toward you in anything or supported anyone against you; so complete for them their treaty until their term [has ended]. Indeed, Allah loves the muttaqeen.   ~ Al- Q uran 9:4 How can there be for the polytheists a treaty in the sight of Allah and with his messenger, except for those with whom you made a treaty at al-masjid al-ḥarām?

Islam means submitting to Allah. Our will precedes and determines our actions. To submit ourselves to Allah, we need to will submission to Allah. The Islamic Studies / Islamiyat curriculum in Pakistan is not designed for this. Its focus is on imparting knowledge whose reflection in actions shows submission to Allah but what will cause this submission is completely ignored. This fundamental flaw in the Islamic studies / Islamiyat curriculum must be removed if we want learners to benefit from this subject. This is of utmost importance as Allah reveals through the Quran: Verily, this (Verse of the Qur’ân) is an admonition, so whosoever wills, let him take a Path to his Rabb (Allâh).  But you cannot will, unless Allâh wills. Verily, Allâh is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise.  (Al-Quran 76:29-30) To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.  And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allâh wills - the Rabb of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists) (Al-Quran 81:28-29) So how is a pe