ALEPPO, ALLAH'S HELP IS NEAR

We see what's happening in Aleppo and really, words fail me. What kind of a world do we live in. Practically, something worse than the Holocaust was being live documented and tweeted and people saw it, liked, shared and posted it but beyond that, did anyone truly care? Did we think of those innocent children, the homeless, the wounded and the hungry when we reclined on our soft beds? Did we care enough to wake up for Thahajjud and cry silently to Allah, begging for His help on them? If you have, then Alhamdulillah, your heart is alive. 

It's ironic you know how Syria is surrounded by Muslim countries and yet, no one stepped in to actually help them. How long are they going to compete with each other to build the tallest building and make a car out of gold? How much longer are they going to be deluded by the glamour and glitter of this Dunya? Have we been so blinded by all this that we have become deaf to the cries of the Syrians, blind to their suffering and dumb to even speak for them or at least, make Duaa for them? Do we even have a heart left?

 

So what's there to look at get solace in? The Ummah in in tatters. There are plenty of Muslim countries but who is there to speak up on behalf of the oppressed Muslims, not just in Syria but in Palestine, Rohingya, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Yemen, it just goes on... 

 

The Ummah has lost all hope.

 

Except for the promise of Allah and you know what? I've come to realize that when all we've got is empty promises around us, this promise of Allah. .That's enough.

 

This one verse from Surah Baqarah... SubhanAllah, it just paints the perfect picture. It's as though Allah is talking directly to the people of Syria. It's as though He is comforting them. It's so beautiful...

 

Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is the help of Allah?" 

Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near. (Quran 2:214)

 

I studied the Tafseer of this verse about an year back and over here, I'll write what I learnt in that, In sha Allah.

This verse basically says that entering Jannah isn't easy. We have to go through some trials. And note: If we haven't been tested this way even to a small extent then know that it is sure to come in the future. See, the address here is to us, the Muslims. 

 

And on the other hand, if you are facing any difficulties because you are a believer, then know that this isn't strange. It has even happened to the Prophets of Allah.

In this verse specifically, and it really is the perfect picture of Aleppo right now, Allah talks about how they were shaken- زُلْزِلُ is the word used- by one test after another. And isn't this what we are seeing right before our eyes in Aleppo. Be it chemical bombs, being driven out, beaten up, raped... It's all happening there. 

 

The first recipients of this verse was of course, Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam and his Sahabahs. Meaning, the previous generations, even they suffered. But even when they were tortured, burnt alive, sawed, flesh removed, etc, they did not give up on their Imaan. So what are the tests we face and what are the negativism we face and SubhanAllah, how vulnerable are we to what we face?

 

So, they were tried and tested and pushed so much so that even their messenger and those who believed with him said "When is the help of Allah?" And isn't this precisely what the Muslims of Aleppo, Palestine, Rohingya, Kashmir, etc are asking? When is the help of Allah.

 

The words of the Quran and perfect. Every single word, Allah has chosen it so perfectly. Notice how they said متى - When. Not أين - where is the help of Allah? This was their Yaqeen, their certainty. They knew Allah's help was going to come. It was just a matter of when.

So even when the world doesn't respond, Allah does and how beautiful His response is. "Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near." This is all the hope we have left Ya Allah!

 

Don't ever give up. Hold on for a little bit longer for Allah's help. Be patient in the face of trials. The path to Jannah is surrounded by difficulties. But these trials, when a believer goes through it, it strengthens him and raises his ranks before His lord. 

Oh Allah, elevate the status of those who are struggling with difficulties in your path. Help them with your special help, grant them Sabr and reward them with Jannah. Help the people of Aleppo Ya Allah!

 

 

WHY IS ALLAH ALLOWING MUSLIMS TO SUFFER?

We see what's happening in Syria, Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan and to rest of the Muslim Ummah and it's distressing. It really is and sometimes, it's hard for us to console ourselves. We wonder when it's going to stop and why it's even happening. Seeing pictures of helpless fathers holding the body of their little baby, children crying over the dead body of their mother, infants, barely months old bleeding to death. We can hardly bear a prick on our hands and here, those kids are suffering so much. It's unfair, we think.

 

I tell you this because I've had these thoughts running around my head like why Allah is allowing the oppresses to kill His servants. 

 

Only today, I was reflecting on this verse from Surah Aal Imran, verse 18:

Allah bears witness that there is no deity except Him, and [so do] the angels and those of knowledge - [that He is] maintaining [creation] in justice. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

So you see, there is never an instance, even a split second in which Allah does injustice to His creation. Find this difficult to accept? Would you believe your mother if she told you she loved you? Then believe your Lord, the Most Truthful, when He not only says but also bears witness to the fact that He maintains justice. And who's testimony do we need other than Allah's?

 

The thing is we are quick to judge everything on the apparent and we fail to delve deeper into it. The oppressors, whether they are the president of a country, an army or even an individual person, if they do injustice, if they kill someone without any right and oppress them, do you think that Allah is going to let them be? Never.

 

And do you think that those who are oppressed, the innocent men, women and children are going to suffer without an end? Of course not.

 

For the oppressors, they are deluded by their wealth, influence and power and they forget that a day is soon going to come when they will meet their Lord and when that time comes, do you think Allah who loves us more than even or own mother is going to let them be? Impossible.

 

When they meet their death and they definitely will, they are going to be questioned by Allah for every single soul they killed, for every square inch of land they stole, for everything they robbed from the people. They laughed after inflicting harm on the Muslims and on the Day of Judgement, they will burn in the fire again and again. Never can they get away from that. They had all the influence in the world and helpers left right and center but who will come to their rescue on the Day of Judgement? No one. And on top of that, when Allah will ask them if they enjoyed any pleasure in the world, what will they say? Nothing. They enjoyed no pleasure because the horrors of the Day of Judgement is such that mankind will forget every pleasure of this world.

Isn't this justice my brothers and sisters? This is Allah's justice.

And as for those who were oppressed, whether they are dead or living today in Syria, Palestine, Kashmir, Yemen, Afghanistan or anywhere else in this world, they have been killed for the simple reason that they are Muslims right? They sacrificed their life for Allah and do you think Allah is going to deprive them of life?

Think not of those who are killed in the Way of Allah as dead. Nay, they are alive, with their Lord, and they have provision. (Quran 3: 169)

When they return to Allah, they will be under the care of Allah enjoying, receiving provision and rejoicing. As for those who are suffering at the hands of the tyrants, know that soon Allah will give you relief. With Allah, you have a guaranteed and perfect future, In sha Allah. For every pain you endured, Allah will increase your rank in Jannah and give you pleasures that will make you forget everything you suffered in this world. If Allah were to ask you in Jannah if you suffered any difficulty, you would certainly say that you never ever suffered. The pleasures of Jannah is such that it will make you forget any difficulty you endured here.

Isn't this justice my brothers and sisters? This is Allah's justice.

 

It might not be in the way we expect it to be but it will be the best justice and the most deserving justice.

 

So be among those people of knowledge who bears witness to the fact that Allah maintains justice with His creation.

 

Allah bears witness that there is no deity except Him, and [so do] the angels and those of knowledge - [that He is] maintaining [creation] in justice. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Laa ilaha illahuwa al Azeez al Hakeem.

SYRIA, YOU ARE IN OUR DUAS

The whole month, we've been watching, reading and seeing the strife unfolding in Syria and Wallah I can't bear seeing another child massacred so ruthlessly. Syria needs her brothers and sisters in Islam to pray for her. The Muslim Ummah is one whole body; just as when one part of the body is in the pain the whole body suffers, we should feel the pain and the angst of our brothers and sisters in Syria. No one can put it so beautifully as our Beloved Nabi Muhammad (SAL) said: “The similitude of believers in regard to mutual love, affection, fellow-feeling is that of one body; when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches, because of sleeplessness and fever.” [Muslim]. It doesn't matter that they are split into different political states or that they belong to different Madhahibs/Fiqh, as long as the person is a Muslim; they are a part of your body.

The Syrian Revolution publicly begun on March 15th 2011, demanding freedom and human rights. 11 months later and the Syrian people persist on protesting strongly against the tyranny and brutality of the Syrian regime.

11 months later and the Syrian people have only become stronger and more determined to bring down this regime of tyranny, oppression and corruption.

11 months later and the Syrian people have lost 8000 beloved fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, daughters and sons – for speaking up against what’s wrong.

11 months later and children all over Syria have been robbed of their childhood, deprived of living a life that the kids in other countries enjoy.

535 of them have been killed, slaughtered mercilessly and massacred all for speaking up for their rights…

Another incalculable number of them have been tortured and imprisoned.

Since March 15th, at least 8064 people have been killed in Syria, amongst them 535 children and 250 women.

350,000 injured.
200,000 imprisoned.
Over 22,000 refugees.

And what did we do?

Bismillah Ar Rahman Ar Raheem

O Allah! The Compassionate, The Merciful

Ar Rahman Ar Raheem

Today and everyday

I ask You for Syria

O King, O the Holy One

Al Malik Al Quddus

I raise my hands

That You have given me

Begging Only You for Mercy

O The Source of Peace and the Guardian of Faith

Ya Salam Ya Mu'min

Please grant peace to

My Muslim brothers and sisters

In Syria

Please grant them strength to fight

And give them Your Protection

O Guardian O The Mighty One!

Ya Al Muhaymin Ya Aziz

Please take care of my Muslim brothers

And sisters in Syria

O Enforcer O Supreme One

Ya Al Jabbar Al Mutakabbir

I prostrate myself to You

Humbling myself to You

Please free Syria

O Lord, Our Creator, The Evolver

Al Khaliq Al Bari

Please do not let any more

Of my Muslim brothers and sisters

In Syria die, O Allah please!

O Fashioner, O my Lord

You are the Forgiver

Ya Musawwir Ya Gaffar

You are Our Creator

Please forgive the people of Syria

And please forgive us all

Ya Gaffar, I know I am covered in sins

Ya Rabb, please forgive me

And accept my Duas for my dear brothers and sisters in Syria

The Ummah of our beloved Prophet (Sall Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam)

Ya Al Qahhar Al Wahhab

The Subduer, The Bestower

Please bestow upon Syria

Your Great Mercy Ya Allah!

Ya Razzaq Ya Al Fattah

O The Provider, The Opener

Please open the gates of Victory

For the people in Syria

O Allah please also open the gates of Jannah

For my Muslim brothers and sisters who have died in Syria

O Allah please provide sustenance for Syria

Please provide for them everything they need

And take care of them-Ameen

Ya Alim Ya Qabid

O the All-Knowing, O The Seizer

O Allah You know everything

Nothing is hidden from You

Please destroy Bashar and his evil army

O Allah! Please do not let any blood be shed

From my brothers and sisters

O Allah I cannot even imagine

What they are going through!

Please help them Ya Malik Ya Rahim

Ya Al Basit Al khafid

O The Expander, The Abaser

Please make it easy

On the people of Syria

Ya Ar Rafi Al Muizz

O The Exalter, The Dignifier

Please Exalt honour to the Syrians

In the world, on the Day of Judgement

And the Hereafter Ya Rabb Al Alameen

Ya Mujill Ya As Sami

O Abaser, The All-Hearing One

Please humiliate Bashar & his evil army

Please listen to our Duas O Allah!

Ya Al-Basir Al Hakam

O All-Seeing One, Our Judge

Please grant justice to Syria

Please help Syria O Allah!

Ya Adl Ya Latif

The Just, The Subtle

Please grant Justice to Syria

And all Muslims in this world

O Allah! Please I ask You

I ask You Only for Justice

To please destroy the Oppressors

Ya Khabir Ya Halim

O The Aware, The Forbearing One

Please O Allah

You see everything and You know everything

We turn to You O Allah

For help please, O Allah!

Ya Al-Azim Ya Gafur

The Magnificent, The Forgiver

Please forgive this Ummah

Please O Allah

We cry to You

And Complain to You

For our helplessness

We are far away from Syria

But You are closer to them

Than their jugular veins

Please listen to this dua

And accept this from me

This is all I want today

Right now Ya Rabb!

My eyes are filled with tears

And I want Only You

To wipe it away from me

How you clear the clouds from darkness

After Rain

O Allah I have never heard such things

In my life

I cannot bear an inch of what is happening

To the people of Syria

How men has lacked mercy

And became harder than any stone

In the world

But You are the Lord of the Worlds

To You we thank, O The Appreciative One!

Ya Ash Shakur

Ya 'Ali, The Most High

Please hear our plight

Ya Kabir, Ya Hafiz

My Lord, Most Great

To You I humble my body, my soul

My heart in pain

Asking You to preserve the people of Syria

O Allah! Al Muqit, Al Hasib

The Nourisher, The Reckoner

Al Jalil Al Karim

The Glorious, The Munificent

To You I ask for Help

Please O Allah!

Ya Raqib Ya Al Mujib

The Vigilant, The Responder to Prayer

Please respond to my prayer

And send Your army full of angels

And believers to Syria O Allah!

Ya Wasi Ya Hakim

Only You are the Wise One, The Embracing One

Please embrace Syria with Your Love

And please don't let any harm or grief touch them

Ya Wadud Ya Majid

The Loving, The Majestic

Ya Wadud I love Syria for Your sake Only

Please Ya Majid it hurts me when I

Look through my Islamic books

And find the name of Syria written in there

May the blessed city be free

O Allah please love the people of Syria

I call out to You

With my love for You

With my love for my Muslim

Brothers and sisters

Who say La Ilaha Ill Allah

Muhammad Ar Rasulullah

(Sall Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam)

Please grant victory to Syria

Ya Al Baith, Al Shahid, Ya Haq, Ya Wakil

The Resurrector, The Witness, The Truth, The Ultimate Trustee

I invoke You please O Allah

Only You know what is going on in Syria

Only You know their every tear

Only You know what their hearts are going through

Please O Allah! They are oppressed, they are weak

They need You more than anything O Allah!

Ya Al Qawi, Ya Matin, Ya Wali, Ya Hamid

O The Strong One, The Firm One, The Protector, The Praiseworthy

Ya Hamid, All praise is Yours alone

Please grant Syria Your Ultimate Protection

Please help them O Allah! You are our Wali!

Ya Muhsi, Al Mubdi, Al Muid, Al Muhyi, Al Mumit

The Appraiser, The Originator, The Restorer, The Giver of Life, The Giver of Death

Everything is in Your Hands Ya Rabb

Please don't let them take away

Any of my brothers and sisters life in Syria!

Ya Al Haye, Al Qayyum, Al Wajid, Al Majid,

O The Eternal, The Self Existing, The Finder, The Splendid

Please destroy the Oppressors

And Save Syria from Oppression Ya Allah!

Ya Wahid, Ya Ahad, Ya Samad, Ya Qadir

O The One, The Unique, The Absolute, The Able

You are able to do all things

Please protect Syria and grant them relief O Allah!

Ya Muqtadir, Ya Muqaddam, Ya Muakkhir, Al Awal, Al Akhir

The Powerful, The Expeditor, The Delayer, The First, The Last

Yours is the Power alone

Please destroy the wrongdoers

Ya Zhahir, Ya Batin, Ya Wali, Ya Muta’ali

O The Manifest, Hidden, Supreme Governor, The Most Exalted

Please help Syria

Ya Al-Barr, At-Tawwab, Al-Muntaqim

The Source of All Good, The Acceptor of Repentance, The Avenger

Please forgive us all

O Allah, please avenge every Syrian death

And grant them Shahadah

Every day people in Syria are dying

People are losing their loved ones

And are being tortured and murdered

Please envelop Syria in Your Mercy

O Most Gracious Most High Lord!

Ya Al-Afu, Ar-Rauf, Al Malik ul Mulk

O The Pardoner, The Clement, The Master of Soverignty

Yours is the Soverignty, Yours is the Praise

No one forgives sins except You

Please forgive Syria and grant them victory!

Ya Jul-Jalali-Wal-Ikram, Ya Muqsit, Ya Jami’

The Lord of Majesty & Generosity, The Equitable, The Gatherer

I seek Only Your help

For my brothers and sisters in Syria

For I cannot do anything for them

But I have hope in You

Ya Ghani, Ya Mughni, Ya Mani’, Ya Dhaar

The Self Sufficient, The Enricher, The Preventor, The One who causes Loss

Please prevent any harm from coming

To the people of Syria

Ya Nafi’, Ya Nur, Ya Hadi, Ya Badi, Ya Baqi, Ya Warith, Ya Rashid, Ya Sabur

O The Propitious, The Light, The Guide, The Originator, The Everlasting, The Inheritor, The Righteous, The Patient

O Allah! I Invoke You with Your Great Special 99 Names and Attributes!

Please help the Masakeen, This Ummah, The People of Syria for I cannot help but cry for them. When I get even a small inch of tiny hurt, I can't help but think for the greatest of pains they have been suffering. I might have lost a few loved ones in life but they have lost many and watched them die in front of their own eyes. They have been the victims of massive oppression and crimes. They are oppressed. While the world waits and lets them die, I cannot for they are my brothers and sisters in faith. Their pain is mine as well. I thank You for everything You have given me but I cannot be happy if they are deprived of every happiness. I know You love them so much, I know You are testing them. In only You alone they put their trust in and I have hope in You that You will accept my Dua today that and You will take good care of my dear brothers and sisters in Syria.

Ameen thumma Ameen O Allah! Please Help! Please Please I beg You to help my dear brothers and sisters in Syria! Ya Rabb Al Alameen! O Lord of the Heavens and the Earth!! Allahu Akbar!!

         *   *   *

Abud-Darda' (Radhiallaho anha) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) saying, "Whenever a Muslim supplicates for his (Muslim) brother in his absence, the angels say: `May the same be for you too'.''

[Muslim]

Additionally, make sure you recite Qunut Nazilah that our Prophet prescribed when the Ummah is a facing difficult time.

*Note: We got this Dua from this site http://www.islamicexperiences.com/2012/03/special-dua-for-syria.html. JazakAllah ukthi/akhi for that beautiful Dua.

The stats mentioned were from this blog by a sister http://razanspeaks.wordpress.com/. JazakAlah khairan ya ukthi.

Feel free to share….