![]() ![]()
Surely Allah the Glorified the Sublime nothing is hidden from Him of whatever people do in their nights or days. He knows all the details and His knowledge covers them. Your limbs are a witness the organs of your body constitute an army (against yourself) your inner self serves Him as eyes (to watch your sins) and your loneliness is open to Him. SERMON 200Treason and treachery of Mu'awiyah and the fate of those guilty of treasonBy Allah (1) Mu'awiyah is not more cunning than I am but he deceives and commits evil deeds. Had I not been hateful of deceit I would have been the most cunning of all men. But (the fact is that) every deceit is a sin and every sin is disobedience (of Allah) and every deceitful person will have a banner by which he will be recognised on the Day of Judgement. By Allah I cannot be made forgetful by strategy nor can I be overpowered by hardships.
(1). People who are ignorant of religion and ethics
free from the shackles of religious law and unaware of the conception of
punishment and reward find no paucity of excuses and means for the achievement
of their objects. They can find ways of success at every stage; but when the
dictates of humanity or Islam or the limitations imposed by ethics and religious
law act as impediments the chances of devising and finding means become narrow
and the possibility of action becomes restricted. Mu'awiyah's influence and
control was the result of these devices and ways in following which he knew no
impediment nor any obstacle of what is lawful or unlawful nor did fear of the
Day of Judgement prevent him from acting fearlessly. As al-'Allamah ar-Raghib
al-Isfahani while taking account of his characters writes:
|