Ramadan Excerpts 1444 H (Lesson 26): Indications of the Name of the Night of Decree
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In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, Most Merciful
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
One of the features of the Noble Quran is that it is Mathani (its parts resembling each other in goodness and truth, oft-repeated). Allah the Almighty says in the following Ayaat:
﴾ Verily! We have sent it (this Qur'an) down in the night of Al-Qadr (Decree). ﴿
﴾ (They made not a just estimate of Allah such as is due to Him. And on the Day of Resurrection the whole of the earth will be grasped by His Hand and the heavens will be rolled up in His Right Hand…) ﴿
Making a just estimate of Allah the Almighty means that you obey Him, you choose a believing young woman to be your wife, you raise your children to be righteous, you care about the way your daughters are dressed when they get outside, you are keen on making a lawful living, you spend your money in lawful ways, you spend your free time in things that please Allah Almighty, and you have control over using all kinds of screens (TV-smart phones and iPads).
In fact, there are three dangerous screens in this era; the T.V screen, the iPad screen and the smart-phone screen, so if they are not handled piously, the house will lack sincere repentance to Allah. In other words, the other party (the west) has defeated us with these screens, not with weapons. Indeed they are more dangerous than weapons, because they have weakened the believer's eagerness to obey Allah the Almighty, to act upon His Orders and to adhere to Shari'ah rulings. These screens, has made the believer lose his Islamic identity.
Let me clarify this point by using the following example: If the house has all electrical appliances without exception, but there is no power to turn them on, all these appliances are useless.
They won't work as well if we cut off one millimeter of the electric wire (which resembles minor sins), and they also won't work if we cut off one meter of the electric wire (which resembles major sins). Thus even if the sins are minor, they will turn into major sins eventually if there is no repentance and if one insists on committing them.
Minor sins and major sins cut off one's connection with Allah Almighty, and at this point, abiding by the religion or performing Salah will become a heavy burden.
On the other hand, when you realize the importance of being connected with Allah, you will taste the sweetness of getting close to Him and the sweetness of approaching Him, and thus you will be extremely delighted, and this will prevent you from wrongdoings.
