True significance of word Profit or Benefit - April 24th 2009

In the day to day life, in whatever work or business people do, they seek profit or benefit in return. Man strives hard to make maximum profit he can in terms of earning. Money is all what we think when we use this word 'profit'

Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih V says - the word gain or profit means a person to be of benefit, be useful to another. Al Nafi - The Benefector is one of the many names of Allah - who is a source of all benefits.

The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Almighty be upon him) says a believer can be of use or benefit to another by giving alms. If he does not have means to do so, he should work hard, gain something and then give alms. If this not possible, then he should help somebody who is in trouble. If he did not find any such person, he should avoid bad things and do good.

The purpose of alms giving and sharing is to remove the hunger and helplessness of the poor. Huzoor said we should always keep in mind that real gain or profit is what one receives from God. Our reward lies in whatever we give or share with others. Hand that gives but not a hand that takes should be our way.

Holy prophet (pbuh) said that a person who removed a branch of tree from the road thinking that, it should not cause any difficulty for another person deserves paradise. Our good actions which needs no money and no arm strength are high in God's sight. The reward which God blesses for such acts is also abundant. May Allah help us to do so. Ameen.

Al-Lateef - the Kind, Gracious and Unseen. (17th April 2009)

Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih Vth, explained the divine attribute of God called Al-Lateef, which means the one who is gracious and kind, the one who is subtle, the one whose complete identity is difficult or impossible to understand for human mind.

God is All -Knowing and All -aware. He provides physical and spiritual nourishment. He helps like a dear friend during difficult times. He acknowledges good and covers weakness. He accepts small sacrifices and inturn bless them with great reward.

Holy Quran says " Eyes cannot reach God, but He reaches eyes"( 6:104). Promised Messiah ( on whom be peace) explains our sight, our intelligence, our consciouness cannot reach God because He is Unseen. Even if we have to imagine He is unimaginable.

But God reaches us. Whomever He reaches He fills that person with great love of God and illumines that person with Light of God. Prophets and God's messengers are especially blessed with this light of God, hence they speak about God and convey the message they received from God to the mankind.

Huzoor says to witness the light of God, one need not be well educated, learned or even a very rich or have a good status in the society. Whoever truly look for Him, who are sincere and have a real longing to see God with their pure hearts, God himself helps and provides guidence.

At this current age God sent Promised Messiah (On whom be peace) to provide guidence to truly seeking servants of God. Huzoor said We Ahmadis , the faithful, who have accepted the Imam of the age should pray for all Muslims and mankind, so that God may purify their hearts to accept the truth. Ameen.

Remember Allah - Apr 10, 2009

Allah says in the Holy Qur’an that believers will always remember Allah all the time. In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alteration of day and night, there is sign for intelligent people. The faithful will think about the creation of the world and will understand that Allah has not created all this in vain. They will praise his purity and will pray for forgiveness.

An Ahmadi is blessed with the Light from Allah, and that increases his responsibility. We should turn our attention to Allah. When we see the beauty of mountains and valleys and waterfalls and streams and lakes, we should realize the existence of Allah. Allah has created all these with a purpose.

We have to turn to Allah with gratitude and prayers. Once we turn our attention to Allah, we will be more careful about our prayers and we will start following his commandments. The intelligent when they turn to Allah, will be able to see things with a deeper insight.

Human success cannot come without help from God. May Allah include us among this loved ones. May Allah bless us that we can think about Allah’s creation and increase our faith.Ameen.

Divine attribute of Al-Sattar and our responsibilities - Apr 03, 2009

Continuing on the attribute of Allah – Al Sattar – Khalifatul Masih V explained how Allah protects believers. If one has the protection of Allah, and if he remembers Allah and does good deeds, Allah will forgive small mistakes. When he forgives these small mistakes, he will also cover it from the view of the society also. This is how Allah extends his mercy on us so that we improve in our faith.

Hadhrat Masih Maood has taught us that The Holy Qur’an gives confidence to people who seek him. It says Allah is the most Merciful like no one else. He will save us from all our sins if we seek him. If one walks towards Allah, Allah will run closer to him. Allah’s mercy is limitless. So we should strive to be perfect in our faith.

We should strive to deliver our responsibilities to Allah and His creations. We should do all the good deeds Allah has taught us and stay away from all the deeds that he dislikes. Every Ahmadi should understand this and follow the guidance from the Holy Qur’an.

The Holy Qur’an has explained that dress gives protection from environment and as beauty to people. Huzoor warned that people who wear dress that expose more skin is not following the commandments of the Holy Qur’an. The Holy Qur’an asks us to try to stay away from all bad deeds.

We should forgive when we get angry. We should not try to expose others’ mistakes when we get angry. Hadhrat Masih Maood says every member in the Jamaat should try to learn compassion. If someone has done an error, we should pray for him, should be kind to him and try to save him from that error.

May Allah forgive us and protect us from all evils. May Allah include us among those who have His love. Ameen.

Al-Sattar – the one who covers weaknesses and failures (March 27th 2009)

Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih Vth says – Al-Sattar is the divine attribute of loving God, Who covers humans weaknesses, failings and likes the act of covering up mistakes of others.

The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said, Islam is the only religion who presents the concept of God covering human mistakes. Hadiths informs us that loving God covers his believers faults countless time. Each time a believer commits something wrong, the shield like cover is torn, until unless there remains nothing. But then God says to His angels to cover His believer with their wings.

If the believer realizes his mistake,repents and asks forgiveness from God, God restores His blessings nine fold. When the believer do not ask forgiveness from God, then he is left alone to face the consequences of his actions. Huzur said we should continually pray that God keeps us in the wraps of His covers.

As a Muslim, we should always try to cover the fault or mistakes of our fellow brother or friend, and remember them in our prayers. Huzoor said in situations where someone’s failing is discovered and while that person has repented and corrected his/her ways, the other goes ahead and publicizes it, not only do they expose the faults of another, they also indulge in backbiting.

Huzoor said it does not mean that one should support failings, rather we should not circulate them and spread across the people, if we do so, it is backbiting and according to the Holy Quran,God says this is sin. These are the aspects we need to inculcate in our Community. May Allah enable us to do so. Ameen.