Assalam Alaikum,
It's time that I do serious research on how I should break my reversion news to my family and friends... Just gotta read what is the necessary to say and what to say~ I took this from the Tasfsir in searchtruth.com... Might not be the full meaning in English translation, but it's enough for me to know what I should say and how I should say to everyone back home~
I'm not really inviting people to the religion but in order to explain my reversion, I gotta state all the reasons why Islam is the best~ Indirectly, I'm also inviting those who are chosen to be guided, but yet to receive the "sparks to light up their candles"~
Anyway...
I'm not really inviting people to the religion but in order to explain my reversion, I gotta state all the reasons why Islam is the best~ Indirectly, I'm also inviting those who are chosen to be guided, but yet to receive the "sparks to light up their candles"~
Anyway...
Keywords I've picked out from these ayats...
1) wisdom
2) excellent admonition
3) Best manner
It sounds good on theory but in practice... erRrr... Based on personal experiences, it's HARD to tell people something which they are soOoo used to, but are wrong all this while~ Surely, they'll jump! AHHH!!! I need guidance and help from the Almighty!!! Pray pray pray!!!
So, here it is... If you have any comments or suggestions, I'm opened to them all! hee~ =D
[16:125] O Prophet invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and excellent admonition
One should keep in view the intelligence, capability and circumstances of the addressees and convey the Message in accordance with the requirements of the occasion.
One should refrain from applying one and the same method to each and every person or group but should first diagnose the real disease of the addressee and then cure it by appealing to his head and heart.
One should not be content with convincing the addressee with arguments alone but should also appeal to his feelings.
One should not confine oneself merely to arguments in condemning evils and deviations but should try to convince the other of their repugnance that lies embedded in the human nature.
One should also warn of the worst consequences of those evils.
One should not only try to convince the addressee rationally of the soundness and excellence of guidance and righteous deeds but should also create in him interest and love for them.
One should administered admonition in such a manner as to show sincere concern for and the welfare of the addressee.
One should not create the impression that the admonisher is looking down upon him and taking pleasure in his own feeling of superiority. On the contrary, he should feel that the admonisher is filled with the strong desire for his reform and welfare.
[16:126] and discuss things with people in the best manner.
One should have a sweet tongue, show noble character and give reasonable and appealing arguments, and refrain from indulging in polemics, argumentation and controversies.
One does not resort to accusations, crooked arguments, taunts, nor makes fun of the opponent in order to defeat him and to win applause for his own superiority in argument. For these things will produce obduracy and obstinacy.
One should try to convince the other in a simple and humble way, and when he feels that the other person has come down to crooked arguments, he will leave him alone lest the other should go further and further astray in his deviation.
And of course, after doing all these, one should remember that the one should administered admonition is just sending a message, not trying to bring others on the right path... That is the job of Allah(SWT)... And be patience whatever the outcomes are~
[16:127] Your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Way and He knows best who is rightly guided. And if you retaliate, let your retaliation be to the extent that you were wronged, but if you endure it with patience, it is indeed best for those who endure with patience. O Muhammad, go on performing your mission with fortitude-and you can practice fortitude only with the help of Allah-do not be grieved at their doings and do not distress yourself at their intrigues,
[16:126] for Allah is with those people who fear Him and adopt the righteous attitude.
"Allah is with those who fear Him" because they scrupulously refrain from evil ways and always adopt the righteous attitude, for they know that their actions and deeds are not determined by the evils others do to them but by their own sense of righteousness; so they return good for evil."
W'salam,
Khadijah C.
Salam,
ReplyDeleteAllah know best , my suggestions is "The life oh the Sahaba".All of them are the early muslims converts,each of them let they be a child, a man or a women, some of them are their tribe leader and most of them are slaves and the poor. But the lives of these people are the guidence for all muslims for all era.
I am really touched by the story of a young teeangers Muslim convert as Musaib ibn Umair.Rasulullah cried when Musaib shahid,the way that he left this temporary world.
One thing that I came to know about when Rasulullah saw wafat's a lot of people became murtad but none of them were women.
So, be strong there were no prophet among the women but they gave birth to the prophets.
from,
penang(malaysia)
W'salam,
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a lot for me to look up! =) Thanks for sharing and letting me know the other aspects in Islam~ =D
Khadijah C.