As a principle, humility takes me and throws me against the expanse of history, in the expanse of the Muslim cosmos I am small and I will always be small. Right now, in the face of global uncertainty, I reach for humility to comfort myself. It is in this mechanism that I take comfort, because it reminds me to work at everything I hope to be, but reminds me that I am only human and can’t be expected to embody everything now. If we regularly remind ourselves of the importance of certain character traits, we can one day begin to embody them partly because of repetition, partly because we repeatedly remind ourselves of the value of these aspects of character, and partly because we begin to seek out these characteristics in those we choose to have around us. Every act of devotion can develop character and must be done consistently in order to maintain its muscular definition within our souls. One way of answering that question of ‘how’ is that Islam is aimed at building our spiritual muscles. Maybe we don’t need to talk about how Islam comforts us, but how we can sustain that relationship with Islam and thus, what in Islam creates our belief in God. Is it because we have the faith itself to comfort us and give us meaning? We tend to nod knowingly and move on but then in private exchanges, some of us admit that we don’t quite know what that means at least, I don’t know what that means.Īre these tools a reference to how we feel about the Dunya and the day of judgment? In times of crisis, such as the times we find ourselves in now, Muslims commonly comfort each other by saying that we’re Muslims, that – alhamdulilah– we have the tools to weather anything. (Muhammad Bin Sulayman al-Jazuli, Dala’il al-Khayrat, Cairo: Kashida Publishing House (2017), pg 57.) We, the people of the heavens and earth, call for blessings for all of your angels and bless us with them, oh the most merciful of the merciful. Bless our father Adam and our mother Eve and bless with them their offspring: prophets, friends, martyrs and the best of us. Bless the Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet of Mercy and the leader of the Ummah.
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