Are you a
failure because you failed at something before — perhaps an exam or a marriage?
For the believer, those are not failures, but tests, lessons, and reminders.
You are not immune to shortcomings, for only Allah is perfect. He is the One
who created everything, including you and me, and to Him we shall all return.
He is the Most Merciful, and the believer does not despair in His mercy.
Rather, he repents and returns to Allah, seeking closeness to Him and striving
to earn His love.
Allah tells us
in the Qur’an (39:53):
Say, ˹O
Prophet, that Allah says,˺ “O My servants who have exceeded the limits against
their souls! Do not lose hope in Allah’s mercy, for Allah certainly forgives
all sins. He is indeed the All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
The real
failure is to not repent and seek the mercy of Allah.
Today, many are
analysing the first phase of the peace agreement between the Palestinians of
Gaza and the Zionists. Questions arise — some spoken, others unspoken — about
the catalyst for the genocide that took place over the past two years. Various
explanations will be offered, even drawing comparisons to the Treaty of
Hudaibiyah. Yet the more serious question is: what about us? What role have we
played, or failed to play? Before blaming others, introspection is needed. What
will be our condition before Allah on the Day of Reckoning?
If we fail that
test on that Day, then it may well be because of our condition right now. It is
not enough to believe that we are “the best community raised for mankind” when
we neglect what follows in the same ayah of the Qur’an.
Allah says in
the Qur’an (3:110):
You are the
best community ever raised for humanity—you encourage good, forbid evil, and
believe in Allah.
It is the
responsibility of those who claim to belong to this best community to enjoin
good and forbid evil. Collectively, are we not failing in this duty? And on an
individual level, are we truly playing our role in being of that best
community? Therein lies the measure of success or failure.
Is our failure
to come to the aid of the Palestinians not, in reality, a consequence of our
failure to live by the laws of Allah?
Before anyone —
especially non-Muslims reading this — suggests that Sharee‘ah can be
implemented fully in lands ruled by non-Muslims, that is not the point being
made here. It is the responsibility of majority Muslim nations to implement
Sharee‘ah. Nevertheless, each of us must strive to live according to it —
following the Qur’an and Sunnah and advising others with goodness.
When we do so
sincerely, we will earn the love and mercy of Allah. Success belongs to such
people — both in this life and in the Hereafter.
To summarise:
we failed the Palestinians because we failed ourselves. Yet this failure is
only temporary — if we return to Allah in repentance. If we then live up to
being the “best community for mankind,” we will improve our own condition, call
others to good, and work to prevent evil.
Also see: https://capemuslimspeak.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-help-of-allah-is-near-part-8.html
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