Islam is a Complete and Indivisible Whole

All perfect praise be to Allah the Lord of the Worlds. May His peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Mohammad and upon all his family and companions.

Belief in Islam necessitates belief in its mission to organize worldly affairs and secure happiness in the Hereafter. This is clear to anyone who ponders the verses of Allah the Almighty, the noble Prophetic Sunnah, and the jurisprudential rulings derived from them. Allah the Exalted says {what means}: "(This is) a Book which We have revealed to you (O Muhammad) that you might bring mankind out of darkness into light by the permission of their Lord—to the path of the All-Mighty, the Praiseworthy." [Ibrahim/1].

This is the essence of the Islamic message: to bring mankind out of darkness into light. The darkness was manifold and people were lost in it before the light of Islam shone forth. It can be summarized as follows:

First: The darkness of polytheism (shirk) that shatters the heart and bewilders the intellect. Allah says {what means}: "And whoever associates others with Allah, it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds or the wind blew him into a far-off place." [Al-Hajj/31]

The polytheist is plagued by multiple fears, not knowing which deity to please and which to anger?! He is weak and cannot resist them all. The light of Islam came to dispel illusion and darkness, saying to every person {what means}: So know [with certainty] that there is no deity except Allah. [Muhammad/19]. It also says {what means}: "Indeed, those you invoke besides Allah are servants like you. [Al-A'raf,194].

Thus, fear and darkness vanished, and the believing human turned in happiness to Allah, who began His Book with (In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful). He described Himself with the emphasized attribute of Mercy to show that mercy is the foundation of the relationship between Allah and His servants. Among His mercies is sending messengers to humankind. He says {what means}: "And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds." [Al-Anbiya'/107]. Moreover, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: “Allah has divided mercy into one hundred parts. He retained ninety-nine parts with Him and sent down one part to the earth. From that one part, all creation shows mercy to one another, so much so that an animal lifts its hoof from its young, fearing to harm it.” [Narrated by Al-Bukhari]. Therefore, the people of spiritual insight said: The lowest degree of reliance on Allah (tawakkul) is that a person trusts his Lord with the trust a child has in its mother, for He is more merciful than her.

Second: Through Islam, Allah brought mankind out of the darkness of ignorance into the light of knowledge. The most severe ignorance is ignorance of one's Lord, oneself, and the universe around one. This ignorance dissipated when the words of Allah descended: Recite in the name of your Lord who created. [Al-'Alaq/1]; meaning: Recite with a faith-based reading that stems from belief in creation, for it is the primary truth that must not be neglected. And He says {what means]:"Say, 'Observe what is in the heavens and the earth.' [Yunus/101]. And He says {what means}: "And in yourselves. Then will you not see? [Adh-Dhariyat/21]. Through reading, observation, and reflection, the Muslims emerged from the darkness of ignorance into the light of knowledge, and they raced to seek knowledge when they heard Allah's words: Say, 'Are those who know equal to those who do not know?' [Az-Zumar/9]; meaning: The knowledgeable and the ignorant are not equal; the knowledgeable is superior and closer to the light of Allah the Almighty.

Third: Allah brought humankind out of the darkness of classism based on color, wealth, tribal affiliation, language, or domicile, into the light of justice by providing equal opportunities for all. He says {what means}: "O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you." [Al-Hujurat/13]. Thus, we saw talents flourish and competencies emerge to benefit society, which would not have been possible without the light of Islamic equality.

Fourth: Allah brought people out of the darkness of rule by tyrants (tawaghit), the ignorant, astrologers, and the lustful, into the light of Allah's rule—the Creator of humankind, the All-Knowing of their interests, their apparent and hidden states. He says {what means}: "Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted?" [Al-Mulk, /14].

The light of Islamic law prevailed, treating people with equality and establishing systems that achieve their interests. Thus, the principle in Islamic legislation became: “There is to be no harm and no reciprocating harm.” [Narrated by Ibn Majah], as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said. Alongside it is another principle from his words (upon him be peace): “Be keen on what benefits you.” [Narrated by Muslim].

The researcher into the biographies of individuals and nations sees the blessed effects of Islam on their behavior after embracing this religion. Were it not for the fear of being lengthy, I would mention examples of this. Who among us does not recall some of these examples? Concerning this, Allah says {what means}: "Is he who was dead and We gave him life and made for him light by which to walk among the people like one who is in darkness, never to emerge from it? [Al-An'am/122].

A person's behavior would change immediately upon uttering the two testimonies of faith (shahadatayn), expressing his entry into Islam. This is because the meaning of “I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah” is: I affirm and acknowledge that the attributes of divinity belong to none but Allah. Among the attributes of divinity are: creation from nothingness, absolute power over all things, and sovereignty over the universe and all within it, for the universe is created by Allah the Almighty.

Thus, the testimony that there is no deity but Allah is an acknowledgment of the right that mankind belongs to Allah, the All-Knowing, Most Merciful, All-Wise, and that mankind must obey Allah in what He commands and act upon His guidance and directives. To acknowledge being a creation of Allah and owned by Him, and then to take orders from other than Allah is a contradiction!

But how does a person obey his Lord, the Exalted, when he has not heard from Him directly? The answer lies in the second part of the testimony: “and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah”; meaning: I acknowledge that Muhammad conveys from Allah, and I must obey him as an obedience to Allah. Allah says {what means}: "He who obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah." [An-Nisa'/80]. Thus, when one of them embraced Islam, he would seek every teaching or guidance heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) to act upon it with diligence, love, trust, and pride. This was a characteristic of the first generation of this nation and those who followed them in righteousness.

These are axiomatic truths in Islamic creed. Upon them, Islamic governance stood in every century. Every student of knowledge knows that the true Ruler is Allah, while the Caliph, Imam, Sultan, Commander of the Faithful, or King is an executor of Allah's rule. Therefore, “There is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator.” The jurist (faqih) seeks Allah's ruling through the scientific tools he learned from the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of His Messenger, and the dictates of sound reasoning.

Whoever reflects upon what is in the Book and the Sunnah sees within them everything that brings happiness to mankind in this world and the Hereafter. They contain the command to be truthful, just, trustworthy, clean, and every virtuous trait, whether related to personal conduct or dealings with others, individuals, and groups.

Just as Allah says {what means}: "Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayer and stand before Allah, devoutly obedient. [Al-Baqarah/238]; He also says {what means]: "And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided." [Al 'Imran/03].

And just as He says {what means}: "O you who have believed, fear Allah and be with those who are true." [At-Tawbah/119]; He also says {what means}: "Fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness." [At-Tawbah/123].

And just as He says {what means}: "And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way." [Al-Isra'/32]; He also says {what means}: "O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies." [Al-Ma'idah/51].

Moreover, in a single verse, Allah the Exalted says {what means}: "Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due and when you judge between people to judge with justice. [An-Nisa'/58].

These are teachings and commands related equally to the individual and society. It is a very clear matter to every Muslim concerned with his religion, pondering the verses of Allah the Almighty. Just as one who belittles prayer is a disbeliever, so too is one who belittles any ruling of the Sharia a disbeliever. Allah says {what means}: "But whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed—then it is those who are the disbelievers. [Al-Ma'idah/44]. One who drinks wine and seeks forgiveness is a sinning Muslim. One who opposes a ruling of Allah for a personal purpose while believing in the correctness of the Sharia ruling is a sinning Muslim. Allah says {what means}: "And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed—then it is those who are the defiantly disobedient. [Al-Ma'idah/47].

In this generation, we have seen those who apply the term “believer” to anyone who acknowledges the existence of Allah, even if they reject belief in the prophethood of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), mock the rulings of the Qur'an, and see them as unsuitable for this era!

These people fail to realize that Iblis (Satan) believes in the existence of Allah and His Lordship, believes in the angels—for he lived among them—and believes in the Last Day, for when Allah cursed him, he said: “My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected.” [Al-Hijr/36]. He acknowledges the Lordship of Allah and the Day of Resurrection. So whence came his disbelief? He became the epitome of disbelief because he considered a ruling from Allah to be contrary to what is correct. Thus, he said: “Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?” [Al-Isra'/61]. He justified his crime by saying: “I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay.” [Al-A'raf/12]. The ignorant one fails to realize that fire burns living beings, while from clay, living beings grow!

So what can be said to the ignorant who reject the rulings of Allah the Exalted if they do not perceive the wisdom in them?! The requirement of faith in Allah is to obey everything conveyed to us by His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), whether it relates to the conduct of the individual or the community (i.e., the state). All of it is religion that must be acted upon. Indeed, our saying “religious rulings” and “worldly rulings” is a figurative expression. In reality, all rulings of the Sharia are religion, regardless of their subject matter.

The demand to separate religion from politics stems from one of the following reasons:

1. Lack of belief in the entirety of Islam. Those who disbelieve in Islam cannot prevent people from worship, as it is a personal matter. Therefore, they want to be absolved from the rulings of Islam that are applied to society, so that they are not applied to them—such as the obligation of jihad, enjoining good and forbidding evil, paying Zakat, social solidarity, prohibiting usury and alcohol, and the unrestricted mixing of men and women.

These people should research and compare Islam with other religions and systems, perhaps they will reach true faith—the dictate of sound intellects—so they do not lose themselves on the Day of Resurrection. For the disbelievers will testify against themselves on that Day that they were not reasoning: And they will say, “If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze.” [Al-Mulk/10]. Moreover, Allah says {what means}: "Those who have lost their souls—they will not believe." [Al-An'am/12]. The Islamic nation must recognize these people and beware of them, for they are enemies of Islam.

2. Some believe that Islam is like Christianity; just as it was possible to separate religion from politics among Christians, the same can be among Muslims!

This is a grave ignorance because Christianity contains no rulings related to worldly affairs. The Gospel does not contain rituals of worship; it is a short story of the life of Jesus (peace be upon him), the details of which narrators differ over. When their clergy ruled, they legislated rulings for people from themselves and said, “This is the law of God.” When injustice befell people due to these rulings, they revolted against the clergy and separated religion from politics.

As for Islam, it contains divine rulings by which the Muslims lived the happiest days of their lives. When they were forced to abandon them, their conditions deteriorated.

So how can this be compared to that?! No one today demands the return of Church rule because they did not find happiness under it. Today, the youth of Islam sacrifice themselves cheaply so that society may return to Islam and find happiness with it.

3. Lack of comprehensive knowledge of the rulings of Islamic Sharia and their wisdoms. Some Muslims know nothing about Islam except what they have heard from the enemies of Islam or from a society distant from Islam. It has been said: “Whoever is ignorant of a thing opposes it.” These people should research with diligence, impartiality, and integrity, and learn about Islam from the scholars of the Muslims, not from the enemies of Islam.

The Islamic Sharia, upon which Islamic society stood for many long centuries despite the injustice of oppressors and the deviation of deviants, is a great and detailed law. Today, we see researchers comparing Islamic Sharia with other laws in all fields of rights: constitutional, administrative, international, civil, penal, personal status, rules of procedure, and methods of evidence. In all these researches, they prove the superiority of Islamic Sharia because it is the law of Allah, the All-Knowing, All-Aware. This Sharia has influenced many international laws in one way or another.

Truthful, impartial research leads to knowledge. One Christian missionary wrote a book entitled: “I Fought Islam for Twenty Years, Then It Overcame Me!”

4. What turns some away from Islam are the actions of some who are counted among Muslims. This is a major problem, the burden of which is borne by those who have tarnished Islam with their actions. In the past and present, some Muslims have made mistakes that turned people away from the path of Allah and alienated them from Islam.

The truth is that Islam is one, but the method of expressing it differs according to individuals, environments, and cultures... However, a rational person does not hold Islam accountable for the sins of those counted among Muslims, due to the following:

A. It is agreed upon among Muslims that Islam is the judge over individuals, not the other way around. No one's behavior is considered religion and proof in Islam except that of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). This means that the behavior of an individual or group is attributed to its doers. Whoever wants to know Islam should refer to the Book, the Sunnah, and reliable sources.

B. Islam is not the monopoly of anyone. Every person can become Muslim and become an ally (wali) of Allah and a scholar among the scholars of the Muslims. If the behavior of those counted among Islam does not please you, then step forward yourself. Learn Islam and express it truthfully through your own behavior. Make yourself a good model for this religion. As for one who gives verdicts (fatwa) in Islam without knowledge, this is belittling the religion and clear misguidance.

C. Man is prone to error. Infallibility is for those granted infallibility, and others are not infallible. The possibility of error exists, so do not attribute the errors of individuals to the religion.

5. One of the reasons for demanding the separation of religion from politics is comparing the past with the present. Some people compare the social and economic situation of people when Islam appeared with their situation today and think that what was suitable for the past is not suitable for the present.

These people also need to ask the people of knowledge (ahl al-dhikr) among scholars and experts about this religion. Islamic Sharia did not neglect the matter of development. The One who revealed the Sharia knows what the condition of people will lead to. Therefore, we find that regarding the constant aspects of human life, Allah has established detailed, fixed rulings, such as purity, prayer, fasting, Zakat, kindness to parents, maintaining family ties and neighborly relations, aiding the distressed, and other matters related to constant affairs.

As for changing matters, Allah has established principles for them and left the details to the people of knowledge. For example:

He commanded consultation (shura) in governance, but how? It is left to the circumstances of the time. The important thing is to avoid autocracy.

He commanded spending on the wife and relatives, but how? Each time and place has what suits it.

He prohibited consuming people's wealth unjustly, but how are commercial transactions and economic exchanges conducted? The details of this are for scholars knowledgeable in Islam and contemporary affairs.

This is the case for all rulings related to the changing conditions of people. If some do not observe this distinction, their actions and words are not proof against Islam.

Regarding the paramount issue in social life—the subject of equality (or its absence) between men and women—one who observes the nature of man and woman and their rulings in Islamic Sharia finds that in matters where women are equal to men, the rulings are equal: Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women... Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward. [Al-Ahzab/35].

They are equal in matters of religion, as well as in rulings related to human dignity, such as ownership and economic transactions, etc. This is a broad field that includes consulting women on general issues while observing the limits set by Allah.

As for matters in which women excel over men, they take precedence in them: they have more right to custody of children if the spouses separate for some reason. They are more entitled than men in all matters specific to women, such as their education, medical treatment, and managing women's institutions, like associations, etc., and also being consulted on matters pertaining to women.

As for matters in which men excel, they take precedence in them, such as jihad, leading armies, teaching men, and treating them medically.

The general authority of the state and its equivalent remains for men because they are more capable of managing it, dealing with its affairs, and the necessary interaction with men, both righteous and wicked. Allah said {what means}: "Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. [An-Nisa'/34]. Moreover, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: “A people who entrust their affairs to a woman will never succeed.” [Narrated by Al-Bukhari].

Islam does not belittle women; she is the mother, sister, wife, and daughter, paternal and maternal aunt. Her right takes precedence over men of her same degree. Among them are the learned, the righteous, and the allies (Walis) of Allah. She is the nurturer of men, the maker of heroes, and the supporter of those who combat falsehood. However, the issue of general authority has its specifications that are not found in women. It is sufficient for her to be the head of any women's gathering, and women are half of society.

Some Muslim women have become obsessed with imitating Western women, even in the matter of general authority, leaving the home to work in all fields while neglecting the home, husband, and children, leaving their upbringing to servants and daycare institutions. If the Muslim woman heard what Western women suffer due to leaving the home, she would know that Islam honored her the day it freed her for the most important duty: raising a righteous generation of sons and daughters.

A woman may be exceptional, possessing opinion and knowledge that makes her trustworthy; she may be consulted on matters in which she excels while observing the rulings of the Sharia, or she may teach men and women with modesty and propriety, or she may assume from public affairs what the Sharia permits her to assume.

Similarly, some men have become obsessed with suppressing every demand by women for their rights, even if it is permissible according to Islamic Law! For example, jurists have stated that a woman is not obligated to serve her husband, nor is she obligated to breastfeed his child. How many men can bear to hear this?!

Each of men and women wants to employ Islamic Sharia for their own benefit. But the Sharia is greater and more sublime than this. The Muslim man and woman refer to the Sharia and then accept its ruling. Allah said {what means}:" It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error." [Al-Ahzab, /36].

The firmly grounded scholars of the Sharia know the limits for men and women in dealing with public affairs. They know what is based on explicit text from what is based on custom ('urf) and the prohibition of what may lead to sins (sadd al-dhara'i). Let us not forget that safeguarding honor and raising generations is more important than economic development. The Jews and Christians will never be satisfied with us until we follow their religion, and if we were to follow it—Allah forbid—we would be second-class to them.

It is strange that some argue for women's general authority using the story of the Queen of Sheba mentioned by Allah in the Qur'an, forgetting that her reign was not legitimate according to Sharia. Rather, it was the fruit of a pre-Islamic system in which the sun was worshipped besides Allah. The law of those before us is not a law for us if our Sharia rejects it—this is by consensus—so what if it wasn't even a Sharia? The important point is that imitation of the disbelievers is what created this problem.

6. One of the reasons for demanding the separation of religion from the state is that some people think that civilizational progress and the existence of modern inventions are incompatible with the rule of Islamic Sharia. However, Islam does not oppose invention and benefiting from what is in the universe; rather, it encourages it. The Sharia judges the actions of people, not the actions of machines. Jihad is obligatory whether with a sword or guided missiles. Aiding the distressed is obligatory whether by pulling him from water and feeding him from hunger or by performing a surgical operation for him with laser beams. Spying on Muslims is forbidden whether by eavesdropping or monitoring the telephone. Closer to the minds of those infatuated with the civilization of the colonizing disbeliever is that those who invented amazing inventions, their courts still rule by laws whose origins go back to pre-Islamic Roman and Greek laws.

These are the reasons for demanding an Islam isolated from life or an “American Islam.” More dangerous than this is one who distorts Islam to conform to what the disbelievers have. The danger in it is that he wants to give disbelievers authority over Muslims under an Islamic guise, like dressing a priest in a turban to lead Muslims in prayer! Or writing “Zamzam Water” on a bottle of wine to deceive Muslims! Islam is clear in its features and firm in its foundations. Muslims have known it through practice over centuries, and Allah has established its foundations through the Noble Book and the Purified Sunnah.

The fall of the Muslim state in many lands is what emboldened the foolish against Islam and its people. The influx of social ideas contradicting Islam, along with the glamour of the new civilization, is what beautified those ideas. Those who rejected the ideas and the Western glamour erred, and those who accepted both erred. The religious obligation dictates that we distinguish between the glamour and the ideas: we reject what contradicts our religion, and we harness what does not oppose our religion for our religious and worldly interests.

When a comprehensive model of Islamic governance emerges for the world, giving this world its due and the Hereafter its due, and removing the imagined contradiction between Sharia rulings and contemporary civil means, people will recognize the beauty of Islam, calling to it will become easy, and people will flock to it because it will be the desired model for a dignified life on earth.

Those who entered Islam in the Prophetic era after the Hijrah were many times more than those who entered before it. That was only because people saw a living model of Islamic society after the Hijrah and the establishment of the Islamic state. Therefore, the noble Companions agreed that the Hijrah should be the beginning of the Islamic calendar because it was the beginning of the establishment of the Islamic state and the complete model of Islam.

Today, we find the Muslim individual—adherent to his religion and excelling in his field of specialization—to be a source of attraction to Islam because he presents the most eloquent method of da'wah through himself. For this reason also, the enemies of Islam are keen to tarnish the reputation of Muslims, the religious, the scholars, and those counted among Islam, because attacking Islam directly provokes the zeal of Muslims. So they attack the vessel of Islam and its standard-bearers, magnifying their mistakes and hunting for their slip-ups, as if evil is only in them, while others are infallible and free from sin.

Hence, the establishment of an Islamic state is the most eloquent method of calling to Islam... Just as Islam was established by the efforts of the forerunners from this nation, we must exert effort and offer sacrifices. And Allah will fulfill His promise as He wills...

However, the path is still long, and problems are ever-renewing as night and day, generations, and conditions renew; life does not stand still at a point.

New circumstances require the bearers of Islam's banner to reconcile between these developments and the rulings of Islamic Sharia and to solve problems using all that is found in the Islamic schools of thought (madhahib). This can only be accomplished by scholars firmly grounded in the knowledge of Sharia and aware of the requirements of the age. Many of those counted among the adherents Sharia are incapable of this.

Thus, one is amazed to see someone who harbors the desire to be at the pinnacle of the Islamic state while he does not know the rulings of the Sharia, having not specialized in it, and wants to exclude specialists to make room for others, as if the matter were a personal issue or a worldly ambition!

It is the law of Allah, O people! Error in it is not like error in worldly laws... Obedience to the ruler (wali al-amr) in matters where there is no explicit text is an obedience to Allah. So how can one who does not know the limits of the Sharia know the limits of his authority?!

Would it be acceptable for an engineer to be the director of a hospital and its doctors?! Or for a doctor to be the director of an engineering project?! Then how can one who does not know the rulings of the Sharia manage an institution based on Sharia rulings?! This is like that! So where are you going?!

Do not think this is a monopoly on power; rather, it is the logic of things. Whoever wants to serve Islam will find a spacious place for himself in serving it! Do you not see 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)—despite his feelings about the matter of the caliphate when he was not initially pledged to it—served Islam with great and immense services in other fields, and his sayings about renouncing authority after he assumed it are well-known.

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) clarified that one who desires authority is not suitable for it, saying: “We do not appoint to our offices anyone who seeks them.” [Transmitted by Bukhari & Muslim]. As for those who do not desire power, their performance will be distinguished if destiny brings them to it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “And you will find the best of people for this matter those most averse to it.” [Transmitted by Bukhari & Muslim]. Moreover, he said: “You will become eager for authority, and it will be a source of regret on the Day of Resurrection. What an excellent wet nurse it is, yet what a bad weaning!” [Narrated by Al-Bukhari].

Let no one think that the seat of governance is like presiding over a study circle (halqah 'ilmiyyah). The study circle is presided over by the most knowledgeable. The most knowledgeable is known through his practice of teaching, issuing verdicts (fatwa), and the acceptance of scholars and students of him. The seat of governance is assumed by the scholar who fulfills all the conditions for leadership, and comprehensive knowledge is one of those conditions.

Acting upon Islamic Sharia is the cause of happiness in this world and the Hereafter. Allah said {what means}: "Those who, if We give them authority in the land, establish prayer and give Zakah and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. And to Allah belongs the outcome of [all] matters. [Al-Hajj/41]. Prayer is the right of Allah that revives the soul. Zakat is the right of the poor that revives society. Enjoining good and forbidding evil is a purification of society from the filth of hypocrites and deviants.

In addition, Allah said {what means]: "Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer—We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do. [An-Nahl/97].

Distance from Allah's way is punishment in this world and the Hereafter. Allah said {what means}: "But whoever turns away from My remembrance—indeed, he will have a depressed life, and We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind." [Ta-Ha/124].

I ask Allah to make us happy through Islam in this world and the Hereafter, to honor us through Islam, and to honor Islam through us. And may Allah's blessings and peace be upon our master Muhammad, his family, and his companions.

And all praise is to Allah, the Lord of all worlds.