Topic: fearing Allah

[Emilee]

Fearing Allah is   a feeling carried within the hearts of all believers, and a feeling that should be held by all humanity. Allah's command in the Qur'an is clear:

You who believe! Fear Allah and let each self look to what it has sent forward for tomorrow. Fear Allah. Allah is aware of what you do. (Surat al-Hashr: 18)

Prophet Mohammed, also called attention to this issue in many of his sayings, reminding believers to always fear Allah, as Allah knows well what you do.

Allah knows what everybody keeps secret even within the most secret of secret recesses of their beings. He is very well aware of the types of misgivings the soul experiences and types of games that will be played out by the self because He is the creator of every soul and has given it boundless ability to do evil, and inspiration to avoid such evil so that it may be justly tried. Allah has also created Satan as part of this test and has granted him a set of specific qualities to be used in the pursuit of his objective.
Fearing Allah will enable person to behave as Allah requires, to work towards pleasing Allah, to protect oneself from temptations of the Satan, and  the lower self with awareness of and resistance to their games.

Some of the Quran's verses, about fearing Allah:

So fear Allah, as much as you are able to, and listen and obey… (Surat at-Taghabun: 16)

You who believe! Fear Allah the way He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims. (Surah Al 'Imran: 102)

Those who fear their Lord in the Unseen will have forgiveness and an immense reward. (Surat al-Mulk: 12)

[People of intelligence are] …afraid of their Lord and fear an evil Reckoning. (Surat ar-Ra'd: 21)

[The Garden is for] those who fear the All-Merciful in the Unseen and come with a contrite heart. (Surah Qaf: 33)

[Prophets are] those who convey Allah's Message and fear Him and do not anyone but Allah. Allah suffices as a Reckoner. (Surat al-Ahzab: 39)

Although a believer fears Allah, he should never forget Allah's compassion, mercy and forgiveness, or that He is the One Who due to His generosity accepts repentance. This will in turn be the reason for possessing a sincere sense of hope, whilst experiencing genuine fear.

Therefore, a true believer will turn and supplicate to Allah in a spiritual state full of fear and hope:

Their sides eschew their beds as they call on their Lord in fear and ardent hope. And they give of what We have provided for them. (Surat as-Sajda: 16)

[Emilee]

i have just summarized some of the points of fearing Allah,
for more information, go to website:

Dear sister, we will see if this link can be put in public ASAP. Please PM me if you know the authors of the website and they're trustworthy--Advisor--

[muslima1001]

MashAllah dear sister nice topic...
thanks you alot u are a helper in fact, hehe :wink:

wa salam, muslima1001 :lol: :lol: :lol:

[compLicated]

isnt the fear of Allah swt, as in fear of disapointing Him?!
for example you love your pearents and FEAR disapointing dem, coz u LOVE dem??

anyways!! i seriously had times where i feared as in REAL FEAR of Allah...it's creepy!!!
i mean i fear His punishment and all and fear disapointing Him swt, but at those times it was different
Subhanallah!!
khair iA

[Advisor]

One must not fear Allah hopelessly. As in beleiving that Allah will punish him and there is nothing he can do about it.
And one must not beleive that he has acheived safty. Beleiving that Allah will not punish him at all no matter what he did. or that he'll have time to repend his sin (because no one knows when his/her time comes)

So one must always be between the 2 states.

[Emilee]

i have just summarized some of the points of fearing Allah,
for more information, go to website:

Dear sister, we will see if this link can be put in public ASAP. Please PM me if you know the authors of the website and they're trustworthy--Advisor--

Yeah...it says that this information(website)  has been developed with the aim of promoting and publicizing the works of Harun Yahya, a prominent Turkish thinker and author. (it is based on his books, you can check out the site and there are other additional books that are online.

[Emilee]

MashAllah dear sister nice topic...
thanks you alot u are a helper in fact, hehe :wink:

wa salam, muslima1001 :lol: :lol: :lol:

Any time, sis Yasmin ))

[Advisor]

Yeah...it says that this information(website)  has been developed with the aim of promoting and publicizing the works of Harun Yahya, a prominent Turkish thinker and author. (it is based on his books, you can check out the site and there are other additional books that are online.

Me and my MoDo brothers and sisters will see. I was a bit busy with a few debates in the World Hot topic forum.

[muslima1001]

Any time, sis Yasmin ))

barakAllahu biki my dear sister :wink: :roll:

wa salam, yasemin :lol: :lol: :lol:

[zainib]

Dear Ema,

Hi and welcome to the forums!  :-D

It's an interesting and important topic, and as some of the brother and sisters mentioned, it's very important to maintain a balance of hope and fear, may Allah Grant us that, amin.  :-)

I noticed as your signature you said 'May Allah always smile...' and although we are encouraged to supplicate to Allah, this has to be done in a way which is in compliance with the Qur'an and the Hadith. Allah said in Surat Ash-Shuura, Ayah 11, that which means : "There is nothing like Him, neither in one respect, nor in all respects", which means He, Subhaanahu, is not like the creation. Since smiling, running, sitting and giving birth are all attributes of the creation, and in particular attributes of the people and animals, it is important not to associate any of these to Allah, who is greatly clear of such attributes. Doing so would result in a contradition of the Verse mentioned and of other Verses, which is blasphemy. May Allah guide us to the correct understanding and may He protect us from hardships, amin.

take care,


zainib