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God, You are the Lord of the oppressed, and You are my Lord. To
whom would You leave my fate? To a stranger who insults me or
to an enemy who dominates me? Would I that You have no wrath
against me. Your Pleasure alone is my objective. Under the light of
Your Faith which illuminates all darkness, and on which this
world and the other depend, I take my refuge. I pray that I may
not become the object of Your Wrath and Anger. To You alone
belongs the right to blame and to chastise until Your Pleasure is
met. There is neither power nor strength except in You." What
firm faith in Allah! What cheerful resignation to His Supreme
Will. Prophet Muhammad's 58 sufferings were insignificant to him
as long as he enjoyed Allah's Pleasure.
Prophet Muhammad was able to realize complete discipline
in his life by submitting his will entirely to the service of Allah. We
cannot live the kind of life that is typical of the prophets unless we
first discipline ourselves and submit our wills to the Will of Allah.
We cannot have a true society without discipline and complete
whom would You leave my fate? To a stranger who insults me or
to an enemy who dominates me? Would I that You have no wrath
against me. Your Pleasure alone is my objective. Under the light of
Your Faith which illuminates all darkness, and on which this
world and the other depend, I take my refuge. I pray that I may
not become the object of Your Wrath and Anger. To You alone
belongs the right to blame and to chastise until Your Pleasure is
met. There is neither power nor strength except in You." What
firm faith in Allah! What cheerful resignation to His Supreme
Will. Prophet Muhammad's 58 sufferings were insignificant to him
as long as he enjoyed Allah's Pleasure.
Prophet Muhammad was able to realize complete discipline
in his life by submitting his will entirely to the service of Allah. We
cannot live the kind of life that is typical of the prophets unless we
first discipline ourselves and submit our wills to the Will of Allah.
We cannot have a true society without discipline and complete