Alhamdulillah today's class gave another angle to my thinking of "Jihad" . Verse 69 Allah s.w.t says that He guides people who struggle.
I was thinking about factory production. In any factory something is made. Once the item completes the procedure of production it goes for Quality check. In Quality check it is labelled and inventory is done. For example a factory which makes tubes for science labs they mark their production as Best Quality according to size and standard, Good Quality but size is not right. The defected tubes are rejected, sent again for improvement – if they remain defected, they are recycled or thrown away. Everything is written in inventory book for future analysis.
Allah swt has also made us a factory which is producing Deeds from morning till night. In other factories the production is for few hours but we are producing deeds each moment we blink our eyes. Deeds done to the level of excellence, deeds which are good or bad, worst deeds. Our angels Karaman Katibeen are doing inventory of everything from morning till we sleep again. Just this thought of inventory of each deed has shocked me and i was checking myself all day.
1. How much struggle i did today to please Allah swt ?
2. What was special in my Namaz, my duas, my good deeds? Where was Jihad?
3. Did i really care that each second is being written?
4. What was the quality of my struggle was it sincere, a burden, a ritual ?
5. Did i back bite, complain, got jealous, hurt somebody so now my deeds will be defected and rejected?
6. How my deeds are labeled today " Namaz with Khushu", " Each action with Taqwa" " Tawakal on Allah " or something else?
7. How did i talk all day ?
8. What did i see all day where were my eyes looking most of the time?
9. How did i use my ears all day, was I listening to "Lahv" "laghv" or something beneficial?
10. What did i type all day, which websites i browsed, what i read most of the time on internet?
11. What was my attitude in different things and to different people?
Ustazah the way you explained Jihad i was thinking how can we get "Hidayat" because we are satisfied with whatever little we are doing. If we want to reach the highest level of Taqwa, our Struggle should be each second not hours or days. Our today should be better than yesterday and i should so something extra special for tomorrow so I can continue to increase in my ranks in near Allah.
Jazakillahukhairun kaseera for teaching Quran in such a beautiful manner.
Shazia Nawaz