If relation with Allah is repaired, every other relation gets repaired-Surah Al-Baqarah (ayah 82-83)

 

The man is supposed to support his belief with consciousness of adoration and acts of worship. Here Quran mentions good deeds immediately after faith. The most important condition for a deed to be righteous is sincerity; to expect only Allah’s pleasure as a result of that act, and not to look after any other benefit. Moreover, it should be noted that this all is our need, that is we are dependent on Allah for this. Allah is not dependent on us. “whereas those who attain to faith and do righteous deeds - they are destined for paradise, therein to abide” (Quran 2:82). So the salvation of an individual is not attained only through the signs of sincere faith that is the belief in Allah; but the righteous deeds also save the soul. The Qur’an reminds the children of Israel of the fact that the way of righteousness has indeed been shown to them by means of explicit social and moral injunctions. “AND LO! We accepted this solemn pledge from (you) - the children of Israel" You shall worship none but Allah; and you shall do good unto your parents and kinsfolk and the orphans and the poor and you shall speak unto all people in a kindly way and you shall be constant in prayer; and you shall spend in charity. And yet, save for a few of you, you turned away: for you are obstinate folk!” (Quran 2:83). And this reminder flows directly from the statement that the human condition in the life to come depends exclusively on the manner of one's life in this world, and not on one's descent. The guidance was a favors bestowed upon the children of Israel. They as well as all the muslims are asked to worship Allah alone; which is the highest and most important right, that is, Allah’s right to be worshipped alone without partners. After that comes the right of the creatures, foremost; the right of the parents; then the rights of the relatives through blood and through marriage, then the orphans who have no fathers to fend for them. Everyone who is weak and dependent; Allah commands to do ehsaan to them- giving someone more than their right. This is real Deen – the rights of Allah and the rights of the people.  It is commanded to say good words to everyone that one meets and be lenient with them; give Zakah in order to Purify one’s wealth and strengthen one’s possessions. Charity also includes giving people one’s time, effort, work, and even a smile or a kind word. Allah informs us that the People of the Book, except for a few among them, ignored these orders, that is, they knowingly and intentionally abandoned them.

      If Allah is the one who is evident in every face, worshiped in every object of worship, shadowed in the unseen and the seen, then the dependency on anything other than Him will only make us weak. Once our relationship with Him is repaired, every relation for us gets restored. Our parents are the first in the world to whom we open up our eyes, and they become the rock n foundation on which our whole personality gets built. They somehow always remain our heroes and we can’t see having anyone else at this place. No matter how far we come, they always live in us and we may never find anyone else loving us more than them. No doubt in this busy life where the days are passing so fast, we shouldn’t forget that our parents are also growing old (Mullin, 2006). We shouldn’t miss this opportunity of extending them love and care, earning our Jannah. This is definitely going to come back to us one day when we be grown older. The amount of happiness that this relation of ours and the heart to heart kinship will bring, has nothing to do with the level of prosperity. This all depends on how we look at the world and what we choose to do. If we choose to be happy and strong, no one can stop us. In good relationships, it’s not how well we understand each other, but how well we avoid misunderstandings. Nobody is perfect n nobody is correct and in the end affection is always greater than perfection. The first to apologize, the first to forget and the first to forgive will always be the strongest and the happiest. We make our lives far easier when we learn to accept an apology that we never got.

      Have we ever thought how come we got placed in a particular position, at a particular time and place to help someone? It’s because someone’s prayers were to be answered through us, we were to become the light in their path so that they could find their way through us. Moreover, how many of us have felt lighter after extending a hand to someone? and got a feeling of being alive afterwards. So we better help others as we might be the only one who does that.

       We need to become a little wiser in our speech, and should speak when spoken to. We should ask ourselves, if our words are really kind, true and that necessary to be spoken. A good word will always be better than silence and silence will always be better than useless talk. The silence somehow will always start speaking where the words will fail and will prove to be the loudest for those who don’t need our words to understand. So better think before speaking (Vandersteen, 2014).

      Our prayers are the cure for our lost souls, confused minds n broken hearts…in sujood we do find what we lost. When we put our problems in His hands, He puts His peace in our hearts. So better keep knocking at His door through prayers. As those who knock do receive the answer and the door gets opened for them.