Allah, the Almighty is The Greatest, no other being is greater than Allah. No other speech is greater than the speech of His. None of the creations are praised the way He has been praised. He has exalted Himself in the Noble Qur'an. The general phenomenon of the world events now a days is quite disturbing with respect to the Muslims. The allegations or the obstacles which they face in the way of practicing or preaching, our divine religion is indeed very sad, in some countries. However, one should not lose hope and faith in Allah and consider these hurling times as a test from Him. It is because Allah tests the patience of the believers. Islam is the fastest growing religion on the face of the earth. The demographic study of Muslim population is nearly one and a half billion out of the seven billion population of the earth. This is Allah's promise that the truth will always prevail through pious Muslims. The final victory will always be for Muslims and we have numerous examples of our predecessors which explicitly speak about their strong faith and belief. It was for His Grace and Mercy that He instilled the inclination and passion of ‘Tawheed' in the hearts of the believers which led to the victory of the past nations. If we become real believers as the believers in the Battle of Badr, the position of us Muslims will have an upper-hand in all circumstances, InshaAllah! Allah, the AlMighty, says in the Noble Qur'an about the believers in the Battle of Badr, “And Allah did not make it but as good news for you, and that your hearts might be at ease thereby, and victory is only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.” ( 3:126) “And Allah did certainly assist you at Badr when you were weak; be careful of (your duty to) Allah then, that you may give thanks.” (3:123) Allah's help and guidance will surely reach those who are careful in their duty toward Allah, who pay their gratitude and ask for forgiveness abundantly. In the battle of the Confederates, the believers hearts were filled with greatness of Allah, their love and fear for Him, they pinned all their hopes onto Him, and had complete faith in the Lord of the Universe. These were the causes through which Allah, The AlMighty with His bounties and Mercy granted them victory. “And when the believers saw the allies, they said: This is what Allah and His Messenger promised us, and Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth; and it only increased them in faith and submission.” (33:22) Allah, The Supreme says, “If Allah assists you, then there is none that can overcome you, and if He forsakes you, who is there then that can assist you after Him? And on Allah should the believers rely.” (3:160) “And certainly messengers before you were rejected, but they were patient on being rejected and persecuted until Our help came to them; and there is none to change the words of Allah...” (6:34) It is crystal clear from the above mentioned Qur'anic verses that help, assistance or aid can reach us only from The Mighty Controller of all the affairs of the universe. Victory can never be granted to us through our force or us having an upper-hand, but victory will surely be granted to us if we fulfill the promise mentioned in the divine verse below, “And, O my people! ask forgiveness of your Rabb, then turn to Him; He will send on you clouds pouring down abundance of rain and add strength to your strength, and do not turn back guilty.” (11:52) Be mindful of Allah and Allah will protect you. (Tirmidhi) The above Hadith indicates that if we protect our religion then Allah, The Great will give us protection and strengthen us in our faith, ourselves, our minds, our wealth and our off-spring. SuhanAllah! Islam is like a spring, the more one forces it down the more it will spring up truly all by Allah's Will. The following verse conveys the message, “And be not infirm, and be not grieving, and you shall have the upper hand if you are believers.' ( 3: 139) __
