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In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful SEVENTH FRIDAY SERMON NOVEMBER 23. 1990 THE OURANIC COMMAND OF HOLDING FAST TO THE "ROPE OF AL LAH" After the opening chapter, Al-Fatiha, Hazoor recited the following verses of the Holy Quran: ;--�,'f·�·!'t"'-:1¾�. T. , � ,,,, ,. ,,,�:,, 1•,-:::��. ;i�(�'� !I 1'� I'' -::• I " '"""�. ,,, •• � �!'>=-. I. , ,. ,. _y_}. JI. J ,;,. J M,,. !!,!J �� J ·�1; u,J\-:' - i"' �. � '\:'. _ ·!. �y, �,,! 1 :i' U-�. . J �. , ,, ,;. � � -·. , , , �·� •• ""=-,. , � ·. 'Pi,! , �-�. �J. f'-f. . . -:. �. ,�� , ,, _\�<W �- ,, � (Sura AI-Imran 3: 103-104) Following the recitation of the verses Hazoor said: TWO 0URAN1C COMMANDS In the first verse Allah says: 0 ye who believe adopt Taqwa (fear of Allah and righteousness) as Taqwa merits to be adopted; and let not death overtake you except when you are in a state of Islam or in a state of complete submission. This verse contains two commands and each, in turn, raises a question. It says: Adopt Taqwa (righteousness) as Taqwa truly merits to be adopted. The question is: How should Taqwa be truly embraced? How can we fulfil the requirements of properly adopting Taqwa? The second command is: On no account should you die until you become Muslims. But dying is not under one's own control. So the question arises: How shall we gain control over our death? How can we fulfil this command, being unaware as to when death would overtake us? In fact, each one of the parts of this verse raises a question and each contains an answer to the other. 121