The Devotion of Life — Page 56
56 which have been given to them by Allah in the first place, in the way of Allah, and consider it a blessing and a privilege to sacrifice their lives and their wealth for His pleasure. But those who find gratification in worldly possessions and properties look at the religion as illusionary. This is not an act of a real believer or a true Muslim. True Islam is that all the faculties and powers are devoted for the entire lifetime in the way of Allah the Almighty to inherit a pure life. Therefore, Allah the Almighty points to this submission for the sake of Allah in these words: 4 ’ n ? t / ô ⎯ t Β z Ν n = ó ™ r & … ç μ y γ ô _ u ρ ¬ ! u θ è δ u ρ Ö ⎯ Å ¡ ø t è Χ ÿ … ã & s # s ù … ç ν ã ô _ r & y ‰ Ψ Ï ã ⎯ Ï μ Î n / u ‘ Ÿ ω u ρ ì ∃ ö θ y z ö Ν Î γ ø Š n = t æ Ÿ ω u ρ ö Ν è δ t βθ ç Ρ t “ ø t s † ∩⊇⊇⊄∪ “Nay, whoever submits himself completely to Allah, and is the doer of good, shall have his reward with his Lord. No fear shall come upon such, neither shall they grieve. ” (2:113) Here the words ‘whoever submits himself completely to Allah’ mean that he wears a garb of total annihilation and humility and thus submits to the Divinity of Allah and devotes his life, possessions, honours, in fact all that he has for the sake of Allah and makes everything in this world subservient to Him. ” In short, the real meaning of Islam demands the submission of one’s life in the way of Allah. A true