Social Media — Page 6
~6~ life is not! You were not created so that you may gain benefit from the material things and then leave this world. No! Instead Allah the Almighty said: o ِ لِیَعۡبُدُوۡن خَلَقۡت ُ الۡجِن َّ و َ الۡاِنۡس َ اِلَّا و َ مَا ‘And I have not created the Jinn and the men but that they may worship Me. ’ (Holy Quran 51:57)” • Friday Sermon delivered 15 January 2010 at Baitul Futuh Mosque, London. • Published AlFazl International 05 February 2010 Excessive use of TV and Internet leads to Neglect of Worship In a Friday sermon Huzoor-e-Anwar (Beloved Huzoor) (aba) recited Tashahhud, Ta’awwuz and Surah Fātiḥah and then recited the following verse of Sura An-Nur and explained its translation: ۡ ِ ؕ و َ مَن ۡ یَّتَّبِع خُطُوٰت ِ الشَّیۡطٰن تَتَّبِعُو ۡا ل َا الَّذِیۡن َ اٰمَنُو ۡا یٰۤاَیُّہ َا ُ فَضۡل و َ لَو ۡ ل َا ؕ ِ خُطُوٰت ِ الشَّیۡطٰن ِ فَاِنَّہ ٗ یَاۡمُر ُ بِالۡفَحۡش َٓاء ِ و َ الۡمُنۡکَر َ اللّٰہ ِ عَلَیۡکُم ۡ و َ رَحۡمَتُہ ٗ مَا زَکٰی مِنۡکُم ۡ مِّن ۡ اَحَد ٍ اَبَد ًا ۙ و َّ لٰکِن َّ اللّٰہ o ٌ یُزَکِّی ۡ مَن ۡ یَّش َٓاء ُ ؕ و َ اللّٰہ ُ سَمِیۡع ٌ عَلِیۡم O ye who believe! follow not the footsteps of Satan, and whoso follows the footsteps of Satan should know that he surely enjoins immorality and manifest evil. And but for the grace of Allah and His mercy upon you, not one of you would ever be pure, but Allah purifies whom He pleases. And Allah is All- Hearing, All-Knowing. (Holy Quran, 24:22) Huzoor-e-Anwar (aba) then used this verse to discuss those matters that hinder a man from reaching the objective of his life (i. e. worshiping his Creator). Huzoor-e-Anwar (aba) said: