The Joy of Worship

Book Name:The Joy of Worship

The ‘trust’ referred to in this verse means ṣalāh. It also means every action a person is rewarded for doing and becomes sinful for not doing.”[1]

Sadly, we seem to remember everything else.

*   We do not forget to eat.

*   We do not forget to drink.

*   We do not forget to buy new clothes.

*   We cannot sit still until we buy the latest model of a particular phone.

*   We keep track of cars and their latest models.

If we forget anything, we forget only worship, which is itself the most important task we can ever do.

*   We do not worry for what will happen in our graves.

*   We turn a blind eye to how we will be fearful and alone in our graves.

   *We do not stop to consider if we will be capable of answering the questions posed to us by angels in the grave when we will be afraid and alone.

*   What will happen to us when we are exposed to the blazing heat of the Day of Judgement?

*   What will be our state when our book of deeds is finally opened?

*   How will we cross the bridge of al-Ṣirāṭ?

*   We will end up in Paradise or Hellfire?


 

 



[1] Tafsīr al-Jalālayn Ma’a Hashiya Ṣāwī, Sūrah Aḥzāb, under verse 72, Juzz 5, vol. 3, p. 54