أناة
Allah, the Most Exalted, is All-Powerful. Regarding
implementing His Will or in the matter of Creation He has to do nothing more
than saying only ‘كن’ (Be) and His Will gets implemented.
“When He decrees a matter, He only says to it “Be!”(كن)—and it is(فيكون).”
(Al-Imran: 47) In spite of such an unimaginable vastness of His creating Power
He applied the rule of deliberation and it took Him six days in creation of the
heavens and earth. Gradualness, deliberation, consecutiveness and ‘step by
step’ are the law of nature. Creating man’s physique all at once as an adult
person is fully at the discretion of the Creator, Allah, All-Mighty, but according
to nature’s set laws creation of man, animals, plants and almost all the living
beings passes through gradual stages.
“O mankind! If you are in doubt about the Resurrection, then
verily, We have created you (Adam) from dust, then from a semen drop, then from
a clot, then from a little lump of flesh, some formed and some unformed—that We
may show you. And We cause whom We will to remain in the wombs for a specific
time, then We bring you out as infants and then (We develop you) that you may
reach your (age of) maturity. And among you is he who dies in (early age), and
among you there is he who is returned to miserable old age so that he knows
nothing after (once) having knowledge. And you see earth barren, but when We
send down upon it water (rain), it swells and puts forth every beautiful kind
(of growth).” (Al-Hajj: 5)
“We made the Nutfah (semen) into a clinging clot, then We
made the clot into a little lump of flesh, then We made out of that little lump
of flesh bones, then We clothed the bone with flesh, and then We brought it
forth as another creation. So, Blessed is Allah, the Best of creators.”
(Al-Muminun: 14)
All this shows that the Creator is never in hurry. And He wants
us also not show hurriedness in our life. Man, by his nature, is weak and impatient. “Verily,
man was created very impatient (هلوعا)” It is in the scheme
of the Creator to polish and perfect him through admonitional rituals, guidance and moral
practices. Acts of adoration (عبادات ) {five time
obligatory prayers, fasting, Hajj and giving alms} are actually multi-purpose practices to give believers spiritual and moral training.
On one hand they are means for developing relation between the servant and his
Lord and on the other hand they become an effective source of man’s moral
carving and reformation.
The Quran points out one of the biggest weaknesses of man. His
covetous eyes are always cast on material gains and his desire to amass heavy
amount of wealth. و انه لحب الخير لشديد (And verily, he is
intense in love of wealth). و تحبون المال حبا جما (And you love wealth with immense love). Getting
excessively preoccupied with any of the matters of life occasion a lot of
weaknesses. Intensity in love for worldly gains, wealth and eminence, has made
man’s life a constant race which ends only on his last breaths. For gaining too
much in short time man is always in haste. He runs wildly to cross fast
runners, stampede all the slow runners and elbow away all those who are on his
sides. In the tasks accomplished so quickly, as it is said, more haste, less
speed, there remains probability of grave mistakes, disadvantages more than
advantages, and very often hastily done
has to be done over again or proves ruinous not only for him, but also for all around in the surroundings he lives.
Islam has set the standards quite different from those we
generally follow in our earthly life. In the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet,
be peace and blessings upon him, we find the principles unlike those we learn for success in our materialistic life. There exists in English literature a proverb “slow and steady wins the
race’ but man seldom follows it as a golden principle of
life. Materialism teaches us that going late means going in loss, so, be in
hurry to reach your material goals. According to the Quran celerity and
speeding up proves right only in the matters of Akhirah. يسارعون
فى الخيرات (they hasten in all good deeds) is a significant aspect of the
character of righteous people.
Rule of hastening in good deeds gets not applied in matters of Ibadat (عبادات). It does not mean we should pray in a speedy way or while performing Hajj and Umrah we should run fast. 'Waqaar' (dignity) is a salient aspect of the believer's disposition. He should not go in loss of this characristic of his morality. Prayer is very significant acts of Ibadah (عباده ). Laziness in matter of prayers displays a woeful lack of devotion. Allah says in the Quran: "So woe unto those performers of prayers, those who delay their prayers (صلاة ) (from stated fixed time)." (Al-Maun: 4,5) Running to join the prayer is strictly prohibited. Our Holy Prophet, be peace and blessings upon him, has taught us to join the congregational prayers in calmness and with poise.
Rule of hastening in good deeds gets not applied in matters of Ibadat (عبادات). It does not mean we should pray in a speedy way or while performing Hajj and Umrah we should run fast. 'Waqaar' (dignity) is a salient aspect of the believer's disposition. He should not go in loss of this characristic of his morality. Prayer is very significant acts of Ibadah (عباده ). Laziness in matter of prayers displays a woeful lack of devotion. Allah says in the Quran: "So woe unto those performers of prayers, those who delay their prayers (صلاة ) (from stated fixed time)." (Al-Maun: 4,5) Running to join the prayer is strictly prohibited. Our Holy Prophet, be peace and blessings upon him, has taught us to join the congregational prayers in calmness and with poise.
In all other cases in
our life hurriedness is converse of what we have been taught by our Prophet, be
peace and blessings upon him. He liked and approved the moral traits of
clemency and deliberation. The ninth year after Hijrah is known to be ‘The Year
of Delegations’ because a number of the tribes designated their wise men to
visit the Holy Prophet, be peace and blessings upon him. A group of people from
Bani Abdul Qais came to Madinah to visit the Prophet, SAW. All the members of
the delegation hastened to see the Messenger, be peace and blessings upon him,
but Al-Ashajj Al-Manzer bin Amer stayed back in the camp. He sat his own camel and also of all the members of the delegation and tied them, perfected his
appearance, took his clean clothes from his luggage to be proper for meeting
the Holy Prophet, SAW. The Messenger, be peace and blessings upon him, said to
him: O Ashajj!Clemency and deliberation are the two highly significant qualities of your character which are approved and liked by Allah and His Messenger."
At one occasion while giving moral training to his
companions, he said: التأنى من الله و العجلة من الشيطان (ابو يعلى) (the quality of patience and calmness
is a gift from Allah, while hastiness is satanic trait). Messenger of Allah,
Muhammad, be peace and blessings upon him, is reported to have said on another
occasion:
التودة فى كل شىء خير الا فى عمل الأخرة (Deliberation is
better in all the (worldly) matters except the acts relating to Akhirah (life
hereafter).
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