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The dearest words to Allah are four: SubhanAllah (Hallowed be Allah), Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah), La ilaha illallah
(There is no god but Allah), and AllahuAkbar (God is the Greatest). There is no harm for you in which order you begin (them
while remembering Allah), and he also said: Do not give these names to your servants, Yasar and Rabah and Nafi and Najih.
Articles on Islam
Prophet Muhammad's Last Sermon
"O People, lend me an attentive ear, for I don't know whether, after this year, I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore
listen to what I am saying to you carefully and take these words to those who could not be present here today.
WORLD:
2:114 - And who is more unjust than he who forbids that in places for the worship of Allah Allah's
name should be celebrated? Whose zeal is (in fact) to ruin them? It was not fitting that such
should themselves enter them except in fear. For them there is nothing but disgrace in this
world and in the world to come an exceeding torment. 117
117 There were actually Pagans in Mecca who tried to shut out the Muslim Arabs from the Ka'ba, the universal place of
Arab worship. The Pagans themselves called it the House of God. With what face could they exclude the Muslims,
who wanted to worship the true God instead of worshipping idols? If these Pagans had succeeded, they would only
have caused violent divisions among the Arabs and destroyed the sanctity and the very existence of the Ka'ba.
(2.114)
2:200 - So when ye have accomplished your holy rites celebrate the praises of Allah as ye used to
celebrate the praises of your fathers yea with far more heart and soul. There are men who
say: "Our Lord! give us (thy bounties) in this world!" but they will have no portion in the
hereafter. 223224
223 After the Pilgrimage, in Pagan times, the pilgrims used to gather in assemblies in which the praises of ancestors were
sung. As the whole of the pilgrimage rites were spiritualised in Islam, so this aftermath of the pilgrimage was also
spiritualised. It was recommended for pilgrims to stay on two or three days after the pilgrimage, but they must use
them in prayer and praise to God. See ii. 203 below. (2.200)
224 If you hasten to get all the good things of the world, and only think of them and pray for them, you would lose the
higher things of the future. The proper Muslim attitude is neither to renounce this would nor to be so engrossed in it
as to forget the spiritual future. (2.200)
2:201 - And there are men who say: "Our Lord! give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter
and defend us from the torment on the fire!"
2:212 - The life of this world is alluring to those who reject faith and they scoff at those who believe.
But the righteous will be above them on the Day of Resurrection; for Allah bestows His
abundance without measures on whom He will. 234
234 God's gifts in this world seem unequal, and sometimes those get them who seem to deserve them least. God's
bounty is unlimited to the just as well as the unjust. In His wisdom He may give to whomsoever He pleases. The
account is not taken now, but will be taken in the end, when the balance will be redressed. (2.212)
3:22 - They are those whose works will bear no fruit in this world and in the Hereafter nor will they
have anyone to help. 365
365 Cf. ii. 217. end. (3.22)
3:45 - Behold! the angels said "O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his
name will be Christ Jesus the son of Mary held in honor in this world and the Hereafter and of
(the company of) those nearest to Allah. 386387
386 Christ : Greek, Christos=anointed : kings and priests were anointed to symbolise consecration to their office. The
Hebrew and Arabic form is Masih. (3.45)
387 Nearest to God : Muqarrabin. Cf. Q. lvi, 11. (3.45)
6:32 - What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But best is the home in the Hereafter
for those who are righteous. Will ye not then understand? 855
855 Play and amusement are for preparing our minds for the serious things of life: in themselves they are not serious. So
this life is a preparation for the Eternal Home to which we are going, which is far more important than the ephemeral
pleasures which may possibly seduce us in this life. (6.32)
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