Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Discover Islam | Al-Risala, May 1987, p. 10
It is stated in the Quran: “If anyone seeks a religion other than Islam [submission to God], it will not be accepted from him; he will be among the losers in the Hereafter.” (3: 85)
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Discover Islam
True believers, the Quran tells us, are those who, “who forgive when they are angry” (42:37). Everyone knows the turbulence that is aroused within a person when he becomes angry with someone. This being the case, forgiveness is only possible when this turbulence is suppressed. When set against this background, the full meaning of this verse of the Quran becomes: “When angered, they are willing to forgive, even if this means curbing their emotions and suppressing the turbulence within them.”
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Discover Islam
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Simple Wisdom I P.18
It often happens in this world that man loses something or suffers some calamity. On such occasions, Islam teaches us to willingly resign ourselves to our misfortune, taking that to be God’s decree. On all such occasions the sufferer should utter the words: ‘Inna lillah wa inna ilayhi raji'un’ which means ‘We belong to God and to Him we shall return.’ (2:156)
