before their Lord, they are the Companions of the Heaven, remaining in
it timelessly, for ever. (Surah Hud, 23)
Sincerity means being deeply devoted to Allah by heart. A sincere
person has a deep fear for Allah, profoundly believes in Him, sees
andadvocates the righteousness in the bestway. A sincere person is the
one who believes in Allah with certainty, the Hereafter, prophets, the
Heaven and the Hell and angels.
WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IS NOTONE'S SEEING HIMSELF SINCERE BUT THE
RECOGNITION OF HIS SINCERITY BY ALLAH.
The Prophet Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), the
Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him), the Prophet Moses (pbuh), the
Prophet Abraham (pbuh), the Prophet Solomon (pbuh), the Prophet Joseph
(pbuh), the Prophet Jonah (pbuh), the Prophet Job (pbuh) and all the
other prophets are the sincere servants of Allah. We are aware of
prophets' sincerity because Allah sees them sincere and declares them
to be so. All of the prophets were blessed people who were devoted to
our All-Mighty Lord with great love and experienced sincerity in its
most profound state. Likewise, due to their sincerity, all the
prophets were blessed people who absolutely engaged in the most
accurate act, whose deeds resulted in good and beauty and who truly
turned to Allah in all their deeds.
Due to his fear for Allah and profound love of Allah, a sincere person
is someone who readily discriminates between the right and the
wrong,who absolutely implements what is rightaccording to the Qur'an
and, without seeing any limits in closeness to Allah and love for him,
who discharges all the requirements of the religion in the most
accurate and absolute manner. Consequently, sincerity is the kind of
attitude which appears with fear of Allah, and closeness and love of
Him and is experienced in the form as depicted in the Qur'an. If a
Christian is devoid of anyIslamic knowledge, we may hope for his
enterance to the Heaven,as long as he advocates Allah's existence and
unity, believes in the Heaven and the Hell, has faith in the destiny
and the Hereafter, performs his regular prayers ( salat ), fasts
albeit in his own way, and pays the alms. Similarly, if a Jew has no
knowledge about Islam, then we can hope that he can go to the Heaven
as long as he observes what is lawful and unlawful, has faith in
thedestiny and Hereafter, performs his regular prayers (salat) and
fasts. All of these are the commandments stated in the Torah and the
Gospel. If he is sincere and has no knowledge about Islam, by Allah's
leave, we may hope that a Christian or a Jew can also enter the Heaven
as long as he wholeheartedly fulfills all these religious obligations.
When one examines the Qur'an with a sincere heart one can immediately
see that theQur'an is the true Divine book. But if someone has never
had access to the Qur'an, then he is AHL AL-FATRAT , but if he
believes in the one Allah,loves and fears Allah, does good works for
His approval and prays, fastsand performs his religious duties as
required by the religion,then that person may hope for Paradise.
Because this person may not implement some parts of the Qur'an, out of
ignorance, but if he lives by the remaining ofthe Prophet Abraham
(pbuh) then since this person is ahl al-fatrat he may hope to enter
Paradise.
However, nobody can ever be certain that either he or anyone else will
go to Heaven or Hell.One can never say for certain that anyone, be he
Christian, Jew or Muslim, will go to Heaven or Hell. So long as a
morally virtuous person lives for the approval of Allah he mayhope for
Paradise from Him, and one may hope that this person will be one of
the saved, thoughone can never be certainof this. As Allah reveals
inthe Qur'an, all believers live "between hope and fear:"
Their sides eschew their beds as they call on theirLord in fear and
ardent hope. And they give of what We have provided for them. (Surat
as-Sajda, 16)
Since sincerity can only be experienced with unconditional belief in
Allah, hoping for the Heaven merely saying, "I am sincere", without
fulfilling the decrees of the religion is an insincere view that only
deceives the person himself. It is a great collapse of reason to
appear with a reasoningcommanding that "satanists can go to the Heaven
if they are sincere" and try to show a criminal person who overtly
murders a human being and who evidently denies Allah as a sincere
person deserving the Heaven.
A person who denies Allah, commits crimes and engages in immoral acts
commits all these misdeeds due to his insincerity and his disbelieving
and rebellious mind. Such a person is not even remotely close to
sincerity. He is dishonest and a liar. What is essential is not one's
seeing himself sincere but the recognition of his sincerity by Allah.
As long as a satanist does not regret, repent and turn to Allah with
sincerity, he is an unbeliever who is doomed to the Hell. (Allah knows
the truth)
Almighty Allah gives as an example in the Qur'anof a man who owns a
garden and who considers himself sincereand thinks that he deserves
the Heaven even though he is in complete denial of the Hereafter:
He entered his garden and wronged himself by saying, "I do not think
that this will ever end."
"I do not think the Hour will ever come. But if I should be sent back
to my Lord, I will definitely get something better in return." (Surat
al-Kahf, 35-36)
Our Lord informs us of the condition of the person whose garden was
destroyed as a calamity that came over him due to his denial.
There was no group to come to his aid, besides Allah, and he was not
given any help.
In that situation the onlyprotection is from Allah, the Real. He gives
the best reward and the bestoutcome. (Surat al-Kahf, 43-44)
Almighty Allah "knows what their hearts keep hidden and what they
divulge" (Surat an-Naml, 74). Those who are insincere to Allah are
people who cannot appreciate Allah properly and who cannot comprehend
this great fact. Almighty Allah, Who knows all what is concealed, is
certainly the One, Who knows best the sincerity in a person's heart.
Our Lord states in one verse of the Qur'an as thus:
Your Lord knows best what is in your selves. If you are righteous, He
is Ever-Forgiving to the remorseful. (Surat al-Isra, 25) - - ▓███▓
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