Ali Hammuda
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If you are reading this post, then it means that you've experienced the first birth which every living being experiences. After months of residence within the womb, one is finally released into a different world altogether, one of more expanse and variety than the womb.
It is not this birth however which counts, but it is the second one that matters the most. This is when one is finally released from the wombs of ignorance, perpetual sin & misguidance to the expanse of light & 'iman, to then inhale the pure airs of obedience, where one's purpose is discovered and the path of Paradise is finally chosen.
This second birth is only given to those whom Allah has chosen.
Allah said,
أَوَمَنْ كَانَ مَيْتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَاهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُ نُورًا يَمْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ كَمَنْ مَثَلُهُ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ مِنْهَا
"Is one who was *dead* and then We gave him *life* and made for him light by which to walk among the people like one who is in darkness, from which he can never come out?" (Al-Qur'an)
This birth is, for many people, a quick and easy process.
Nothing is dearer to them than the path of Allah.
For others, a caesarian is required.
They await a calamity to befall them before finally turning to Allah.
There are others however who are trapped in the womb, unable to emerge.
*This* is the calamity of all calamities -
To depart from this world without being born.
It is not this birth however which counts, but it is the second one that matters the most. This is when one is finally released from the wombs of ignorance, perpetual sin & misguidance to the expanse of light & 'iman, to then inhale the pure airs of obedience, where one's purpose is discovered and the path of Paradise is finally chosen.
This second birth is only given to those whom Allah has chosen.
Allah said,
أَوَمَنْ كَانَ مَيْتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَاهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُ نُورًا يَمْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ كَمَنْ مَثَلُهُ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ مِنْهَا
"Is one who was *dead* and then We gave him *life* and made for him light by which to walk among the people like one who is in darkness, from which he can never come out?" (Al-Qur'an)
This birth is, for many people, a quick and easy process.
Nothing is dearer to them than the path of Allah.
For others, a caesarian is required.
They await a calamity to befall them before finally turning to Allah.
There are others however who are trapped in the womb, unable to emerge.
*This* is the calamity of all calamities -
To depart from this world without being born.
