The Muslim
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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Muslim (Arabic: المسلمون, romanized: al-Muslimūn) is person who adhere to the religion of Islam. The one who worship The One and Only True God (Allah). Someone who has submitted to the Will of Almighty God.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ ١ قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ ٢ وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ ٣ وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ ٤ وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ ٥ وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ ٦ وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ ٧
You, wrapped in your cloak, arise and give warning! Proclaim the greatness of your Lord; cleanse yourself; keep away from all filth; do not be overwhelmed and weaken; be steadfast in your Lord’s cause. [Al-Muddaththir 74:1-7]
I must not regard my strife in the way of Allah ﷻ as a deed grace that entitles me to a great reward. On the contrary, I must exert myself to the utmost, dedicate my whole efforts and be ready to sacrifice everything in the spirit of self-forgetfulness enveloped by the ever-present awareness of Allah ﷻ , without the least sense of pride over my deeds or sacrifices.
I must warn those who breach the pleasures of Allah and to make sure that they are not ignorant of the seriousness of consequences that their behavior entail, to create some sort of unprecedented shock within their mind and their heart. I must render both the exterior and interior exceptionally chaste and pure, sanctifying the soul and establishing it highly immune against all sorts of impurities and various kinds of filth (pollutant). Only through this avenue , one can achieve an ideal status and become eligible to enjoy the shady mercy, protection, security, guidance, and ever-shining light of Allah ﷻ.
With the action and saying of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ one consequently will set the examples to the human community, attract the sound of the hearts and inspire awe and reverence in the stray ones in such a manner that all the world, in agreement or disagreement, will head for it and take it as the rock-bed in all facets of their welfare.
I shall be patient, I shall be perseverance and display the highest degree of stamina for the sole purpose of attaining the pleasures of Allah ﷻ. I must not give things in order to have more, or consider not my deeds as a favor to Allah.
I must submit to His wills, my Lord, I am Allah's slave.
Therefore, I call myself Muslim.