Subhanallah, Water, in deeper thought; When the Prophet would see rain, he would say that it is a mercy, and he would fold back some of his clothing to allow the raindrops to touch his skin. Water is a nucleus around which the very life of the Ummah revolves: Its a condition for the existence of life itself (21:30, 24:45); purification with water is a condition for the acceptance of Salah; the opening dua of the Salah mentions water as a purifier of sins (O Allah, wash me of my sins with water, snow, and hail); the kuffar attacked the Prophets & their followers for being people who purify themselves (7:82); its therefore fitting that water be used to purify the Earth of them, as occurred in the eras of Nuh and Musa. In fact, the major events of Musas struggle against Firawn revolved around water: As a baby being hunted by Firawn, Musas life was saved when his mother hid him in a river (28:7); the circle expands to him as a grown man and fugitive again being hunted by Firawn, finding refuge at a Madyan watering place (28:23); the circle expands again to Musa as the leader of an entire ummah, and to a reversal of direction to his benefit where he watched the seawater drown Firawn & his entire army (28:40). Thousands of years later, Allah sent rain upon the Mujahidin at Badr (8:11) - a battle which ended with the killing of the Firawn of this ummah; before Isa bin Maryam rules the world at the end of time, the Prophet described that Allah will send rain which will wash the ground clean until it is left as shiny as a mirror. Water is thus a precursor to life, to Salah, and to the establishment of Allahs rule on Earth. And just as Allah teaches us to thank Him for the ability to purify ourselves for Him (5:6), He teaches us to thank Him when He purifies the Earth for us: #subhanallah #dawah #water
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:09:37 +0000
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