Strive or Struggle (JIHAD

Judgment, when he stands before the Lord of the universe, God Almighty should say about him that this is My servant who remained loyal to Me in the life of the world. But it is obvious that this position cannot be achieved by mere desire alone. Worldly governments grant a certificate of loyalty only when a person fulfills the prescribed conditions of the state. Then how can God—the Ruler of all rulers, who is absolutely uncompromising about His sovereignty and does not tolerate even the slightest sharing in His divinity—accept anything less, will He be pleased merely by a wish in the heart or a movement of the tongue, and grant someone the honour of loyalty just because he wants it, whether or not he has practically made his loyalty exclusive to Him. The truth is that, like all other forms of loyalty, the desire to become loyal to God also demands a great struggle. In worldly institutions, a person’s importance is recognized only when he devotes his best abilities to them. A shop reveals its possibilities of profit to someone only when