Strive or Struggle (JIHAD

Strive or Struggle (Jihad) a man gives everything he has to it. In the eyes of governments, a person is considered worthy of trust and respect only when they live as a fully loyal citizen. In the same way, in the sight of God, the status of true devotion is granted only to one who completely surrenders to the One God. Just as worldly authorities do not tolerate divided loyalty, God too does not accept any form of associating partners with Him. Keep this reality before you, and then imagine the Day when you and I, and all those who came before and after us, will be gathered before God—when all voices will fall silent before the Lord of all. On that Day, a person will forget everyone but themselves, even their closest friends and dearest relatives. Only truth will carry weight, and everything else will have lost its value. It will be the Day when a person will regret, wishing they had spent their entire life preparing for it. This will be the Day of Decision. Between us and that Day lies only death—the death whose timing