God’s will be Done

God’s will be Done

1985 7 July 8 God’s will be Done (350) “O, believers, be Allah’s helpers. When Jesus, the son of Mary said to the disciples: ‘Who will come with me to the help of God?’ They replied: ‘We are God’s helpers.’

Some of the Children of Israel believed in him while others did not. We aided the believers against their enemies and they triumphed over them” (Qur'an 61:14).

Subsequent events show that believers in the Prophet Jesus were powerless and very small in number, while the opponents were powerful and far greater in number. It is hardly remarkable then that after the Prophet Jesus had completed his mission, the unbelievers among the Jews should overpower the followers of Jesus and attempted to crucify him. What is remarkable is that the followers of Christ eventually triumphed over their enemies.

The question arises as to how this came to be so. At first the unbelievers temporarily overcame the believers. They made an attempt to crucify Jesus on the cross of Calvary but God honoured him by raising him up in the heavens.

When the word of God is fully conveyed to a people according to the divine law, the deniers are punished for their rebelliousness. Although Christ's first followers were unable to perform this task, others were made to do it on their behalf. In 70 AD the Roman Emperor Tetus attacked Jerusalam, and killed a number of Jews, expelling many from their homeland. Thus they were scattered to the four corners of the earth. The followers of Jesus, on the other hand, were offered opportunities to carry out their preaching mission and, for this purpose, they spread far and wide. As a result of their struggle many Romans were converted and finally the Roman emperor, Constantine, himself accepted Christianity. It was a time when subjects followed in the footsteps of their rulers. Thus with the conversion of the emperor the process received a great impetus. After only three hundred years, most of the population under the Roman empire became Christian, and Christianity acquired the largest following in the world. The Jews, including what is now Israel, became subjects to Christian nations.

The least one can do is not harm others

1985 7 July 8 The least one can do is not harm others (20) Yahya Ibn Mu’adh AI-Razi once said that if one cannot benefit one’s brother, at least one should not harm him.