The
one who fears suffering, suffers from fear. Any time we are
feeling agitation or anxiety by the presence or imminence of
danger we are suffering from fear. Fear is a feeling of
apprehension. To be apprehensive is to be anxious about the
future. We have a remedy that helps with suffering from this
fear, which is the belief that God’s will always presides.
Divine Law
[64:11]
Nothing happens to you except
in accordance with GOD's will. Anyone who
believes in GOD, He will guide his heart. GOD is fully
aware of all things.
[9:51]
Say, "Nothing happens to us, except what GOD has
decreed for us. He is our Lord and Master. In
GOD the believers shall trust."
Profound Fact*
[57:22]
Anything that happens on earth, or to you, has
already been recorded, even before the creation.
This is easy for GOD to do.
[57:23]
Thus, you should not grieve over anything you
miss, nor be proud of anything He has bestowed upon you.
GOD does not love those who are boastful, proud.
God teaches us in the Quran
that fear is a tool of the devil used to divert our
attention from worshiping God alone and to slow us down
on God's path by making us full of doubts and hesitance.
God thus provides us in the following verse with a
simple and straightforward formula to be true believers:
Fear: The Devil's Tool
[3:175] It
is the devil's system to instill fear into his subjects.
Do not fear them and fear Me instead, if you are
believers.
The devil uses fear as a
method to dictate our actions and distract us from our
capabilities. He is aware that humans
are capable of discarding his authority and devoting
themselves to a lifestyle of worshiping God alone.
[15:39]
He said, "My Lord, since You have willed that I
go astray, I will surely entice them on earth; I will
send them all astray.
[15:40] "Except
those among Your worshipers who are devoted absolutely
to You alone."
Therefore, he is desperate
to entice God's servants at all times, through fear, in
order to fulfill his promise of bringing the humans and
jinns to his side. It’s also important to note that the
fear the devil uses does not have to be a terrifying
fear. It can be the suppressing fear of losing
something, wasting time, regret for not experiencing
something, the fear of self consciousness, etc.. These
are all ways of paralyzing our capabilities. When a
person becomes paralyzed with fear he suffers and is
incapable of worshiping God, striving to proclaim his
message, and living a cleanly life of goodness due to
the distractions that overpower his reality. He becomes
trapped and disturbed, a slave to fear.
The moment we fear anything
or any entity other than God, we are in Satan's kingdom.
Worshipers of God alone fear nothing but God:
[9:18] The
only people to frequent GOD's masjids are those
who believe in GOD and the Last Day, and
observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and give the
obligatory charity (Zakat), and do not fear
except GOD. These will surely be among the
guided ones.
[20:112]
As for those who worked righteousness, while
believing, they will have no fear of
injustice or adversity.
Abraham's debates with the
idol worshipers address human fear and set a good
example for the believers in dealing with whatever idols
we might fear instead of God:
[6:80] His
people argued with him. He said, "Do you argue with me
about GOD, after He has guided me? I have no
fear of the idols you set up. Nothing
can happen to me, unless my Lord wills it. My
Lord's knowledge encompasses all things. Would you not
take heed?
[6:81] "Why
should I fear your idols? It is you who should be
afraid, since you worship instead of GOD idols that are
utterly powerless to help you. Which side is more
deserving of security, if you know?"
Moses' examples, on the
other hand, teaches us that fear is one of the common
human traits :
[20:67]
Moses harbored some fear.
[20:68] We
said, "Have no fear. You will prevail.
[20:77] We
inspired Moses: "Lead My servants out, and strike for
them a dry road across the sea. You shall not
fear that you may get caught, nor shall you worry."
Moses
[26:10]
Recall that your Lord called Moses: "Go to the
transgressing people.
[26:11]
"Pharaoh's people; perhaps they reform."
[26:12] He
said, "My Lord, I fear lest they
disbelieve me.
[26:13] "I
may lose my temper. My tongue gets tied; send for my
brother Aaron.
[26:14]
"Also, they consider me a fugitive; I fear
lest they kill me."
[26:15] He
said, "No, (they will not). Go with My proofs.
We will be with you, listening.
Believers always trust in
God's absolute authority to relieve any kind of
hardship, and they are also certain about His system
which guarantees the upper hand to God's allies, the
truthful among His servants. Therefore, believers always
overcome their fear and defeat Satan and his idols
through the assurance that God is their only advocate
and He is always on their side:
All Power Belongs
To God
[10:107]
If GOD touches you with a hardship, none can
relieve it except He. And when He
blesses you, no force can prevent His grace. He
bestows it upon whomever He chooses from among His
servants. He is the Forgiver, Most Merciful.
[11:49]
This is news from the past that we reveal to you. You
had no knowledge about them - neither you, nor your
people - before this. Therefore, be patient. The
ultimate victory belongs to the righteous.
The Parents'
Responsibility
[20:132]
You shall enjoin your family to observe the contact
prayers (Salat), and steadfastly persevere in doing so.
We do not ask you for any provisions; we are the ones
who provide for you. The ultimate triumph
belongs to the righteous.
[17:65]
"As for My servants, you have no power over them."
Your Lord suffices as an advocate.
[3:160]
If GOD supports you, none can defeat you. And if He
abandons you, who else can support you?
In GOD the believers shall trust.
Fearing God is an entirely
different emotion than the fear introduced by the devil.
In fact, fearing God is a call from God to all the
believers and a trait of the true ones:
[9:119]
O you who believe, you shall reverence GOD, and
be among the truthful.
[6:14]
Say, "Shall I accept other than GOD as a Lord and
Master, when He is the Initiator of the heavens and the
earth, and He feeds but is not fed?" Say, "I am
commanded to be the most devoted submitter,and,`Do not
be an idol worshiper.' "
[6:15]
Say, "I fear, if I disobeyed my Lord, the
retribution of an awesome day.
[16:51]
GOD has proclaimed: "Do not
worship two gods; there is only one god. You shall
reverence Me alone."
[3:30] The
day will come when each soul will find all the good
works it had done brought forth. As for the evil works,
it will wish that they were far, far removed.
GOD alerts you that you shall reverence Him alone. GOD
is Compassionate towards the people.
[5:35]
O you who believe, you shall reverence GOD and
seek the ways and means to Him, and strive in His cause,
that you may succeed.
[5:100]
Proclaim: "The bad and the good are not the same, even
if the abundance of the bad may impress you. You
shall reverence GOD, (even if you are in the minority) O
you who possess intelligence, that you may succeed."
[6:51] And
preach with this (Quran) to those who reverence
the summoning before their Lord - they have none beside
Him as a Lord and Master, nor an intercessor -
that they may attain salvation.
Believers Versus
Disbelievers
(1) The Believers
[13:19]
Is one who recognizes that your Lord's revelations to
you are the truth equal to one who is blind?
Only those who possess intelligence will take heed.
[13:20]
They are the ones who fulfill their pledge to GOD, and
do not violate the covenant.
[13:21]
They join what GOD has commanded to be joined,
reverence their Lord, and fear the dreadful reckoning.
Our fear of God is out of
extreme reverence or awe of a supreme power. We
reverence the perplexity and perfection of His
authority. This fear allows us to become believers of
God alone and inspires us with motivation and mobility
towards righteousness. We also fear hurting our souls
and tasting the consequences of our wrong choices. We
marvel at God's creations and witness the transformation
and the growth that occurs within our souls because of
this fear. This sense of awareness and fear is a
blessing from God . Such is His guidance, He bestows on
whomever He chooses.
Peaceful Friday, salaam and May God bless you.
