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Submitters Perspective

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MASJID TUCSON United Submitters International

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Happiness is
Submission to God Alone

ISSN 1089-053X

Worship GOD alone: no Idols, no Titles

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Many traditional places of worship treat religion as a social function. I recall a time I attended church and it was an ordeal. It was like a fashion show with lots of glitz. A choir was singing while we filed in. The preacher talked all about his life with Jesus, and they passed the collection plate about 5 times. It seemed to last for hours! But where was God in all of this?

[4:146] Only those who repent, reform, hold fast to GOD, and devote their religion absolutely to GOD alone, will be counted with the believers. GOD will bless the believers with a great recompense.

[3:79] Never would a human being whom GOD blessed with the scripture and prophethood say to the people, “Idolize me beside GOD.” Instead, (he would say), “Devote yourselves absolutely to your Lord alone,” according to the scripture you preach and the teachings you learn. [3:80] Nor would he command you to idolize the angels and the prophets as lords. Would he exhort you to disbelieve after becoming submitters?

We must worship God alone, no idols, no titles. If your god has a birthday, if he has a mother, then he isn’t God.

[2:136] Say, “We believe in GOD, and in what was sent down to us, and in what was sent down to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the Patriarchs; and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and all the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction among any of them. To Him alone we are submitters.”

May God help us steadfastly persevere in worshiping Him. Let us live a righteous life so we earn a “title” we want to be known as: “Submitter.”

Taareq

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Psalm 25

1 In You, Lord my God,
I put my trust.
2 I trust in You;
do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.
3 No one who hopes in You
will ever be put to shame,
but shame will come on those
who are treacherous without cause.
4 Show me Your ways, Lord,
teach me Your paths.
5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me,
for You are God my Savior,
and my hope is in You all day long.
6 Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,  for they are from of old.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to Your love remember me,
for You, Lord, are good.
8 Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore He instructs sinners in His ways.

 


9 He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them His way.
10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful
toward those who keep the demands of His covenant.
11 For the sake of your name, Lord,
forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
12 Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?
He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.
13 They will spend their days in prosperity,
and their descendants will inherit the land.
14 The Lord confides in those who fear Him;
He makes His covenant known to them.
15 My eyes are ever on the Lord,
for only He will release my feet from the snare.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
17 Relieve the troubles of my heart
and free me from my anguish.
18 Look on my affliction and my distress
and take away all my sins.

[Ed. note: Many of us enjoy reading Psalms, especially during Ramadan.]