Post by Bayyinah | Nouman Ali Khan

One of the greatest gifts you can receive goes unacknowledged most of the time. You didn't have to choose to love Islam or choose to be drawn toward goodness; Allah did this for you. Ayah 7 of Surah Al-Hujurat states this gift clearly: 'Allah has made faith beloved to you and beautified it in your hearts and made disbelief, wickedness and disobedience hateful to you.' وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْإِيمَـٰنَ وَزَيَّنَهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْكُفْرَ وَٱلْفُسُوقَ وَٱلْعِصْيَانَ This teaching runs counter to how we typically think about belief and morality; we assume belief is something we decide, something we manufacture through effort and intellect. We assume moral resistance is something we learn, but Allah is saying something different; He is saying that the love you have for Islam, the pull you feel toward it, the way your heart responds to the Quran, this has been placed in you. He beautified iman in your heart. This is not cold duty, it is something you love. But there is more to this gift than attraction to good. Allah has also made disbelief, wickedness and disobedience hateful to you. When you see corruption, when you witness moral failure, when you're confronted with something wrong, something inside you resists. That resistance is from Allah; it is a gift, it keeps you anchored, it prevents you from drifting into compromise. In moments when you're tempted, when circumstances pressure you to lower your standards, that inner rejection of wrongdoing is Allah holding you to something true. This reflection is from the latest installment in the Deeper Look series on Surah Al-Hujurat with Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan. Follow along at https://byna.tv/343