Embracing the Power of The Words of Allah

Allah has confined His mercy and guidance to those who truly believe in Him and cling firmly to Him. Thus, whoever affirms faith and holds fast to Allah (swt) is promised three blessings: admission into His mercy, attainment of His favor and grace, and steadfastness upon guidance.

Allah (swt) says: “O mankind, there has come to you a conclusive proof from your Lord, and We have sent down to you a clear light. So those who believe in Allah and hold fast to Him – He will admit them to mercy from Himself and bounty and guide them to Himself on a straight path” (4:175).

The first form of clinging to Allah is holding fast to the Book of Allah, which is His strong rope. Whoever holds firmly to Allah’s rope has, in reality, held fast to Allah Himself, as mentioned in the noble hadith:

The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, “Rejoice, rejoice! Do you not testify that there is no god but Allah and that I am His Messenger?” They replied, “Yes.” He said, “This Quran has one end in the Hand of Allah and the other end in your hands. So, hold fast to it, for you will never go astray or perish after it.”

Thereafter comes a deeper stage: a gradual, heartfelt, and lived attachment to Allah — where He becomes the most exalted and revered reality within the heart. One turns to Him alone, places full reliance upon Him alone, seeks assistance from Him alone, and dedicates every intention purely to Him. The essence of these heart-centered acts is seeking refuge in Allah (swt) and remaining steadfast in Him.

To attain this, the servants must take their guidance from the Book of Allah. The Quran is both light and proof: a light that enters the heart and illuminates the path, and a proof that elevates conviction until it reaches the level of certainty.

Together, this light and proof deepen one’s knowledge of Allah (swt) and thereby increase reverence for Him. Through careful reflection and contemplation upon His verses — considering both their evidential strength and their profound meanings — the servants develop an inner balance that directs the course of their lives and firmly anchors them upon the path of success.

The servants attain this balance when they reach the stage of genuine, practical affirmation — that is, when they act upon what has reached them from the Book of Allah. Thus, their outward aspect is not professed monotheism while their inward one harbors obstinacy and disbelief; nor is their tongue grateful, while their heart is heedless and their state one of turning away.

Indeed, the Quran is the clear and manifest truth. The heart must strive to fully absorb it until it becomes the judge, the interpreter, and the lens through which reality is understood. When this occurs, the servants begin to truly grasp the meanings of the verses and come to realize that Allah is The All-Strong, The Almighty, in Whose hand lies the keys to all things. He is The Subduer above His servants, The All-Wise, The All-Aware. In His creation there is no room for coincidence; nothing takes place, except by His will. He is not obeyed, except by His permission, and He is not disobeyed, except with His knowledge.

When the heart truly absorbs the truth, the Quran becomes for it a spirit, guidance, and a criterion by which all matters are measured.

Studying the Quran with a heart firmly resolved to hold fast to Allah, to seek His help, and to seek refuge from everything that hinders the absorption of its guidance and its clear proofs — foremost among them the whisperings of the accursed Shaytan — gradually prepares the servant to benefit from the Quran in a complete and transformative way. This is the realization of true steadfast adherence to Allah (swt), complete affirmation of His revelation, and the practical embodiment of His commands.

The path unfolds in stages. It begins with faith: humble submission and wholehearted acceptance of what Allah has revealed. From there, the heart moves into deep emotional engagement, where feelings, perception, and inner awareness are stirred. Faith then shifts from being mere intellectual acknowledgment to a living reality that shapes conduct and directs choices. The more the heart interacts with the words of Allah, the greater its reverence for Him and for His commands grows. This dynamic process is the very axis of the balance that the speech of Allah establishes within the servant.

To achieve this balance — through which true, lived faith is realized — the servants must cultivate within themselves a pure inner structure, like fertile soil that receives rain, brings forth goodness, and yields abundant blessing, so that the words of Allah (swt) produce their intended effect.

The foundation of this structure is honor, rooted in seeking refuge in Allah, turning constantly to Him, and fleeing toward Him in dependence and devotion. True reliance upon Allah protects the heart from weakness, lethargy, humiliation, and defeat, for as Allah declares in the Quran, “Whoever seeks honor — then ˹let them know that˺ all honor belongs to Allah” (35:10).

Part of this inner foundation is resisting fear. When fear settles in the heart, it restrains it; when the heart is restrained, the limbs are paralyzed, the will is frozen, resolve weakens, initiative fades, courage dies, and a kind of inner prison forms that traps one’s energy and prevents fruitful action. For this reason, Allah (swt) commands His devoted servants not to fear. In the story of Musa (peace be upon him), when he sensed fear within himself, Allah reassured him, saying, “Fear not. Indeed, it is you who are superior” (20:68).

Likewise, the servant must resist blameworthy grief. Grief clouds the clarity of the heart, dims the light of hope, weakens determination, undermines reassurance, and breeds anxiety. The grief that is censured is that which is disconnected from Allah — grief over worldly losses and possessions in a manner that weakens trust in Him and discourages action.

By contrast, freedom from fear and grief liberates the believer’s potential. The magicians of Firʿawn (Pharaoh), once they were certain of Allah’s promise, stood firm after fear was removed from their hearts. As mentioned in the Quran (26:41-51), their concern shifted from seeking favor with Pharaoh to hoping for Allah’s forgiveness, declaring with conviction, “We really hope that our Lord will forgive our sins, as we are the first to believe” (26:51).

This is the reality of liberation: when the words of Allah (swt) bring about such transformation, the heart becomes firmly anchored in Him, certain of His promise, and freed from fear and grief. As Allah says in the Quran, “Whoever follows My guidance will neither fear nor grieve” (2:38), and “Whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray nor suffer” (20:123). This is the promise in this world, and at the moment of death, the angels will descend upon them, saying, “Do not fear or grieve, but receive glad tidings of Paradise which you were promised” (41:30).

In this blessed month of Ramadan, seize the opportunity: liberate yourselves from fear and grief, and seek refuge in Allah, The Glorified and Exalted.