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Act. Implement.

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  بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَٰكُمۡ خَلَـٰٓئِفَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ لِنَنظُرَ كَيۡفَ تَعۡمَلُونَ Thumma ja’alnaakum khalaaa’ifa fil ardi min ba’dihim li nanzura kaifa ta’maloon Yunus (Jonah)  10:14 - And thereupon We made you their successors on earth, so that We might behold how you act.   Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi was among the notable scholars and political activists of South Asia. Among his many roles, he served as the Home Minister of the first Provisional Government of India established in Afghanistan in 1915. But that effort did not continue for long, and under indirect British pressure he was compelled to leave for Russia. It is sometimes mentioned that he met the ailing Lenin, though the evidence for such a meeting remains uncertain. What is clear, however, is that his writings show a serious engagement with the socialist movement and its concern for justice.   Before the Russian government, Maulana Ubaidullah mad...

Hold fast to the rope of Allah and never lose hope

  بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ     ضُرِبَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلذِّلَّةُ أَيۡنَ مَا ثُقِفُوٓاْ إِلَّا بِحَبۡلٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَحَبۡلٖ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ... Duribat ‘alaihimuz zillatu aina maa suqifooo illaa bihablim minal laahi wa hablim minan naasi  Part of Al-Imran(Family of Imran) 3:112:Overshadowed by ignominy are they wherever they may be, save [when they bind themselves again] in a bond with God and a bond with men !      قُلْ يٰعِبَادِيَ الَّذِيْنَ اَسْرَفُوْا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوْا مِنْ رَّحْمَةِ اللّٰهِۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوْبَ جَمِيْعًاۗ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُ Qul yaa’ibaadiyal lazeena asrafoo ‘alaaa anfusihim laa taqnatoo mirrahmatil laah; innal laaha yaghfiruz zunooba jamee’aa; innahoo Huwal Ghafoorur Raheem Az- Zumar  (The Troops) 39:53 Say, "O My slaves! Those who have transgressed against themselves, (do) not despair of (the) Mercy (of) Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives the sins all. Indeed...