The Superwoman - Before the Muslim Woman Deifies Herself
Peace be upon you
The West has fallen into self-deification!
That is, they envision themselves as Gods!
The Prophet
Peace & Blessings be upon him
told us that Muslims
will imitate People of the Scripture
in everything
He said, “You'll tread the same
path as those before you did,
inch by inch and step by step,
so much that
if they entered a lizard's burrow,
you'll follow them." When asked,
'Allah's Messenger, do you mean
Jews & Christians?' He said,
'Who else?'"
(Al-Bukhari)
Meaning:
Who else would we follow?
Even if they entered a dismal
and desolate lizard's burrow
we would follow them
Whatever they do
we have to do it too!
The most desolate burrow we can enter
is the burrow of self-deification:
Man's worship of himself
and his lusts;
instead of faithful submission
to the One True God
is the root of most problems
in contemporary society
Since this episode is part of a series
for women (of all age groups)
we will talk about
the self-deification of women
We'll start with the self-deification
of Western women:
Its roots, causes,
manifestations and results
Then, we will see how some Muslim
women followed the same path
and entered the same
self-deification burrow
We will see how they followed
inch by inch; every step of the way;
intentionally or otherwise
We will see the causes and manifestations
so that the Muslim woman can
take heed and escape before
suffering the consequences and
results of self-deification!
But how did they deify themselves?
By the way, deify,
linguistically, means worship
or a claim of divinity
When you hear that someone
deifies his lusts
you assume it is
a figure of speech
No, it is not!
Didn't Allah say,
what may be translated as,
"Have you seen him who has taken
his own desire as a god?” (Quran 25:43)
and,
“Do people not see that We have
created them from a sperm-drop
then, behold! They openly
challenge Us?” (Quran 36:77)
Man acts as an enemy of Allah:
A rival in every sense of the word
So why did Westerners
deify themselves?
Because of religion AND leaving religion!
How can that be?
The deification of Man has its roots
in the distorted books of Scripture
These books removed the boundaries
between the Lord and His servants
In them, the Lord takes on human form,
wrestles Jacob and loses to Jacob
According to their distortions the Lord
sleeps, gets tired and cries drunkenly
They claim that the Lord wants
to keep humans ignorant so that
they can't rival Him in divinity
In the Book of Genesis,
the Old Testament (2:16-17) we find,
"And the Lord God commanded Adam, saying:
You may freely eat of
every tree of the Heaven,
but of the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil you shall not eat,
for in the day that you
eat of it you shall die."
Meaning: The Lord deluded
Adam into thinking that
eating from the Tree of
Knowledge would kill him;
so that Adam would stay ignorant!
When Adam disobeyed and ate from
the Tree of Knowledge, the Lord panicked
as in the Book of Genesis,
the Old Testament:
"Then the Lord God said: See,
the man has become like one of us,
knowing good and evil,
and now, he might reach out his hand
and take also from the tree of life,
eat, and live forever.” (Genesis 3:22)
Meaning: The Lord feared that
Adam would eat from another tree
and become immortal as well!
With these attributes combined
he becomes a rival to the Lord in divinity
Exalted is Allah
High is He above what they say!
You can refer to the series
of brother Ahmad Daadoush:
"Alam Al-Ser: The Secret World"
especially the third episode on “Kabbalah”
to see the full extent
of Man's self-deification
The idea of rivalry and competition with
God has its roots in distorted religions
It surged with the
advancement of natural sciences
as Man believed he was discovering
what the Lord wanted to hide from him;
to keep him ignorant
I don't want to interrupt
the flow
but Muslims should appreciate
Allah's blessing of Islam
which considers knowledge as
proof for Allah;
because the more you learn
about creation the greater the reverence
and awe you have for the Exalted
and Glorified Lord as shown in
"The Journey of Certainty"
So, we reiterate that
distorted religions had a role in
the deification of Man
Well, what about
the rejection of religion?
For Westerners, rejecting a religion
doesn't usually involve
seeking the true religion
that is devoid of myths;
but instead the conversion to
atheism or agnosticism
By innate nature they sense
their human weakness and
their need to worship and seek help
from a Lord with Perfect Attributes
If they don't channel this
worship to the true Lord
they will channel it to the
worship of their whims
This is how Westerners fell
into self-deification!
Man became the center
of the universe!
Everything must submit to Man
and Man must not submit to anyone;
not even to his Creator and Provider
Hence, standards,
perceptions and ideas
must be reshaped accordingly:
Man is the center; holiness is
for him, his lusts and his desires
Religion must be subjected to Man
such that he takes only what he
needs to attain serenity
But anything in
religion which contradicts
the desires of the self-deified person
must be re-interpreted
according to that desire
to remove any prohibitions
which hinder the self-deified person;
with the exception of harm to
the other "human-gods" around him
As for the Right of Allah;
it becomes the lowest priority
Thus, self-deification prevailed
among men and women in the West
Perhaps it was more intense
for the woman
considering her rejection of
distorted religious texts
which undermined women and
blamed them for tempting Adam
to eat from the "Tree of Knowledge"
Moreover, her "scared and angry" Lord
punished her with pains of
pregnancy, childbirth and menses
and made man her master;
as in the texts cited in the episode:
"Liberation of Western Women"
So, this woman challenges this "Lord"
who wants to make her
ignorant and avenge himself
This self-deification: This idea of
the "goddess" woman took many forms
Even women who define themselves as
religious nuns were not spared
For example, there are websites
titled "Christian Feminism"
demanding that the Lord be addressed
by the English female pronoun "She"
to thwart the idea of
a masculine god; as they put it
On the other hand, calls were heard for
reviving and adopting pagan beliefs
that embrace the idea
of the female goddess
to reject the male dominance concept
This is prevalent among Western women;
even university professors such as
the renowned Yale graduate and
feminist professor Carol Christ
who launched the
"The Goddess Movement"
Books were written to revive
the idea of "the goddess"
Conferences were held, including
one titled: "Great Goddess Re-emerging"
which was held in 1978 at
the University of California, Santa Cruz
It is as if feminists:
whether Christians demanding
a female God, or pagans;
were saying:
“I am a woman;
the center of the universe
and I want a God molded
according to my whims
I will consider God a female and
worship him as thus; just as I want."
Just like the pre-Islamic Arabs
who took date-idols as gods,
used them to fulfill
their psychological need
to worship and ate
them when they got hungry!
These women believe that the Lord
should adapt to their needs
Some Western women renounced
the distorted religious texts
as well as the pagan religions which
sanctify alleged goddesses
Yet, they chose not to respond
to their innate nature
by seeking the correct religion
Instead, they moved to atheism and
denied the existence of the Lord entirely
Other Western women considered
themselves substitutes for the Lord:
That a woman's sexual appeal
and sway over men
makes her his god
He cannot help but fall victim
to her sex appeal and power
Top-selling songs
were written around this theme
but we won't refer to them
here because of the
immorality they contain
by legitimizing and sanctifying
uncontrolled lusts
These songs even use religious terms
such as confession and salvation
in association with
the self-deified brazen woman
Their central theme is:
Don't you see the power of lust
and your weakness against it?
Admit then that the Lord is a woman
With this admission you earn
salvation and the pleasure of sex
The youth who listen to such songs
over and over again and watch this play of
depravity and sexual arousal
in music and cinematography
develop the exaggerated notion of
the human god/goddess
and worship for desires
especially in societies
where sexual desires
are ignited in every direction;
where songs and movies
are used to obliterate innate nature
and reshape minds and feelings!
Some Western women refrain
from learning religion altogether;
unconcerned about
finding their true Lord
They live only for themselves,
their problems, whims and lusts
Other Western women practice selectivity;
taking from religion and the distorted
scriptures what they like
to satisfy their religiosity instinct
and leaving what they do not like
Some practice subjective interpretation:
Re-interpreting religious texts
to distort the meaning;
especially texts they don't like because
they hamper their perverted lusts
Such selectivity and reinterpretation
opens the door
to lesbian and transgender churches
in violation of Texts prohibiting
adultery and homosexuality
The common denominator among
these different women
—across the entire spectrum—
is self-deification
where the principle of complete
submission to Allah and belief in the
perfection of His Attributes
is inconceivable for Western women
This deviation is caused by
the absence of a compass!
Especially since self-deification
leads to
the relativity of right and wrong:
No Lord with Perfect Attributes,
to guide them
to absolute right and wrong,
but rather, Man is at the center
and he is the judge
So there are as many rights and wrongs
as there are human beings
and all matters are
fluid and relative
Also, with the deification of Women
abnormal lusts in deviant
women were sanctified
such as homosexuality and illicit sex
under the banner of sexual freedom
as well as the abortion of fetuses
whose deification is incomplete;
in their view
Hence, you see most Western feminist calls
presented in a package deal with
freedom for homosexuality,
trans-sexuality, adultery and abortion
The Western woman
entered this lizard's burrow
—the self-deification burrow—
willingly or unwillingly:
through manipulation and deceit
as we saw in the episode,
"Liberation of the Western Woman"
She could have searched for
a preserved Revelation:
An accurate compass to regulate
her relationship with her Lord,
herself and others;
instead of the distorted-religion compass
which contributed to her downfall!
But she didn't
And she lost her direction,
followed her whims, and moved
from one aberration to another!
This is the story of the Western woman
What about the Muslim woman?
This series is addressed to you
Muslim woman
Let's see the state of Muslim women
“...So much so that if they had
entered a lizard's burrow,
you'd follow them.”
So, some Muslim women will follow Western
women into the self-deification burrow!
Women who call themselves Muslim,
will enter the self-deification burrow?
Yes...This is part and parcel of the
submission to dominant countries
It involves imitating them in thought,
emotions, standards, norms and everything!
It also involves entering every
lizard's burrow they enter!
Of course, this is not applicable
to all Muslim women
There are some with great faith,
who submit fully to Allah
out of knowledge, love and glorification
Other women are negligent
in observing
Shari'a-sanctioned limits;
in behavior, look,
and other matters
Nevertheless, they confess
their guilt to Allah
and acknowledge their servitude to Him
There are also those who
can distinguish between Shari'a
and its misapplication
Such women glorify Allah’s Rulings
and appreciate their Wisdom and Mercy
but object to the misapplication
in some areas such as:
Qiwamah (men's authority
& protection) and polygamy
There's also the Muslim woman
who is averse to some Islamic rulings;
influenced by the abuse of
a cruel father, a non-pious husband,
systematic media distortion,
or negative stereotyping of some rulings
However, her aversion is easy to remedy;
since she glorifies Allah,
understands the status of worship,
blames herself and seeks
help to strengthen her faith
and purify her heart from any
unease towards Allah's command
or the Sunnah of her Prophet
Peace & Blessings upon him
On the other hand, there is the
unconsciously self-deifying woman!
Where do you, Muslim woman,
stand in this spectrum?
In this episode, we will help you
arrive at the answer yourself
These words are for you;
not about you
I will not mention anyone by name
to avoid provoking anyone or
undoing the benefit
by inciting prejudice
I hope that you, sister
—may Allah bless you— will reflect calmly
No one is looking at you
right now, to pass judgment;
or provoking you to reply
Look deep within to purify yourself,
“He who purifies it will prosper.”
(Quran Translated Meaning 91:9)
Don't miss this opportunity, please!
Some zealots in Muslim communities
go to extremes in their imitation
of Western women:
e.g. "The Union of Muslim Gays,
Lesbians & Transgenders"
There are also openly secular women
Secularism —in brief—
is the deification of Man
When a secularist says that religion
must be detached from politics
and restricted to places of worship
and personal rituals
—rejecting the comprehensiveness of religion—
she means that Man has the right
to overrule the command of Allah
and to set limits on religion!
This is a clear manifestation
of the deification of Man
and his attempt to bypass Allah!
However, we will not discuss
those who have entered deep
into the lizard's burrow
but will discuss Muslim women
with subtle self-deification tendencies;
influenced by Western women
and secularists in Muslim countries
but still attached to Islam
The danger of this type
of self-deification
is that it is subtle
Yet, it has similar causes and symptoms
as for Western women;
albeit less severe
These Muslim women are
on the same path
as Western women before them
It is just a matter of time before
the accumulated deviations
lead the Muslim woman to
unimaginable perversions;
if not in this generation
then the next!
The Muslim woman may never have
intended to imitate Western women;
she may even be disgusted by
the Western woman model
Yet, there are seeds of similarity
which are apt to sprout:
Loss of a compass, deviation of standards
and following whims
may take the unsuspecting
Muslim woman down the same abyss
reached by the Western woman!
I say to the Muslim woman:
We will take your hand to show you
if the seeds of self-deification
are sprouting undetected
A Muslim woman may live a conflict
She loves
belonging to Islam;
has a general love for Allah
and His Prophet, but she is reluctant
to fully submit to the command
of Allah and His Prophet
She doubts the Justice of Allah
towards her
Yet, she doesn't want
to leave Islam explicitly
and jeopardize her psychological security
So, unwittingly, she
escapes this dilemma
by making everything revolve
around herself and her whims
She doesn't call them whims
but calls them "rationality";
unaware that she is judging Islam
with her version of rationality
while she never thinks to judge
"her rationality" to see if
her standard is correct;
or is a product of whims,
a reaction to misapplication
and stereotyping,
influence of media and movies,
foreign school curriculums,
or the "Rambo and Gorel"
projects we previously discussed
She is unaware that she
has placed herself in the center
as she tries to reconcile between
self-deification and worship of her Lord
Let us explore some forms of this
self-deification:
“...So much so that if they
had entered a lizard's burrow,
you would follow them.”
(Al-Bukhari)
The forms of self-deification
can be summed up in four words:
Evasion, objection,
selectivity and re-interpretation
First: "Evasion" to avoid learning
your Creator's Commands
Allah, the Exalted, says,
what can be translated as,
“And I did not create the jinn and mankind
except to worship Me.” (Quran 51:56)
Worship in its comprehensive sense of
submission to Allah in every aspect
She may pray and take from religion
what satisfies her spiritual needs
but as for full submission
to Allah's command
she doesn't even want to know
what the Commands —to submit to— are
She and her desires are at the center
Knowing that Allah’s Commands
may conflict with her desires
she avoids learning about them altogether!
So, how does she convince herself that
she is not negligent in her religion?
By playing a psychological trick:
That she is averse!
Averse to what?
To the sheikhs (scholars)
who are tough on women
and to macho
Fiqh (jurisprudence)
She spends time and
energy criticizing them!
In her battle with them
the search for Allah’s command
is lost
There are some rulings that
impact her life and comfort
It is clear to her that some
leaders of Islamic Fatwa (ruling)
were rigid on some issues
So, she says: "Perhaps these
rulings are just a misunderstanding
or a misinterpretation of
religious texts by hard-liners
Maybe hijab isn't obligatory
Maybe dating isn't forbidden!"
She will not search for a
true moderate path to follow
But rather she says: "I am neither
a scholar nor an expert in religion
but religion can never be what
these people claim!
I'm asking questions which
I can't answer
but Islam can never be that way!
My Lord gave me a brain to think
and what these people say
makes no sense."
By the way, I am only repeating
what some Muslim women say
or mean without any personalization
Well, what's next, Muslim woman?
After criticizing macho Fiqh
rigid sheikhs,
narrow-mindedness,
and those whose Fiqh
—in your view—is dominant
and corruptive to Muslim minds;
is it reasonable to spend
your time watching
Hollywood movies,
living in fantasies
and recommending
them to your followers
despite all the psychological
and moral damage they cause;
praising the attitudes of Western women
as moderate and open-minded;
publishing your seductive photos;
tempting others and boasting about
the places you visited by yourself?!
If anyone criticizes you
and advises that it is prohibited,
you jump to retaliate, mock
or label them as rigid,
strict and narrow-minded!
Again, these are the practices that
we see from these Muslim women
Wouldn't it have been possible,
to use some of that time
in learning about your Lord
so you understand
and teach people about true Islam?
And that correct Fiqh
is not macho,
rigid or narrow-minded?
Don't you always say:
My Lord gave me a brain to think
and I'm not convinced?
Can't you use this brain to
learn and clear Islam from
the impurities of macho fiqh?
Can't you refer directly to the
words of your Lord to teach us
what Islam truly is?
and what Allah's Commands are about?
Or is your mind only capable
of criticism; not construction?!
If you believe that the sheikhs
misrepresented religion, then why not
summon enough passion
to learn your religion
and better represent it?
When someone tells you:
This is forbidden
and the proof is so-and-so;
is it not appropriate
to counter an evidence-based
argument with another?
Or is: “You are rigid chauvinists!”
the answer to everything?!
This is the first strategy used
by the self-deified woman;
who doesn't leave her religion explicitly
but seeks to reconcile self-worship
with that of her Creator:
Evasion to avoid learning a religion
which goes against her desires;
disguised as an aversion
to those who misrepresent it!
Second strategy:
Objection to Allah’s commands
e.g. when a Muslim woman says,
"Why is it permissible for a
man to marry 4 women
but not permissible for
a woman to marry 4 men?"
This question is completely different
when asked by someone
who submits to the Wisdom
and wants to reflect upon it
The problem is when you make
your knowledge of its Wisdom
a condition for submitting
to Allah's Command!
Is this true submission?!
Or are you judging Allah’s
Commands with your subjective
standard;
which you assume is sacred?
You presume that Allah's
Commands must achieve
absolute equality between men and women
If we tell you that Allah’s Commands
may not provide absolute equality
but will provide truth and justice
and that gender equality,
in some cases, is invalid and unjust
but then you say: "I am not convinced,
this doesn't make sense,"
you are either:
1- accepting that it's Allah's Command
but objecting to it
"O you who have believed,
do not put [yourselves]
before Allah and His Messenger
and fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is
All-Hearing and All-Knowing."
(Quran Translated Meaning 49:1)
You put your
gender equality standard
above Allah’s Command
and call your whims and
faulty standards rationalism;
while Allah, Whom you
believe in, calls it ignorance,
"Then is it the judgment of
ignorance they desire?
But who is better than Allah in judgment
for a people who are certain."
(QTM 5:50)
or
2- you say, "This isn't from Allah.
No true religion can command this.
Why not?
It is not convincing!
Well, why do you assume
your standards are correct?
Couldn't they be invalid
or mere whims?
Or maybe you are using
the wrong yardstick?
Why is your judgment sacred?
Isn't this also self-deification?!
The third sign of self-deification
is to interpret Allah’s Commands
according to whims
and treat Revelation as fluid text
without a clear meaning;
subject to interpretation
according to one's mood
So, she won't forego her whims
but at the same time, she won't
admit that she is sinning!
Although, if she confessed to Allah
and observed the status
of worshiping Him
she could become among those
whom Allah describes as:
"And others who
have acknowledged their sins.
They mixed a righteous deed
with another that was bad
perhaps Allah will turn to them
in forgiveness." (QTM 9:102)
However, she isn't admitting her error
so she looks for comfort
with someone who affirms
that following whims isn't wrong
Consider as you admire
the words of Adnan Ibrahim,
Muhammad Shahrour,
Ali Al-Kayyali and others
who distort words
to obscure their true meaning,
tear down Islamic consensus,
and claim "a contemporary
view of Islam" or "new reading of Islam";
look inside yourself and ask,
"What truly happened?"
Did you seek their opinions
and those of others
with the intention of reaching the truth
—whatever it may be—
and submitting to Allah, Almighty?
Or did you approach them with a heart
repulsed by some Commands;
with prejudices and whims
that you find hard to abandon?
You came seeking someone to
tell you that you are not wrong,
to comfort you and provide you
with a "religious" excuse!
Again, we are not making assumptions
It is obvious
from the flood of prayers for mercy
—by some feminists—
for Shahrour!
Apparently, feminism isn't the only issue
It is a rejection of religious rulings
They found an escape from Shari'a
in the words of Shahrour & Co:
"Scholars" with a "new"
perception of the Quran!
The 4th sign of self-worship is:
Selectivity
i.e. when a woman cherry-picks
from Revelation what she likes,
when she hears verses urging
care for women she is all ears
but when she hears
what contradicts her whims
she turns her back, objects
or seeks an interpretation
which is far from the obvious meaning
Do you know that Allah describes this
behavior in what can be translated as,
"And when they are called to
Allah and His Messenger
to judge between them, at once a
party of them turns aside [in refusal].
But if the right is theirs, they
come to him in prompt obedience."
(Quran 24:48-49)
But if the right is theirs
they come in prompt obedience!
What is the diagnosis here?
What are the psychological motives?
The verses go on...
"Is there disease in their hearts?
Or have they doubted?
Or do they fear that Allah will be
unjust to them, or His Messenger?
Rather, it is they who are
the wrongdoers." (Quran 24:50)
A diseased heart governed by desires
to the degree of self-worship;
doubt about Allah's Justice and Wisdom;
fear of injustice from Allah...
The verses continue...
"The only statement of the believers
when they are called to Allah
and His Messenger to judge between
them is to say, "We hear and we obey"
And those are the successful."
(Quran 24: 51)
These verses were
revealed on the occasion of
the Prophet, Peace & Blessings
be upon him, asking Julaibib:
a young man without prospects for marriage
to get engaged to a girl from Al-Ansar
Her parents hesitated
so the girl told them:
"Will you reject the Prophet's command?
Send me to the Messenger of Allah;
he will never lead me astray."
She did so out of love, glorification,
trust and respect for the
command of Allah's Messenger,
Peace & Blessings be upon him
He married her off to Julaibib
and they had a good marriage
One of the most important
forms of selectivity
practiced by the Muslim woman
is embracing "Humanism":
A religion which
evaluates ideas, principles,
people and situations
according to humanist criteria
such as mercy and kindness to others
She judges a person
based on his actions with humans
Whether he is a Muslim or disbeliever
is irrelevant to her
On the contrary, if she glorifies a person
and someone
points out that
he/she is an atheist or polytheist
she gets upset
and ridicules the objector
She easily forsakes Allah’s Right
while glorifying the rights of humans
A clear manifestation
of the deification of Man!
Yet, she convinces herself that
this does not contradict Islam
She selects verses of Allah's mercy and
benevolence: "Humanist" verses
and completely avoids the verses
on polytheism and faith
Did you notice how
such forms of self-worship
are similar to those practiced
by Western women?
Evasion, Objection,
Interpretation, Selectivity!
Did you notice how the common denominator
is the loss of compass
and following whims?
When a Muslim woman avoids
learning her religion
and becomes content with criticizing
the "hardliners";
when she objects to some
religious commands;
when she follows the
corrupt interpretations
of Allah's Commands to suit her whims;
when she selects verses she likes
The common denominator in all this
is that she loosens her
grip on the rope of Revelation,
walks without a compass,
and follows her every whim!
Even though she heard the verses
which can be translated as,
"O you who have believed, enter
into Islam completely and do not follow
the footsteps of Satan..."
(Quran 2: 208)
Meaning: Enter into Islam with
ALL its details and commands
and do not follow the steps of Satan
who will lead you down the lizard's burrow
—like People of Scripture before you—
and prompt you to do things
you never imagined you would do
My question to the Muslim woman:
If the Western woman lost her compass;
why do you need to lose it?
Your religion isn't hers
You are better!
While her religion depicts the Lord
as keen on making Man ignorant;
your religion tells you that your Lord
Most High, "...taught Adam
the names - all of them..."
(Quran Translated Meaning 2:31)
While her religion depicts the Lord
as incapable and inadequate;
your religion ascribes the attributes
of Perfection, Majesty, Ability,
Greatness and Distinction
to Allah
While her religion depicts
the Lord as vengeful
punishing women with
pregnancy and childbirth;
your religion makes this pain a reward
for you, an elevation in your status,
and a reason for your children's
obligation to serve you!
If the Western women
who believed in these distortions
or renounced them
and moved to atheism
went astray;
why would you go astray?
Didn't you see, in the last episode
how Western women embraced Islam
when they saw
the compass in this guarded Revelation
that Allah has blessed you with?
Look within yourself
Muslim woman
Are you an independent believer
who can't be tricked down burrows?
Do you respond and submit out of love,
acceptance and honor as your Lord
says, what can be translated as,
"It is not for a believing
man or a believing woman,
when Allah and His Messenger
have decided a matter,
that they should have any
choice about their affair
And whoever disobeys Allah and
His Messenger has certainly
strayed into clear error."
(Quran 33: 36)
Or is the world revolving around
you and your desires?
Do you reject all authority
including that of Allah Almighty?
Search deep inside yourself
Do you uphold the submission
to Allah in everything?
"Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice,
my living and my dying are for Allah,
Lord of the worlds." (QTM 6:162)
Do you practice such submission?
Do you admit your sin
when you violate it?
Or are you satisfied with
practicing part of religion
—enough to give you emotional stability,
which even self-deified humans need—
and convincing yourself
that you love Islam
when it's the "abbreviated & customized"
version of Islam that you love?
A self-deified Muslim woman
is a contradictory phrase
since Islam is the exact opposite
of self-deification
Islam means to accept the
Will of Allah, submit to Him,
and observe the status of bondage
to Him, Glory be to Him
When we say a Muslim woman worships her
whims, it is also a contradictory phrase
because Islam is the fight against whims
“But as for he who feared the position
of his Lord and prevented the soul
from inclination,
then indeed, Paradise will be
the refuge.” (QTM 79:40-41)
Finally: What will this self-deification
accomplish for you, Muslim woman?
Will it give you happiness? Dignity?
Will it eliminate injustice against you?
You can extrapolate and see the future
by looking at those
who preceded you down the
self-deification burrow: The Western woman
What was the fate of the
self-deified Western woman?
Did she really achieve
the dignity of a goddess?
We saw the answer in the episode:
Liberation of Western Women
We saw how self-deification
only aggravated her misery,
degradation and humiliation; confirming
Allah's words which can be translated as,
"And whoever turns away
from My remembrance —indeed,
he will have a depressed life."
(Quran 20:124)
Thus, whoever rejects bondage to Allah
and follows his desires —man or woman—
is destined for humiliation
This is validated by Allah's words,
which can be translated as,
"Do you not see that to Allah
prostrates whoever is in the heavens
and whoever is on the earth
and the sun, the moon, the
stars, the mountains, the trees,
the moving creatures
and many of the people?
But upon many the
punishment has been justified
and he whom Allah humiliates;
for him there is no bestower of honor.
Indeed, Allah does what He wills."
(Quran 22:18)
The self-deified Western woman who
rejected true servitude to Allah
ended up enslaved to human beings
as we have seen!
This episode, dear viewers
is part of a series for women
to correct their
relationship with Allah,
themselves and people around them
The summary of today’s episode:
◊ Do not lose the compass of Revelation
◊ Do not loosen your grip on its rope
◊ Do not seek solutions to
your problems away from it
◊ Seek dignity
in the status of worship to Allah
the Almighty, the All-Wise
“Whoever desires honor [through power];
then to Allah belongs all honor.”
(QTM 35:10)
◊ Don't put up with humiliation
But also, don't listen to those
who claim that dignity is in leaving Islam
You are cherished and dignified in Islam
And only in Islam!
There might still be in
your heart, after all this
some aversion to religious rulings or
doubt about their fairness
You are conflicted:
You realize your status
of worship to Allah
and you have a general faith in
Allah’s Justice and Wisdom
Yet, you feel discomfort
with some of His Commands
In the next episode,
we will work together on
cleansing our hearts from conflict
Allah willing
Finally:
To the Muslim woman I say:
Let's all remember
that Allah guided us to ask
Him for the right compass;
so as to walk in guidance
and not get lost, be led astray,
or follow people
down a lizard's burrow
We read every day in our prayers,
"Guide us to the straight path
the path of those You have blessed,
those who incur no anger and who
have not gone astray." (QTM 1:6-7)
Peace of Allah be upon you