One of the greatest duties we have is to live by the commands of Allah. The primary reason why Divine revelation was sent was to guide human beings to be good and to be of benefit to the world; neither to do wrong nor to harm the world.<\/p>\n

5. Conveying and Clarifying<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Each Muslim has the responsibility of conveying the message of Islam to others; with wisdom, beautiful preaching and practical example.<\/p>\n

If we believe in the Qur\u2019an as we ought to, respect the Qur\u2019an with due respect, read it how it is supposed to be read, recite it with propriety, understand its message and live by its commands then our behavior will reflect the Qur\u2019an. The Prophet’s wife was asked to describe the Prophet’s conduct and she said: “his character is the Qur\u2019an.” The Prophet’s life was an embodiment of the values of the Qur\u2019an. In the words of the poet Akbar Allahabadi; “a unique phenomenon many people do not seem to realize is that a truly Believer is seen reading the Qur\u2019an but in reality, the Believer is a reflection\/embodiment of the Qur\u2019an.”<\/p>\n

May we elevate ourselves in this Ramadan, from being a reciter of the Qur\u2019an to being an embodiment of the values of the Qur\u2019an.<\/p>\n

———–<\/p>\n

Shaykh Sadullah Khan is the Director of Impower Development International www.impowerinternational.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ramadan is the month of heightened Allah-consciousness, of attaining unto taqwa \/ God-consciousness; of training ourselves to be the best we can be; a month to initiate improvement of reputation, character and for cultivating good habits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[419],"tags":[497,224,7,13869,4786,335,2344,20624,2432,5165],"class_list":["post-32105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-truth-seeker","tag-faith","tag-fasting","tag-featured","tag-loyalty","tag-piety","tag-quran","tag-ramadan","tag-ramadan-the-month-of-taqwa","tag-recitation","tag-taqwa"],"yoast_head":"\n