Self Struggle
"Mujahida" means to fight and struggle against an
opposing force, and when no specific opposing force is indicated but the word
mujahida is used in absolute terms, it means that it is an universal and
holistic struggle, this is the nature of the struggle that the believer has to
do in this world. He also has to fight against Satan, who threatens him with
the harm of every good thing and tempts him with the benefits and pleasures of
evil. He also has to fight with his own self which is always pushing him to
make him a slave to his desires. We have to fight with all those people from
our home to the world, whose ideas, trends, principles of conduct, customs,
civilization and laws, economy and society, religion are in conflict with the
truth. And we have to fight against this state which is independent from
obeying God and runs its own command and spends its energies in promoting evil
instead of good. From every moment, and not in any one field, but on every
front in every aspect of life. Regarding this, Hazrat Hasan al-Basri says,
"In al-Arqaal lijahid wa ma zarb yuma min al-dhar basif" A man does
jihad even if he never wields a sword even once.
In other words, Allah Ta'ala is not demanding this Mujahidah
from you because He needs your help to establish and maintain His divinity, and
without this fight of yours, His divinity will not work. Rather, He instructs
you to engage in this struggle because this is the path of your progress.
Through this means, you can get out of the cycle of evil and error and go on
the path of goodness and righteousness. This will give you the strength to be
the bearer of good deeds in this world and be entitled to God's paradise in the
hereafter. You will not be doing God any favors by fighting this battle. You
will forget yourself
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وَمَنۡ جَاهَدَ فَاِنَّمَا يُجَاهِدُ لِنَفۡسِهٖؕ
اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَـغَنِىٌّ عَنِ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ ۞
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جو شخص بھی مجاہدہ کریگا اپنے ہی بھلے کے لیے کرے گا،
اللہ یقیناً دنیا جہان والوں سے بے نیاز ہے
• Whoever strives, strives for his own benefit.
Surely Allah is independent of all the worlds. 29:6
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