"This day, I have perfected your religion (deen) for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion (deen).”[Surah al-Ma'idah, 5:3]
When this ayah was revealed Umar b. al-Khattab (the companion of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلّم) and the second khalifah) cried. The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلّم) asked, ‘What makes you cry?’ To which Umar replied, ‘What made me c
ry is that our religion is being perfected for us. Now it is perfect, nothing is perfect, but it is bound to deteriorate.’ The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلّم) said, ‘You have said the truth’ [Tafsir ibn Kathir]
This is exactly what we see today, a deterioration of Islam with its true message and meaning being lost. That is why we will, bi’idhnillah (by the permission of Allah) set about to restore the Islamic message in our community and re-establish the deen. To get Islam back into our lives, so that it no longer takes a back seat, rather it is at the forefront of all that we do. So we’re not just proclaiming Islam by our names, we’re living Islam through our actions! We ask Allah to make our intentions sincere, aid us and grant us success.
