“And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam – from their loins – their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], ‘Am I not your Lord?’ They said, ‘Yes, we have testified.’ [This] – lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘Indeed, we were of this unaware.'” (Qur’an 7:172)
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This initial recognition of human beings before their existence in this life is one of recognition of the oneness of Allah. In doing so, our first identity is established as Muslims.
We were Muslims before we were Arabs or Turks.
We were Muslims before we were Black or White.
We were Muslims before we were Balochi or Punjabi, Tajik or Pathan.
Muslim.
Unlike our tribal, ethnic or racial identity which stays with us. We can lose our identity as Muslims.
We can afford to let go of loyalty to tribal identity, but we cannot afford to let go of our identity as Muslims.
“And you do not resent us except because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord, pour upon us patience and let us die as Muslims.” (Qur’an 7:126)
May Allah guide the Ummah.
May Allah forgive the Ummah.
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