The World Blog by humble servant.

If you ask any Muslim, even a casual Muslim, what’s the first “pillar” of Islam, they’ll tell you without hesitation the shahadah. I bear witness that there is no god besides God. Most will then nullify that very statement by adding Muhammad name. And that’s the problem. Every Muslim knows absolutely that the fundamental aspect of Islam is to worship God ALONE. Every human being comes with the natural instinct to worship God. So, as it says in 23:89: Where did we go wrong? It’s not as if God doesn’t give us lots of chances. Because we’re weak and rebellious and egotistic, God gives us opportunities to repent and reform, to grow our souls, and to be appreciative. Not just a single chance, but chance after chance. He is so merciful. And since we’re so thick-headed, He makes sure that the information is available to us in multiple forms. So if we don’t get it the first time, maybe we’ll recognize it the second or the third. That’s especially true of His command to us to worship Him alone....

There’s nothing we want more than to attain the happiness that God promises. So, we’re willing to walk on the difficult path to achieve that. How difficult is it to go against the norm of the day ?How difficult it can be to face hardship yourself and still find the right way. So, it can be a difficult path.  But in 87:8 God tells us: We will direct you to the easiest path. So, is it difficult or is it easy?Yes! It can certainly be both. In worldly terms, it may be very hard to buck the trend, but in spiritual terms, God is telling us that He will make it easy. Practice the presence of God . This is because every situation should be about God. In one way or another, the relationship is between us as servants and GOD as our master. Everyone and everything else is just assisting this relationship. Is He our GOD alone and do we worship Him alone or not? Is our relationship a master/servant one? Or a master and a wannabe master one?  I think we should think about our...