Examples from the Quran and the Sunna

(Al-Amthāl mina-l Kitāb wa-l Sunna)

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Embrace Islam

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man, “Embrace Islam!” The man said, “I find that I dislike it.” The Prophet said, “Even if you dislike it.”

Musnad Aḥmad 12061

Quran

Re: ”dislike it”

{It can be that you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not.}
2:216

This was revealed in the context of fighting the enemy in the cause of Allah, but it can be taken as a general statement {perhaps you love a thing}:
To enter or 'embrace' Islam, meaning to accept the supreme authority of Allah (may His Majesty be exalted) and His all-encompassing wisdom { إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ} in all matters of life implies sincere dedication.[1]

For the faithful believer (al-mu'min) what is necessary is strong and consistent effort and the price is closeness and inimacy to Allah (may His Majesty be exalted!) and what can be better than that!

This is what the Messenger of Allah, the Beloved of God (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was told in the Revelation to say:

{Say… and I am commanded to surrender/ submit (uslima) to the Lord of the Worlds.}
40-66
Everyone submitting to Allah will be a Muslim and Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was the one who submitted most clearly and and confidently.

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{ رَبَّنَا وَٱبْعَثْ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَتِكَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلكِتَبَ وَٱلحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلعَزِيزُ ٱلحَكِيمُ }

{Our Lord! Raise up in them a Messenger from them (who) will recite to them Your Verses and will teach them the Book and the wisdom and purify them. Indeed You! You (are) the All-Mighty the All-Wise.}
2-129
Comment by Ibn Wahb: ”In this verse 'wisdom' is the Sunna.
[Also] wisdom is obedience of Allah, observance of Him, superlative understanding in the Religion, and deeds in conformity with it.”
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Where are you going?

{So where then are you going?
It is not except a reminder to the worlds,
So let those who want, choose the right guidance,
And you do not will except that Allah wills - the Lord of the worlds.}
81-26--29

v.26 The essential question which is asked in this verse is where will you turn? - You who do not follow God and His messenger, for none guides but Allah - God.

v.27 refers to the Quran: that it is {a reminder to the worlds} is taken to indicate that it is a universal revelation[1] for any people who desire guidance.
Tabatabai, TSQ

v.28/29 alternative interpretation:
{For those who wish to walk straight,
your only will is the will of God, Lord of all beings.}
81-29

[1]: The universal character of the Islamic Revelation is established by the central point of Mercy ( rahma ) in the life of the Holy Prophet as well as in the Quranic Revelation.
21-107

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One who controls his tongue

“Blessed is one who controls his tongue, whose house is spacious enough for him, and who weeps for his sins.”
al-Mu’jam al-Awsaṭ 2398

Control of Lower Self (nafs)

Controlling the tongue by prohibiting foul or useless speech is just one part of controlling the nafs. Without struggling against the nafs or 'ego', which commands evil (blameworthy actions, sins, and base qualities), and resisting it, spiritual progress cannot be made.

Islam offers the Muslim multiple ways[1] to counter and eventually overcome this problem of deficient adāb, bi-idhni-LLah. One of these ways is fasting, another is the daily prayer, also charity and paying the poor-due (zakāt). And then the prayer on the Prophet ﷺ if one makes it a consistent practice.

Fasting is very effective. It has been prescribed by the Lawgiver, (may His Majesty be exalted) and it will check the lower self (nafs) and improve the station of the believer ( al-mu'min), for whom it is a kind of reset and a great blessing.

Quran

{ يَٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ }

{O believers! Fasting is prescribed for you - as it was for those before you - so that you will become mindful[2] (of Allah).}
2-183

[1]: In Islam purifying the soul is individually obligatory, see Purifying And Striving Against The Ego

[2]: mindful: (tqw) Taqwa is Reverential fear of Allah
It is the piety which comes from the awe of God. Also to be mindful, on guard against the tricks of the nafs and the schemes of Shaytān.

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