Allah ﷻ has given us to choose from two paths, one is the way of guidance and paradise. And the other is the path of misguidance and hell fire. In the holy Quran Allah ﷻ mentioned

إِنَّا هَدَيْنَاهُ السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا

We showed him the Way: whether he be grateful or ungrateful (rests on his will). (Sura dahr-3)

This world is called “Darul Imtihan”, meaning a place of test. Here the slave will be tested, that he obeys Allah ﷻ or obeys the shaitan. The next place after this world is called the place of “barzakh”, which basically is a waiting room. If I buy a first class train ticket, my waiting room will also be first class. For a second class train ticket, I will have a second class waiting room. Similarly, whoever will do good amal (actions) in this world; his life of the grave will become comfortable accordingly. Who’s amal is bad, his life in the grave will be miserable consequently. After the time of barzakh the Day of Judgment will arrive. There Allah ﷻ will reveal the result of his slaves test.

فَرِيقٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَفَرِيقٌ فِي السَّعِيرِ

Warn them of the Day of Assembling [Resurrection] of which there is no doubt, when a party will be in Paradise and a party in the blazing Fire. Sura Shura-7

Allah ﷻ has sent hundreds of thousands of prophets for men to acquire success in the test of this world. The prophets made effort on the heart of the people in order to take out the false believe on the creation that already formed and incubating the belief of the creator in the heart. Because, the belief on creation is the pathway of shaitan and hellfire. And the pathway of Allah’s ﷻ pleasure and paradise is to have yaqeen on the sovereignty of Allah ﷻ. We observe that the deliverer is delivering the goods, and valuables from our friends and relatives to our doorstep. Similarly our farm, job, business are the deliverer of Allah ﷻ in reality. Mainly Allah ﷻ is providing. If one deliverer is fruitless, there is nothing to be worried, Allah ﷻ has uncountable deliverers, Allah ﷻ will continue to provide our sustenance through his deliverers.

Herat is the king of the body. When the king becomes correct, the whole nation becomes correct. This is the reason the prophet of Allah ﷻ has mentioned:

ألا إنّ حِمَى اللَّهِ في أرْضِهِ مَحَارِمُهُ ألا وإنّ في الجَسَدِ مُضْغَةً إذا صَلَحَتْ صَلَحَ الجَسدُ كُلُّهُ وإذا فَسَدَتْ فَسَدَ الجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ ألا وهْيَ القَلبُ

“Indeed there is a piece of flesh in the human body, if it stays alright, the whole body stays alright, if it  goes  astray, the whole body goes astray. Listen with open ears: that is Qalb”. (Bukhâri Sharief-52)

The final Messenger ﷺ made effort on the heart of the sahaba keram, so their heart became ready. Therefore when the command of Alcohol was made haram, then the streets of Madinah were flooded with alcohol. No army was needed, no order or ruling was required. Because of the effort of the prophet ﷺ the heart of the sahaba keram became ready; as a result obeying the orders of Allah ﷻ became easy for them. So the summary is, the essence of the work of prophet hood is to make effort on the heart of the people.

Mufti Mansurul Haq.