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Speech of his Eminence the Sheikh Akl of the Druze Unitarian Community the Sheikh Naim Hassan at the occasion of the commemoration of Isra' and Mi'raj, on June 16, 2012

2012-06-16

In the Name of Allah the most Gracious the Most Merciful

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, peace and blessings of Allah upon the Master of Messengers and who follows them to the Holy day

 God his Almighty said in His noble book: {we will show them Our signs in the universe, and in their own selves, until it becomes manifest to them that this (the Quran) is the truth} (Fussilat – 53). The deep significance in the sacred Koran was represented by the noblest verses for people who think, obey and arrange the matter by accepting the truth and educating the soul so that justice, truth and prosperity reign between them. Among the noblest verses of his Almighty: {He (Allah) [above all the (evil) they associate with him] Who took His salve (Muhammad) for a journey by night from Al-Masjid-al-Haram (at Makkah) to Al-Masjid-al-Aqsa (in Jerusalem), the neighborhood whereof we have blessed, in order that We might show him (Muhammad) of Our Ayat. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer} (Al-Isra’ – 1}

It is a journey by which the believer feels through its significances, what embalms his soul, enhances his energy and anchors him in obedience, fascinated to the inspiration of this noble Mi’raj that lifts him from the earth’s elements towards the space of truth and peace. Islam is nothing but an invitation to lift the soul far from the ambiguousness of the instincts and prestige towards the sparks of the pleasant divine significance through which the man becomes a real man. Every opportunity in this great heritage carries an invitation to meditation and presentiment to reach the penitence and bring the soul back to the essence of destination and to the intended aim.

At this day, we recall our position, from the virtue of elevation and nobility toward what God the Almighty wanted for us of the right path and the praiseworthy commitment that carry us to His satisfaction. It is by this spiritual purity that the passion to the large significance of the journey of Isra’ and Mi’raj blazes in our heart and spirit, that journey representing the noblest spiritual shelter, and the passion to the Mosque that God the Almighty blessed in the Noble Jerusalem. It is enough for us to stand in front of this significance to realize the situation of the nation in our difficult period, and see how Jerusalem succumbs under the occupation of the usurping enemy. However, should we retract our matter with more division, conflicts, scatter and crack of ranks that should be united like a tight structure? Would our answer be to dedicate in our land and within our shelters conflict, battle and dissension? Would our loyalty to faith manifest by the desponding of our efforts to make one category dominated by another between us? We say with a broken heart:  Our nation does not have the light that lifts it from the abyss of calamity toward the summit of salute unless by the true return to its conscience, and thus, it devotes itself to bring to life the factors that make the categories of its societies regain harmony in all its historic religions, and make the decision of governing as one of the priorities resulting from the noblest concept of justice between all men. Therefore, we could get back to the right path so that we get to the satisfaction of God and the dignity of grace.

By these sincere wishes, we ask God the Almighty to inspire us to satisfy Him, protect our nation and people from the malice of the dissensions, inspire the leaders of our nation with the grace to govern with justice and truth, open the horizons of luck to us so that we rise by our acts, souls and tentative until they guide us to the prayer on the basis of dignity and victory.