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Letter of his Eminence the Sheikh Akl of the Druze Unitarian Community the Sheikh Naim Hassan on the occasion of the birth of the noble prophet, on December 23, 2015

2015-12-23

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Praise be to God Lord of Mankind, Prayers and Peace be upon the Prophet Mohamad the Master of Messengers, His Family and His Companions

Almighty said in his Noble Book: {Indeed, We have sent you, [O Mohamad], with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner} [Al-baqarah: 119]. This to indicate that good tidings are for the one who have followed, obeyed and guided, and on the contrary, the warning is to frighten of the consequences before their happening for whom have originated a heresy, who is stubborn, and who goes too far in in the darkness of delusion. When the prophet in God’s order is the preacher and the warner, it is because God Almighty supported him with the right, and with the proof of the Book. Obedience is reliable with the requirement of this right, and sin causes the punishment of the culpable either because he inclined towards the evil inclined self, or because he continued in his negligence indulging into life’s ornaments and falsehood that only call for lusts and egos, or for entering in any door of disbelief of monotheism.

God has the right {Indeed, Allah orders justice and good conduct and giving to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded} [An-nahl: 90]. The Unitarian believer enlighten his path with justice to be fair with himself and release his soul from falling in sins, therefore, inspiring by the kindness of the Lord's message, he will be truthful in his house, in his family and in his community. He will be good and well doer, he “worships God as if he is seeing him”, he will not be wretched and will never become tyrannical and prey to the dispraised morals, nor will he become oppressor when mercy is blacked out in his heart. Otherwise, he shall contact his brother and spread humanity for his human brother. Islam is based on the balance border, {Thus We have appointed you a middle nation} [Al-baqarah: 143], the Book orients its path through guidance and direction, {the truth has come to you from your Lord, so whoever is guided for [the benefit of] his soul, and whoever goes astray only goes astray [in violation] against it} [Yunus: 108].  

This is a burning from the meaning of the presence of Allah’s Messenger peace be upon him, and this is some of the purpose of “remembrance" and “reminder”, {Only they will remember [who are] people of understanding} [Az-zumar: 9]. Contemplating the meaning of this existence is an occasion to see the reality of the nation from an original mirror. The Muslim should be just with his vision, conforming to the responsibility that he bears. In fact, although the Islamic Unity is exposed to scary storms, it should, in spite of everything, with the power of faith, remain a supreme goal in itself. This is revealed in the sincerity of the meaning of the message. The assets in the tolerant Islam embraced mercy and convenience in a way that collected hearts by the word of faith which constitute the common base of Semitic civilization preserved for humanity its living memory of what the very best of indications. A word that is invalid for polytheism and a light for humans. The realistic politics, however contrasted they are, should not break this faith. The conviction must be firmly established on the fact that without this certainty the possibility that the nations fall us down for their own benefits remains always existing.

Nevertheless, if God Almighty wants goodness to his servant He opens the door to good work and closes the door of the controversy, and here is the opportunity to work available to us in Lebanon to move forward in restoring life to the Constitution built from covenanted spirit that has often gathered us for better or for worse. There is no doubt that it is a responsible policy approach especially if it has no fruitful horizon. It then becomes a tool of the country's loss of tools. The fact that political man adopts this approach foes not constitute a value of participation in the public life, but a value to participate in the leadership and the management.

We have learned through Lebanon’s history, our dear country, the meaning of the other, to live with him, and participate in the process of having a beautiful home that brings us together in a large tolerant space. The country, in its concept, is a trust we should deserve, a whole population, institutions and leader men. Deserving it could be realized by making efforts and sacrifices in order that it keeps standing on national unity base, which starts today by returning the constitutional figures such as electing president, performing general elections, engaging in the democratic political life mechanisms. In that way particularly, we strengthen the capacity of our loyal army, and give him the necessary support in order to keep carrying the flag of the homeland in its defense against all besetting storms.

We express our very best wishes to all the Lebanese, that God chasten their hearts with the meanings of their spiritual celebrations on the occasion of the Birth of the Prophet and on Christmas, asking God to bless his servants with peace. We also supplicate him to bless those who are seeking with honestly and sincerely to find a fruitful political solution in the neighbor countries, to removes sorrow for their forbearing people, to pave the decent livelihood for the people of our nation, and to support our people in our beloved Palestine, He is the all Hearing, all Respondent.

December 23, 2015