u/Yusha_Abyad

Peace be upon you all,

I wanted to bring attention to the competition in Islam. A lot of Muslims are believing passively, but don't realize that there is ranking between us with Allah. "Everyone is assigned a rank according to their deeds; your Lord is not unaware of anything they do." -Qur'an 6:132

As a former military member, I have experience with serious and compensated ranking structure. With rank comes privelege, quality of life, and valuable benefits and fringe benefits. I firmly suggest to my Muslim brethren: If you love Allah and want to be of the highest ranked and favoured on the Day of Judgement, compete for it.

Allah says in Qur'an: "Each community has its own direction to which it turns: *race to do good deeds* and wherever you are, Allah will bring you together. Allah has power to do everything." -Qur'an 2:148. He commands us to race in good deeds. Good deeds are things like: Charity, words of kindness, freeing slaves, volunteer work, feeding the poor and hungry; everything that spreads infectious goodness and righteousness on earth in His eyes.

On Judgement Day, all of us runners in the race will be ranked, as I mentioned before. The ranks are further elaborated in Chapter 56 of the Qur'an. There are those of the left hand (Those that lost the race through disbelief, sin, and hypocrisy), those of the right hand (Those that were in successful ranks of the race through Islamic belief and actions), and those that strove to be the foremost in the race (Those that excelled in righteousness and good deeds).

"10. And those in front—ahead indeed! 11. For these will be the ones brought nearest to Allah 12. in Gardens of Bliss: 13. many from the past 14. and a few from later generations. 15. On couches of well-woven cloth 16. they will sit facing each other; 17. everlasting youths will go round among them 18. with glasses, flagons, and cups of a pure drink 19. that causes no headache or intoxication; 20. [there will be] any fruit they choose; 21. the meat of any bird they like; 22. and beautiful companions 23. like hidden pearls: 24. a reward for what they used to do. 25. They will hear no idle or sinful talk there, 26. only clean and wholesome speech." -Qur'an 56:10-26

Through these evidences do I firmly suggest that, those who have the minds to understand and the hearts to be competitive, may compete in goodness for rank, rewards, and Allah's favour, as to not be as easily bested in the end and regret.