Rise of the Muslim State
"O you who have believed, what is the matter with you that, when you are told to go forth in the cause of Allah, you adhere heavily to this earth? Are you satisfied with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter? But what is the enjoyment of worldly life compared to the Hereafter except a very little?"
Sheik al-Iklas completes a recitation before the group of young men seated under the shade of a tree where his horse is tied. He is here in the flesh, just outside of the city of Erbil, where Ghurabaa forces have maintained a si