The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace ^[], not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (such as the Jews), nor of those who went astray (such as the Christians). (1:7)

"The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace ^[],"

We should think who did Allah bestow his grace upon? Now lets examine:

The Prophets who Allah sent, the Prophet , and the companions of the Prophet . Lets look at there love, character, and sacrifice towards Islam. After proclaiming shahadah, they changed themselves completely, regardless if they have to leave there homes, families, status, wealth, business, etc. For the will of Allah and the Prophet .

And the companions were tortured with the Prophet . Never mind about tourturing, can we do the least to change our habits? Can we obey the laws of Allah and his Prophet , by stopping to do forbidden things such as, Music, Movies, TV, and leaving our work for the time of prayer?

Every single day we read this verse, but never understand the contents within that verse, we ask from Allah to keep us with those on whom you have bestowed your grace. Now we should imagine our life after death and the day of judgment, how essential it is for us to leave the forbidden things of this world, in order to obey the laws of Allah, and the Prophet .

It is a very famous phrase amongst us today, that if an individual dies, we say that he or she has gone to Allah. While we are alive we are with Allah, meaning the doors of forgiveness are open. Before death we can make as much as repentance as we like, and we can change our lifestyles according to the will and laws of Allah. However after death it is too late for one to seek repentance. The angels in the grave are like robots, without any mercy on anyone. We will be treated according to our deeds committed during our lifetimes. If our actions were like non-believers, then we would be treated like them. Now we can take ourselves to the day of Judgment, where there will be no medical facilities for the injured person, and there will be no shelter, each and everyone would be standing on his own worrying about deeds committed. There will be no mother, father, or anyone else to help, except for those who use to seek help from Allah during there lifetimes, and use to follow his laws, and believe in the day of judgment, if we inshallah, are one of them, then we will be with the Prophet , and his noble companions, then we will have permanent and great victory, and never-ending success, because we will not die again. 

Now we can imagine how important it is for us, to obey the laws of Allah, and as a result stay with those on whom Allah has bestowed his grace upon. 

"not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (such as the Jews),"

If we examine our lifestyles today, how fast do our words, commitments, and dealings change. And today its considered to be smart, if one cheats another until that individual does not find out. And lets say by accident he does find out, then simply the way to justify that is the term "sorry". And then we start to look at other avenues, in order to find another person to cheat.

We are looking at all sorts of excuses to satisfy ourselves from doing things which are prohibited, such as eating interest, and following prohbiitted fashions, and want to look like non-Muslims, which is called modern in society. Day and night we break the laws of Allah, and we continuously earn the anger of Allah, and we think that it is a blessing from Allah, or either it is our smartness. So we should first look at ourselves, and think deeply are we earning the anger of Allah?

nor of those who went astray (such as the Christians)."

Today we only focus worldly fashions and designs and to learn manners from the western world. Lets examine our manners, when we see someone we say the term "hi", please let me know what is the meaning of this word? Or sometimes even Muslims mind if they are not said "hi" to. Or another example is "good morning", regardless what disaster takes place at the morning, either it is the wealth, or family issues, however we say the terms "good morning," "good afternoon," and "good evening" or "excuse me," basically these terms are useless, and meaningless. However lets say someone says salam to another, they are sending there blessings on each other. This term means to seek protection from Allah, in order not for one's life, business, family, or happiness to be destroyed.  

If we look at the conditions before Islam, we should think how were people living miserably and behaving at that time? Things such as cheating, stealing, class conflicts, and all of the problems we find amongst ourselves today, as a result of leaving Islamic morals and manners, and leaving behind the lifestyle of the Prophet , and then we complain that we do not have any peace, and unity. And we always complain of a hectic lifestyle, with all types of tensions and pressures, because when we leave the teachings of Islam, and the examples of the Prophet , then we go to the hands of Satan. And this keeps us in false illusions, dreams, and all worldly attractions, and we only make sure we leave a lot of money and property for our children before leaving this world, regardless if this money was earned lawfully and unlawfully, and when we call ourselves as Muslims, and our believe is that Allah is our creator, provider, and sustainer, then why do we worry for these things instead of worrying about our deeds, being a believer what about dependence on Allah, in order to earn his favor upon us, and to make sure we train ourselves and our children in an Islamic manner, so they do not become followers of westernized manners, and followers of there designs and fashions, regardless wherever we live, one can reach any channel in any country.

The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace ^[], not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (such as the Jews), nor of those who went astray (such as the Christians). 

Some Muslims are under the impression after reading this verse, or other verses in the Qur'an, that in order to justify themselves, they are under the impression that this verse only applies to the Jews and Christians. But we should look at our actions today, and testify are our lifestyles according to the law of Allah or not? and if not, then there is no difference between us and those mentioned above. Before starting to blame anyone else, we should first look at ourselves, and our actions.