Poor Muslim World

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It was about to dawn, the sun was getting dim gradually when Sam came to me and sat beside me. He was looking upset and perplexed with a gloomy face. I asked him, “What is wrong with you my dear friend? Is there any problem? Tell me, what can I do for you?”

He turned his face to me and said, “You can do nothing, even we all can do nothing because we are divided”. I again asked him to tell me the matter but he remained calm for a while and said, “Did you read the newspaper of today? Do you know what is happening in our beautiful Muslim world? We are being broken up by sectarianism; our lands are being bombed; our sisters are being raped and killed brutally; our children are losing their parents on a daily basis. What is this? Why these things are only happening to us? Do we not have nuclear weapons? Are we not resourceful countries regarding population, natural resources, hot water, and cultivated land? Having these all things to counter the enemies but sill we are helpless. Do you know why?  Because we have become a divided family. That’s why we are fighting with each other.  Dear, we have been ruined, we have been ruined!”.

When he finished his turn, I felt myself as if I were in the  battlefields of Syria where people are screaming with fear, alongside the borders of Yemen where the bombs are being dropped by the brother country Saudi Arabia, on the boundaries of Bangladesh and watching the people of Rohingya crossing the borders of neighbor countries with red patches on their body, some are drowning in the Bay of Bengal but I felt helpless to save them.

Then suddenly, my attention diverts to the facts that my friend told me about the Muslims world and I start searching the exact figures of the Muslim world resources and finds that yes! We have the largest natural resources in the world. Yes! Alone three Muslim countries i.e., Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq have about $34.4 trillion, $27.3 trillion, and $15.9 trillion worth of natural resources respectively.

Besides these, we have hot water and nuclear weapon too, then why the Muslim world is being humiliated at the international level? Is there any solution to this problem to revive our glorious era again? What can I do as an individual to participate in this Holy Task? These are some questions to all my youth to consider and give your precious suggestions in the comment box.

Philosophy of Moderation

Do you know why the Muslims are directed to adopt a moderate path throughout their lives in their all actions and dealings? Even, in the Holy Quran Allah mentioned us (Muslims) as a balanced or middle community.

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِّتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا

Thus, We have made you a justly balanced community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you.

Surat Al-Baqarah 2:143

And we are ordered to follow the middle way between right and left, that is, it is disliked for us to touch the extremes of both the righteousness and sinfulness

Hudhaifa, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

يَا مَعْشَرَ الْقُرَّاءِ اسْتَقِيمُوا فَقَدْ سُبِقْتُمْ سَبْقًا بَعِيدًا فَإِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالاً لَقَدْ ضَلَلْتُمْ ضَلاَلاً بَعِيدًا

O people remain straight upon the path and you will have taken a great lead, but if you swerve right or left then you will be led far astray.

Source: Sahih Bukhari 6853, Grade: Sahih

You can note that if we, while in our dealings of daily life chose the right or left way by leaving the middle and straightway which is for us to be successful in this world and hereafter, and then we are at the wrong path.

Now let’s come to the question of why the Muslims are directed to live their lives in a moderate way. Well, as we, being Muslims, know that each word and verse of our Holy Quran has its own philosophical meanings in its death. If we want to know the philosophy of moderation, we will have to do an analysis of human creation process which also shows moderation in its own.

Knowing of creation is necessary for the sense that it’s our daily life experience that each and everything in this world works according to its nature. That’s why Allah says in Holy Quran that Quran is according to human nature and he can fully act upon its all Injunctions without any difficulty.

Let’s come to know about the human creation and the relation of it to the moderation

Levels of Powers:

1)     First level:

As all, we know that two opposite things exit in this universe, that is, God and Satan. God is all in all in His actions and all powers and right things belong to Him only. On the other hand, if you see Satan, God has given him the freedom and all powers till the Day of Judgment. There is nothing between them, just right and wrong and nothing else.

2)     Second level:

Now come to the sub-level, which is the second levels which also have two things opposite to each other i.e., Angles and Animals.

Angles have neither any desire nor they have any freedom to do what they want for themselves. They are in the control of God and they can do nothing without any direction, given by God to them.

But it’s not the case with animals. Neither would they be asked about their lives that they spent it nor they have any restrictions to do what they want to do. They can do whatever they want. It means that they have only desires but not any obligation to do any duty like angles.

3)     Last level or middle level

If you have read the above two levels carefully, you can reach at the point where I want to lead you. We have discussed about all major Powers (God, Angles, Satan, and Animals) but they do not include the central power of this world to whom God made the center of attention of this world and who is the title of Holly Quran, which is human being. Where do you like to place the Man among all these powers? If you consider the composition of human being, you can easily say that he can be placed in the middle of all these powers because, in this world, God appointed him as his Naib (Vice).

He (Man) has all elements of previous all powers. He is the ruler of this world; he is not answerable to anybody except God; he is full with desires like animals and duties like angles. If he chases the good doings, he would be upgraded from the level of humanity to the level where God made the angles to prostate Adam. But if he adopts the shirking behavior from his duties, then he becomes less than that of animals. That’s why, God directs him to be moderate in his doings. He has no choice to go right or left but to the straight and mid-way that is the way of success for him.

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Positive Voice

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Do you really want to improve yourself? I think you would love to do so. Are you agree with me?? If you are not yet, it's Ok. After reading the following paragraphs you will agree with me. Let’s start.

During my early days at University, I noted two things which our youth lacked.

i)                   A Will to listen to positive voice positively.

ii)                Self-confidence.

The above-mentioned two qualities are inter-related to each other. You can assume that it is a give and take system. Listen to the positive voice, it will give you confidence in return. And that is what we want from our education, as we know that, the ultimate goal of our studies is to make ourselves confident and better in our skills. But, how to achieve these ends is not going to be a straightway for most of us. We will have to improve our skills gradually by giving a positive response to the feedback we receive from the people in the form of a positive voice.

Although we hear all the time about the educational institutes that they impart us these both qualities. Of course, they do, but institutions alone can do nothing.

The “will” either you want to improve yourself or not is more important here. Then you will be able to fix these two spots on your personality? Following tip could help you in this situation:

Develop a positive attitude towards Positive Voice

Let me first explain what is the meaning of “positive voice” through my personal experience.

When I gave my first educational presentation in my first class in University, I felt hesitation to avoid positive voices, that is, criticism, but as soon as I did it, I experienced two types of people.

i)                   Those who commended my presentation

ii)                Those who criticized me and gestured me to do best in the future.

At first, I disliked those who criticized me but suddenly, my mind reminded me of a quote from Norman Vincent Peale, who once said,

 “The trouble with most of us is that we’d rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”

Then I thought, this positive voice i.e., criticism is more important than praise as it will help me to improve myself and finally, the day came when I delivered a lecture to the whole class confidently which made me feel proud, boosted my confidence and helped me to believe in myself that is the key of success.

Well, it was the case with me. I, like,  all human beings did not like criticism but when I made a cost-benefit analysis of enduring criticism to get improvements in my personality and skills, I said to myself, ‘Buddy, don’t bother to be criticized because it’s for your help, just accept it”

I hope, you will also adopt a positive attitude towards criticism because it’s “FOR YOU”

Stay Blessed😊