I liked how brother Nouman Ali Khan said that the people of intellect are those who have pure minds, that is, their brains are free from vanity. No fruitless information clouds their thoughts.
The difference between an animal and a human is intellect. In Arabic, “aqal” or intellect means to restrain, control and monitor. Ergo, our intellect (should be) is an invisible, mental power that regulates and administers our behaviour.
We live in “whatever” culture. The moment we hear a criticism, or get a mouth full from our parents, our response is, “whatever.” The swamp of information we surf everyday online, see on TV has murdered our intellect, desensitized and dehumanized us.
Honestly examine some of the comments on facebook, have people posted really thought provoking, soul stirring and revolutionary ideas? Or are they just trumpeting their own praises over something queer they did the other day or saying some other sort of gobbledygook about someone else’s bonky feats? Its like our IQs has shrunk to 0.5. Posting pictures of the insides of your nose, or pictures of your droll as you slurp sick looking soup, is not bold, its stupid and nauseating! Getting married online and adopting your friends as children, playing “farm” and going virtual shopping, is cheeky so cut it out and do something meaningful with your time.
I am sad that people do not talk about Allah anymore. This networking junk takes up so much of our time that we have ignored and undermined the overwhelming Greatness and Grandeur of Allah, His Awe-inspiring, Sublime and Holy Disposition.
No one has time to read books anymore and reading the Qur’an? I must be boring and backward to even suggest that right?
Really thought provoking issue! I myself got such comments usually like "so boring and backward". I'm also researching on how can we make our youth reading books. Here in Pakistan, the situation is even more wired with those ladies or young girls who remain at home having no learning activity. Their life is stuffed with all sort of useless activities like watching TV, backbiting , discussing drama serials and window shopping etc. A woman having correct knowledge of Islam can be an Ideal mother, who can bring up a generation with standard values and “alive intellect” Inshallah.
ReplyDeleteMay Allah bless our Ummah with such mothers and May we can be amoung them (Ameen)
Jazak Allah Khair
Aaisha
@ Aaisha,
ReplyDeleteWere humans to know,
For what they were created,
We would not remiss nor would sleep.
We were created for such a thing, that be assured,
Were hearts to see, not stray would they,
But only grieve.
Death, then to the grave, then to be resurrected,
Rebuke dire, and terror, appalling, about this we would weep.
For the Day of Gathering,
What have humans exerted?
Playing and laughing in folly deep.
But when prohibited or commanded,
We are like the "people of the cave"
Awake but asleep.
@ Aaisha,
ReplyDeleteQur'an study sessions at home would be a good idea. Sometime in the morning, after husbands have gone to work and children to their schools, gather the women of the neighbourhood in one house and discuss the Qur'an with them for an hour, hour and half. Recite the verses together then briefly discuss it with them, whilst deriving lessons.
o this one day in one neighbourhood and another day in the next neighbourhood. This way, you can teach 5-7 neighbourhoods weekly. If you teach inshaAllah minimum 4 women in maximum 6 neighbourhoods, that's at least 24 women newly educated in Islam. This may seem like a humble start but it is worth the time and energy inshaAllah.