In contrast to the lockdown due to the pandemic, along with readying our mind & body for the vaccination against the deadly virus. There is much of the lessons to be derived for us to reflect upon as we welcome the blessed & beautiful month of Ramadan in which the holy book of Quran was reveled for guidance to humanity. The month in which God [The Exalted] revealed his revelations through Gabriel (peace be onto him) to Muhammad (May God blessings & peace be upon him). The month of fulfilling the ritual mode of worship & fasting of the body for the cleansing of the soul. Beginning of the spiritual purification through abstaining of the worldly desires of the self. The month of full conviction as believing men & women whose will are in submission to divine decree of God alone and have attested to His Prophets & messengers, His angels, origin of transmission of word of God in previous holy scriptures (i.e., Torah, Psalms of David & Gospel of Jesus before the integration of improvised contextualization containing the impurities of the human rationale), the last hour before the establishment of the day of accountability & His [The Exalted] judgment & the realities of the hereafter. A month of seclusion, yet of service to others through acts of giving charity of all forms for the sake of pleasing their Lord and attaining the rewards & many blessings in this temporal abode and from His [The Exalted] bounties of the hereafter. The month in which the Satan & his army of evil are chained & locked behind shut gates of hell. Whereas the door of mercy & heavens is extended to His [The Most-High] faithful servants. It is a month of solitary seclusion in which the believers pray, contemplate & reflect on the gift bestowed upon them in return of utmost reliance on God. Most of all, it is the month of attaining peace & tranquility within the hearts. In it one finds cure to their spiritual ails due to the blessings it contains for the believers completely surrendering his or her will to God (mo’min) and becoming from the sincere devotee (mukh’liseen). Indeed, the month of Ramadan is an antidote for the sickness of hearts due to the atmospheric influences and the natural disposition of this material world.
In a hadith [chain of narration of prophetic saying & tradition] reported by Abu Hurayra [one of the companions (God be pleased with them all) under the direct teaching at the time of the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him); a prolific narrator and scholastic champion] collected by Imam An-Nasa’I in Al-Kubara #2421
The Prophet (May God blessings & peace be upon him) said:” When the month of Ramadan begins the doors of mercy are opened up, the doors of Hell are locked, and the devils are chained.”
Nobody can be flawless & remain free from sins. It is not humanly possible except for the prophets & messengers of God who He sent forth to humanity as a witness to revert all the devout to the Oneness of God alone & become exemplary in leading a path of righteousness for the followers of their nation which they had been sent to. Nonetheless, the guide for creation has been encrypted through the divine revelations prescribed onto humanity through forms of metaphysics, which is limited for human rationale to conceptualize. Yet, it can be perceived to arrive at the conclusion with conviction for the autonomy of living by the command and instruction to navigate the affairs of humanity in an appropriate ultimatum without the interruption of it with human perversion. In fact, in this material world, an inventor shall provide a manual guide for the common folks to adhere to the set of instructions to achieve the completion of his or her invention. Although, they must have had to learn the requisite skills to acquire and reach the level of expertise. Similarly, in the duration of these trial phases of scientific research & development of producing the vaccination to reach the mass in a reasonable timeframe could always leave room for human error due to our imperfection. Hence, there is The One & Only deity who is free & independent from all human defects. Beginningless & endlessness is from His [The Exalted] attribute & essence that allows us to perceive His [The Most Glorious] majestic and infinite qualities incomprehensive for human mind to capacitate due to its limitation. He is The Most Compassionate, The Most Merciful. He loves those who loves to show humility and ask Him [The All-Powerful] for all favors. He loves those who can humble themselves by showing gratitude, kindness & generosity towards the creation to gain His [The Almighty] mercy. God loves those who love to return to Him [The All-Forgiving] with repentance. He loves those who confide within themselves to forgive others to be able to seek His [The exalted] forgiveness. True salvation is independent of creation and attained only through His [The Most-High] mercy. The best among men & women are those who safeguard themselves from the impurities of life & are always in a state of repentance (returning) to their Lord; these are true believing men & women with God consciousness, who strive to rid themselves of the diseases of their heart under the influence of ego-self & initiate the purification of the soul through remembrance & obedience of God [The Most-High].
Now that everyone is preparing to get the covid vaccination from this empathic virus that has caused a prolonged worldwide pandemic with a devastating aftermath of adverse affects perpetuated on a micro & macro schemes of life. After year & a half later, there is a strange sense of awe to hear getting “needles in arms” for the vaccination to stabilize & continue to reverse the effects of this pandemic to go back to living our lives as we normally would. It almost seems paradoxical for mankind to have been in such a powerless state. Since the beginning of human history, man’s reliance upon his intellect has been self-serving his ego to claim proximity towards enlightenment & advancement reaching climax. Yet, we come to grasp onto the reality of helpless & vulnerability when faced with catastrophes such as this likeliness of this pandemic. Through centuries of the genius framework of minds in developing further technological advancement & exceling towards achievements through science for the betterment of humanity; it would have deemed appropriate for mankind to evaluate & learn from psychological traumas of the previous endemic to take preventative measures through innovative blueprints created by the experts in their relative field. Today, here we are still under scrutiny of trial & error. In defiance of the reality of metaphysics; the supernatural & the unseen in the grand spectrum. The heights of arrogance & the lack of accountability have reached its peak. We have failed to grasp the true understanding of our goal in humanity; to be in service to God by serving others. Subservience to the Creator & not the creation. There is no doubt that science has had a significance amount of impact over the course of history, but it has only made clear to humanity of the signs & wonders of God that is vast & infinite. From the mysteries of which only some is unveiled before humankind in this realm of the material world. Hence, the notion is to be apprehended from a holistic approach to give all the credit to the Ultimate Creator, The Producer & The Fashioner of all things created; living & non-living of that which is from the seen & the unseen. Everything in between the Heavens & the earth belongs to God alone. With all esteem held for modern-day science & its findings to provide safety through securing medical alternatives for the treatment of all the ails of human condition. Our incompetency shall remain regardless of the pedigree of many accomplishments of this world as to show humility towards The One & Only, The Determiner of all realities, The All-knowing, The Wise. Indeed, we are truly in need of God constantly & require complete dependency on Him [The Most-High] alone.
Under the examination of microbiology in health science, there has been a study of concerning factors with a definitive cause & effect of sickness in human body consisting of living microorganisms in our bodies which takes shape in a form of bacterial germs. And, sometimes depending on the external influences from the environment determines the effects that occurs internally endangering our health physically. Therefore, there is a natural alert response from antibodies as the alarming agents playing a vital counteractive role against components causing harm. Thus, medicine carrying elemental properties as the reagent substantial for recovering from any sickness relative the body. Truly, human body & its mechanism is from the wisdom of The Almighty [The Fashioner] who has created us from the earthly material carrying the matters of physics. Our framework is different from the rest of the creation. From the favors bestowed upon human beings which distinct us from other species is the mystical element. For God has breathed onto the souls His [The Producer] created spirit [light] that naturally resonates with humanity towards a higher power from which all source of goodness is inclined to. All praise & sovereignty belongs to Him [The Exalted] alone.
Anything not visible to the naked eye does not negate the certainty of the fact of the existence of microscopic living & non-living organisms unknown to mankind before the age of enlightenment & teleological advancement in the field of science. Thus, the realm of supernatural existence and the unseen is from the creation of God, which is most certainly not farfetched to pay heed to. Regardless, whether we believe or not, these are from the realities of existence that can be perceived to have been all along the course of origin of life and its elements on earth. However, God knows best, while we know not. He [The Exalted] does not require our rationale for having faith in Him. He is The Truth irrespective of using analogy to comprehend and reach the state of conviction of His religion. Surely it is us who are truly in need of Him [The Exalted], and not otherwise. Human psyche and behavioral science are linked to packet of energy carrying both positive & negative elements which emanates from their heart: the ground for ego, the self and conscience of the sons of Adam (God’s blessings & peace be upon him). The inward potentiality of the soul consisting of the mystery unlocked by those who are conscious of God. Hence, drawn to angelic & purity from the likes of attributes of God. However, natural disposition of mankind is to be tentative & heedless due to the distractions of this material world. Mostly, the lower self takes command driven by ego because of free will shared mutually by human beings and jinn’s (the supernatural being). On the contrary, Satan & his army of evil is the real enemy. Adamant on spreading mischief, deviance to lead mankind astray from their true purpose, and in committing transgression against themselves through manipulation and deception. The whispers of evil towards human beings, is like the notion of the thought process in human mind, beseeching the self ego to grapple with animalistic instincts. Slowly influencing spiritual laxity if not balanced by affirmation of the guidance needed for awakening the soul to counterbalance. For truly, this is attained through the remembrance of God and in submitting the will to divine decree eliminating ourselves from impurities by inclining to the fulfilling our true purpose in this temporal abode. An example of this, with a metaphorical analogy in relation to physics, would be of a photon carrying transverse wave through packets of energy in an electromagnetic field. Also, an atom consists of inner nuclei which contains nucleus (neutral) and protons (positively charged) surrounded by external component of outer shells bearing electrons (negatively charged). Verily, we belong to God and to Him do we return.
From one of the Hadith from Sahih Muslim [authentic book of the chain of narration of Prophetic saying & tradition],
Nu’man b. Bashir (Allah be pleased with him), One of the companions of the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), reported:
I heard Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as having said this (and Nu’man) pointed towards his ears with his fingers): What is lawful is evident and what is unlawful is evident, and in between them are the things doubtful which many people do not know. So, he who guards against doubtful things keeps his religion and honour blameless, and he who indulges in doubtful things indulges in fact in unlawful things, just as a shepherd who pastures his animals round a preserve will soon pasture them in it. Beware, every king has a preserve, and the things God his declared unlawful are His preserves. Beware, in the body there is a piece of flesh; if it is sound, the whole body is sound and if it is corrupt the whole body is corrupt, and hearken it is the heart.
The religion of God will remain perpetual. The DNA of humans are linked to common ancestry making us children of Adam (God’s peace & blessings be upon him). On a secular base, humanity functions on the values of ethical & unethical principles mutually inclusive to rest with all of mankind. However, humankind & jinn’s (supernatural beings) errs in the process of maintaining the correctness of being compliant through the methods of keeping sincerity in faith. Victimized by the evils which leads to transgression against themselves with recurrence of vandalizing & negating the faultiness of their traits. As the phrase goes, by John Dalberg-Acton, a British historian & politician:
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely…”
Such is the case mostly prompted in the position of authority due to greed, gluttony, boastfulness, envy, pride, arrogance & self-entitlement. These elements are from the innate disposition of human corporeality. In a commotion of mechanical state of living tendencies with untamed egos, the human heart is the driving force of enlivening its spiritual state for keeping in check with the self. However, the reality is that human beings had always failed to preserve the consciousness of God & the set of religious laws for humanity binding with the divinity. This was truly ever successfully established as a force of religious establishment, along with relative to the secular aspect, carrying its populous significance in the philosophy of political science recognized by human beings over 1400+ years ago through the seal of all prophets: the last appointed messenger of God on this earth, Muhammad (May God’s peace & blessing be unto them), sent as the mercy towards all creation perfecting of God’s [The Exalted] religion (Islam). Assimilating as the complete holistic reform in constructing of the just & peaceful socio-politico economic system for humanity. Next to, bringing the entire population around the world under the umbrella of true monotheism. As well as the formation of harmonious union between the creation and The Creator in binding with The Quran [noninterchangeable word of God] remaining intact as a proof to all mankind. This is from the miracles of our beloved prophet, the seal of prophethood & messengership (May God blessings & peace be unto all of them). However, the task for the Muslims is to keep themselves on this path to true success and affirm steadfastness towards righteousness. And, allow the continuation of spreading this beautiful way of life towards goodness by welcoming others in humanity with open invitation to accepting the faith (Islam). This can truly be accomplished by starting with us reverting back to with the tenants of faith, Quran and the Sunnah [living example from the life of our prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)], and cling on to it. Take lessons for motivation and inspiration by the fine representative (True ambassadors of Islam & righteous predecessors), throughout history, who accompanied in pioneering integral methods of implementing social justice and peace encompassing micro (personal embodiment) and macro (social advocate) level.
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