A
statement made by Allah’s
Rasul Hz.Mohammad (s.a.v) is a clear definition
for those who want to understand and evaluate Islam. This
the subject that I would like to emphasize today.
He said ‘’There is Allah
and there is nothing else’’ in order to explain the
wholeness in Islam and to reflect the rule of tawhid
(oneness, unity).
One may ask ‘’What is so special about this statement? What
is in it?’’
There are lots of things.
Before all, this statement was made to name Islam, to define
it and this fact was known by certain people.
This statement can be explained in detail and this is the duty
of those selected individuals in his community who were
trained/educated by him (Hz.Mohammad). However, I have
witnessed that for a long time, nearly for 30 years, things
have not been going on in this way.
During this period it was said that the religion of Islam is
the principle of facing what one has done and as a result it
was a principle of punishment. According to this principle it
was necessary to worship a god (somewhere up above), beg for
help and mercy, but whenever the individual wished he would be
free to act violently without any restrictions and only for
the sake of letting the the day go by (only for a short
time) he would feel himself responsible to the creator.
In
most unexpected instants the ordinary people were defending
this attitude instead of defending the truth. Some
defended this, because they were cunning (trying to play
tricks) and some defended because of their ignorance. One
after the other speeches were made for the sake of worshipping
(a god up above), news was spread around for this purpose,
comments were being made, stories were told no matter they
were apropriate or not.
This is the reason why the above mentioned statement of
Hz.Mohammad (s.a.v) is so important. The real definiton has
come out into the open by this hadith. This is the
explanation which is going to shed light to the problem.
This statement has proved and brought out into the open
that in reality the events that have been lived are not
separate from each other and that they are so closely
connected/combined that they resemble the flesh of the finger
and the nail over it .
From now on, the people who love Islam will have to make their
decisions according to this statement and change their
egos-the chemistry of their bodies in accordance with this.
They will either keep on hoping for mercy and help from a god
with an artificial understanding or they will have to look at
the events from a universal point and try to find the
absolute being not on the outside, but within their essence
and live it.
When this discrimination (finding) is not made, then it means
that the true meaning of Islam has been lost and for the
individual this state is described as
‘’he has got stuck in the
quicksand made up of the desires of the flesh and bone
body’’.
Such an understanding (such a way of thinking) tries to
create conflicts among people, tries to make the followers
look like oneself and tries to find partners for his
understanding (way of thinking).
Naturally, life goes on to be a problem for them. In every
discussion, (people) try to find out answers for their
questions starting with the expression ‘’why?’’ and in doing
so the disharmonious aspects become more significant.
Actually, this problem of adjustment, the disharmony comes
to the fore throughout the whole history, because people a
good approach towards this subject could not be made.
Perhaps, it is me who thinks in this way, but it seems to me
that the reason why our people cannot evaluate our Rasul
(s.a.v.) is that they are dealing with useless, unnecessary
things, they cannot make their minds work and their attitude
is to think only about their own benefits.
The reasons for the dissociations must be these.
If, this relation cannot be established and if the majority
of the population does not spend any effort to understand the
religion they are being too slow in tryin to understand the
religion), then it is obvious that they wouldn’t be able to
go to the upper dimensions.
It
would be wrong not be satisifed by the existing conditions and
get panicked. Moreover, such activities cannot help one’s
psychological unrest, but on the contrary they make one go
into a crisis (feeling bored and exasperated and depressed).
The important and the correct thing is to understand Allah’s
Rasul and to understand the definitions that he has put
forth.
May you remain with love and may you be entrusted to Allah.