Better than a revolution

Corruption, killing, robbery, lies, deceit, bribery, adultery have all become regular items of our news. Perhaps our people are now so blinded with only their self-interest in mind that a life only has value as long as it is one’s own. Our people are being slaughtered like goats and cows and what’s worse is that nobody is willing to change things because they are worried about what will happen to their own selves. Our morality is going down the drain. Our television shows ridicule our leaders and draw humor out of it whereas our leaders have been ridiculing us for even longer, what people don’t understand is that “hum sab umeed se nahin hain balke hum sab behiss hain.” Perhaps they should make a show on that.

We are a diverse nation with Balochis, Pathans, Siraikis, Gujratis, Memons, Punjabis, Urdu speaking and people from many other areas and somehow these differences are now causing conflicts. And how could they not when we seem to have lost the binding force that united us in the very first place? The basis on which we all united was, is and will always be superior than any difference could ever be; we united for Islam and for a nation in which we could freely practice Islam. What is ironic however is that the country for which so many lives were sacrificed is now  a place where human blood is cheap, where Islam was supposed to be practiced has become a place where even humanity is unseen and unheard of.

Perhaps, it is as though we’ve entered the dark ages once more. Yet there is still one cure and one source that can heal the damages done and prevent all future ones; that source is Islam. And the Only Being Who can save us from the tyranny of these landlords, corrupt leaders and corrupt officials is the Most Supreme Being; Allah. Higher education, technology, MUNs and all such things can only take us so far; however, we will only become HUMAN BEINGS once again in the very true sense once we start following Islam properly. We now more than ever need to turn to Allah for help, for acceptance, for forgiveness and for seeing the truth as it is.  We are struck in distress and natural calamities have, as if, taken a toll on us and it is nothing but the fact that we have angered Allah but He, the Rahman, the Raheem, still gives us another chance; every day, every minute, every second. So expensive is our time yet we take ALL of it for granted; laughing it off, sitting on facebook, talking about vain things so on and so forth.

We are meant to live for so much more yet we have lost sight of our purpose. Our purpose isn’t to get a good college degree or a good job, those are just supposed to assist us in our living. Our actual and primary purpose is to please our Lord, the Creator of all things; for He hasn’t created the human beings and the jinn for any other purpose but to worship Him. And the irony is that our lives seem to revolve around all things but seeking the pleasure of Allah. We have to squeeze out time to pray to Allah, in between our very “busy” schedules.

Islam is not just a religion, it is a light. Without it, there can be no morality.

“Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things.” –Surah Nur, Verse 35.

We need to come back to Islam. Start from the basics if you have to, or more so, start from simply learning about Islam. But know that Islam IS the answer to all our problems and the only answer to it as well.  We can’t change the world and nobody is asking us to either; we can only change ourselves first and then the ones in our circle of influence. If all of us just do this alone then this, in it of itself, will bear fruits which will be better than any revolution.

“ And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives”- Surah Najam, Verse 39.

Value time, value opportunities, seek the truth, learn about Islam and spread it. And then leave the rest to Allah and see what miracles happen!