Reflections on the 4th Waaz Mubarak, 5th Moharramul Hara
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 4:32 pm
We live in a world of specialists and specialization, experts and expertise.
A carpenter knows his tools better than anyone else. He knows their names, what they are for and how best to use them. A doctor is best equipped to understand medicine, illness and treatment. It follows, then, that prophecy should be the preserve of the prophets and their successors.
The plight of the Ummah is illustrated by the following analogy. A learned man stated that he had buried treasure in his house. This was overheard by some people outside who turned his house upside down in search of it. These people failed to find the treasure since its location was known only to the people of the house.
All those who, without permission, have searched through the knowledge of Dawat will fail to find its hidden meanings. If one wishes to learn of the jewels of the ilm of Aale Mohammed (AS), one has to turn to Aale Mohammed (AS).
The Dawat of Ale Mohammed is جنة بالقوة (potential Jannat) through which we can reach جنة بالفعل (actual Jannat). To understand 'potential' and 'actual' we have the example of the seed of a date palm which is potentially a date palm, or the fetus in the womb which will eventually form a human being.
The matter that constitutes a date palm is to be found in its seed, just as the matter that goes to form a human being is to be found in the foetus.
The baby in the womb knows not the wonders that await him when he will be born. Similarly it is near impossible to envisage the magnificence waiting to greet us in paradise. That paradise, Jannat, is described as having splendors that, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard and no heart has ever imagined."
Life is a journey; we are aboard a train headed towards a specific destination. The train will stop along the way but would it be sensible to get off at a station, get distracted and forget to get back on board the train as it leaves! It would not yet there are many people who forget that there is more to life than this world we live in.
If we choose to reflect on this particular point from today's Waaz Mubarak we might look around at the world in which we live, one in which people are be-dazzled by science and the gloss of materialism. Many have abandoned belief in the hereafter, choosing instead to believe that there is no life beyond ours.
With this belief lost we are left with worldly measures of "success" and "failure". From a purely "capitalistic" point of view it matters more how 'successful' you are and not the means of success. From a religious point of view, the measure of success would be the moral issues involved in achieving it.
Mumineen who are living in the realm of Dawatul Haq are protected from the perversion of morality of the world at large. The Mumin's life, at its best, is the life of a honey bee; protected, pure and productive. He lives under the wing of the Queen Bee, in clean and pure surroundings, producing rich, nourishing, healthy honey from the nectars of flowers and wax to build his hive.
This life is envied by others - who in contrast are like wasps and hornets (especially munafiqeen). They try and imitate the honey bee in looks and behavior but can only make hives of dirt, they are unable to produce honey and have no Queen Bee – no Mola – to shield them from destruction.
May Allah Subhanahu preserve our beloved Aqamola (TUS) in eternal health and vitality until Qiyamat. He is the مغناطيس الهي - spiritual magnet; attracting and attaching Mumineen to his pure self and taking us with him from جنة بالقوة to جنة بالفعل .
Ameen
A carpenter knows his tools better than anyone else. He knows their names, what they are for and how best to use them. A doctor is best equipped to understand medicine, illness and treatment. It follows, then, that prophecy should be the preserve of the prophets and their successors.
The plight of the Ummah is illustrated by the following analogy. A learned man stated that he had buried treasure in his house. This was overheard by some people outside who turned his house upside down in search of it. These people failed to find the treasure since its location was known only to the people of the house.
All those who, without permission, have searched through the knowledge of Dawat will fail to find its hidden meanings. If one wishes to learn of the jewels of the ilm of Aale Mohammed (AS), one has to turn to Aale Mohammed (AS).
The Dawat of Ale Mohammed is جنة بالقوة (potential Jannat) through which we can reach جنة بالفعل (actual Jannat). To understand 'potential' and 'actual' we have the example of the seed of a date palm which is potentially a date palm, or the fetus in the womb which will eventually form a human being.
The matter that constitutes a date palm is to be found in its seed, just as the matter that goes to form a human being is to be found in the foetus.
The baby in the womb knows not the wonders that await him when he will be born. Similarly it is near impossible to envisage the magnificence waiting to greet us in paradise. That paradise, Jannat, is described as having splendors that, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard and no heart has ever imagined."
Life is a journey; we are aboard a train headed towards a specific destination. The train will stop along the way but would it be sensible to get off at a station, get distracted and forget to get back on board the train as it leaves! It would not yet there are many people who forget that there is more to life than this world we live in.
If we choose to reflect on this particular point from today's Waaz Mubarak we might look around at the world in which we live, one in which people are be-dazzled by science and the gloss of materialism. Many have abandoned belief in the hereafter, choosing instead to believe that there is no life beyond ours.
With this belief lost we are left with worldly measures of "success" and "failure". From a purely "capitalistic" point of view it matters more how 'successful' you are and not the means of success. From a religious point of view, the measure of success would be the moral issues involved in achieving it.
Mumineen who are living in the realm of Dawatul Haq are protected from the perversion of morality of the world at large. The Mumin's life, at its best, is the life of a honey bee; protected, pure and productive. He lives under the wing of the Queen Bee, in clean and pure surroundings, producing rich, nourishing, healthy honey from the nectars of flowers and wax to build his hive.
This life is envied by others - who in contrast are like wasps and hornets (especially munafiqeen). They try and imitate the honey bee in looks and behavior but can only make hives of dirt, they are unable to produce honey and have no Queen Bee – no Mola – to shield them from destruction.
May Allah Subhanahu preserve our beloved Aqamola (TUS) in eternal health and vitality until Qiyamat. He is the مغناطيس الهي - spiritual magnet; attracting and attaching Mumineen to his pure self and taking us with him from جنة بالقوة to جنة بالفعل .
Ameen