In the Name of Allah, the
Compassionate, the Merciful
INTRODUCING
THE ESSENCE OF ISLAM
[Shamim A Siddiqi,
Islam, in fact, has now become the basic need
of modern man, especially in the context of the space age. Hence it must be put
before the common man in a very precise, concise and in a nut shell form as the
inherent reality of this cosmos. Islam, both in belief and action, is very
simple and covers the fundamental prevailing truths of this cosmos. If the
human specie understands these postulates, it will be quite easy for him to envision
it and follow it as a panacea for all of its centuries old evils and lingering unsolved
problems.
It will be crystal clear if we proceed to
explain Islam to the modern man like this, in the form of short
capsules.
1. The physical laws of nature were there as
made or designed by God for every animate and inanimate object to create,
perfect and and run this cosmos.
2. Scientists are only discovering and
explaining them as how these laws are governing each and every object
of nature so meticulously that they are not colliding with each
other. The Scientist do not invent those laws at all but discover
and apply them as the "Master Key" to unlock the overall
prevailing mysteries of nature and help in creating its similitude
for the benefit of mankind.
3. Equally, God is also controlling the human
life but through a different set up moral laws where man has been given a
freewill to use this world and His bounties for his benefit and for that
He has set a Day when all men and women will be accountable to Him as
whether he/she used these resources and bounties for the benefit of man
or misused them for destructive purposes?
4. It
must be carefully noted by all about the following position of man on earth
that he always forgets and behaves recklessly like an irresponsible creature
and fills the earth with imbalances, disorder, Chaos and bloodshed:
i. That man is the vicegerent of God and he is
to live, act and behave on this earth the way He commanded him to do through
His appointed Messengers in a chain from Adam to Muhammad (pbut];
ii. That man is the trustee of what he is
endowed, what he possesses and what he sees around him and not the master of these
trusts and he is accountable to God the way he uses this trust on earth – the
way he liked or the way he was ordained to live.
5. It appears to be the logical
conclusion of the above facts that God has designed an eternal
world of bliss called " Heaven" to be awarded to those who
will come out successful in the test of Accountability on the Day of Judgment when
the procedure is completed and the right of the future Citizenship
of Heaven is conferred upon the successful on account of their good deeds
alone on the lines demonstrated by the appointed MESSENGERS of God. The
rest will be treated as the pieces of garbage and thrown into the eternal
world of torment called "Hellfire" for good.
6. As such, God is the eternal need of man
to acquire the Citizenship Rights of the New Universal Order of Heaven
and that He will create after completing the Accountability process. So, man
must succeed in that test while living on this earth by constantly seeking His
pleasure being always obedient to Him in every walk of life, failing which he
will be thrown into Hellfire.
7. This is the sum and substance of this
entire Divine Workshop that we can call as the New Universal Order. It
will continue to run in its new face or phase with new dawn
and evening, new sky and earth for its would-be Citizens with
indescribable pleasure and comforts for the good deeds and sacrifices that
they rendered on earth for the attainment of the pleasure of God, the Creator
and the Sustainer of this cosmos.
8. In fact, God is eternal and ever-lasting. He
has no past, no present and no future. His existence cannot be measured in
terms of human terminologies. His Eternity is beyond any sense of
measurement. God is the self-sustained identity and the rest of this cosmos
depends on Him alone for its survival.
9. God has pinpointed His position of
eternity through Verse # 3 of Surah Al-Hadeed. In terms of the
above clarification, this Verse can now be understood more explicitly:
”He is the First and the Last, and the
Outward and the Inward; He is the Knower of all things"
10. Truly speaking, this is the essence of
Islam in nut shell for the modern men and women of the scientific age
to understand and come into its fold for their eternal benefit. It makes
easy for us to explain Islam scientifically in our laboratories.
11. Let us prepare a scientific workshop on
these lines for the understanding of the common man, the Arab Bedouins
of our age, to learn about Islam and its indispensability for
leading a perfect balanced and homogeneous responsible life in this world and in
the Hereafter after death.
Shamim Siddiqi
NB: Request each brother to suggest about preparing a Dawah
Workshop
to this effect. Shukrun.