Knowledge leads to belief and belief to action. Do you realize that, all of us, men and women, irrespective of cast, creed and colour, are representatives of God here on Earth? Believe in this truth and see that your whole outlook for life will change. You will realize your status and would feel like living up to it. You have been provided with faculties, intelligence, freedom of decision and, in addition, the Book of knowledge and wisdom for guidance. That’s not all. You have also ‘hot-line’ with God who said “-- I am near; I respond to the call of him who calls, whenever he calls unto Me: let them, then, respond unto Me, and believe in Me, so that they might follow the right way.”- Q.2:186. Great! (Do you really think that you understand what it is to ‘respond unto Him’ and ‘to believe in Him’? Don’t rush to say yes because you may not. See the next Friday Post. You will know why).
Knowledge is power which can be misused too. An earlier example is of dropping the atom bomb and killing millions of innocent civilians!
But look at the example of what man’s constructive effort can do.Here is a glimpse of Muslim’s gigantic leap in knowledge which resulted in historical contribution to the good of mankind:-
“Their accomplishments were staggering, including the development of modern medicine, chemistry, and algebra. Muslim scientists correctly calculated the circumference of the globe in the tenth century. Muslim musicians introduced the guitar and musical notation to Europe. And Muslim philosophers invented the scientific method and paved way for the Enlightenment…. At the dawn of Renaissance, Christian Europe was wearing Persian clothes, singing Arab songs, reading Spanish Muslim philosophy and eating off Mamluk Turkish brassware.” (How Islam Created the Modern world by Mark Graham).
This development continued for nearly a thousand years, a period which ironically Eurocentric history refers to as the Dark Ages.
You, the young members of Ummah, the decision makers and pace-setters of tomorrow, you know what useful knowledge can do to you and to the society. Opportunity lies before you. Whichever field of knowledge you are pursuing keep your aims high and be good to other human beings. "The Mercy of God is near to those who do good" (Q 7:56). Being a representative, be always in touch with the Message of God in order to follow the right way. That’s where Your Friday Post comes in.
Eid Mubarak!
