Please think carefully about
the answers to the following questions:
Was it your choice to be born
in the Milky Way galaxy among more than a billion other galaxies in
the universe as reported by modern science? Was it
your request? Was it your choice or preference to exist in a planetary
system called “the Solar system”, that is on the outskirts of the
Milky Way, 32 thousand light years from its center. The Milky Way,
which is made up of 400 billion stars according to the latest
findings? Excuse me?
You didn’t choose to be of
“mankind in the solar system on a planet named “Earth” that is 1
million 303 thousand times smaller than the sun?
Did you not choose the
continent and the country you are in? Then, you
must have chosen your race, generation, nation?
Don’t tell me that you didn’t choose your mother or father, family
structure or conditions, that you weren’t even asked of these?
Then, it must have been your choice to show up on earth with a
male or female body? What? Not that either?
Alright then, let’s ask
ourselves: could people be condemned, despised, belittled, excluded,
or blamed for things they have no control over? In
that case, can we discriminate against people because of their race,
color, or religious understanding that comes from their upbringing?
Is it logically, intellectually, or morally acceptable?
Oppressing others using these
excuses is against the religion of Islam and according to the
statement: “No one is responsible for what’s beyond their capacity,”
It is also against human conscience and intellect.
If one has developed such a flawed view, it must be
questioned!
Now lets discuss the concept
of equality in this rat race called life. For a
race to be fair, the starting points should be equal! So, do we begin
this race under equal conditions? You are born to a
genius father and a scientist mother, with genes loaded with learning
and knowledge. I, lacking such genes, was born to a
wretched couple, naive, well-meaning, introverted, incapable of
planning for the future, struggling to feed themselves daily – a
family of impoverished genetic composition. You
come from a rich family that has breakfast in NY, dinner in Tokyo.
I opened my eyes on earth to a poor family wearing shoes with
patches on their soles, who couldn’t even afford to take cabs.
You are a product of a stunning mother, a handsome father; I am
a mixture of a so-so father and a homely mother. You are a descendant
of Mohammad (SAW), master of both physical and spiritual realms I, on
the other hand an offspring of narrow-minded fundamentalists.
And we are EQUAL?
We start this rat race EQUALLY? We live life
under EQUAL conditions? We are faced with EQUAL challenges? We are
treated EQUALLY? And we leave the world under EQUAL conditions? What
EQUALITY?
And “Justice!”…
May Allah bless with his eternal compassion”, my mother,
resting in Silivrikapi, Istanbul..
Allah! with nothing existing
beside him, stating, “I do as I wish”.
And on the other hand ‘I’
and the likes of me: in complete surrender to His will,
judgment and wish, taking everything they own from Him, being
absolutely nothing compared to His knowledge, might, and creativity.
“Justice” is what we call “Him
giving the created what they deserve according to the purpose of their
creation.”
Worldly life where money and
label rule humans mercilessly, openly or in secret. The gazelle
between the lion’s claws and teeth, lamb or chicken in a man’s mouth,
the poor left to the mercy of the rich. And, the
reality announced by Mohammed (SAW): the reality of life after death,
that people will face the consequences of their actions, the truth as
explained by Islam that stems from the universal system and order.
Wouldn’t it be better to give
up the fight over what happened and use our valuable time on what we
can make happen? Something to seriously consider!
Also, ever wondered why and to
whom we need to worship?AHMED HULUSI
Source: http://www.ahmedhulusi.org/en/articles/we-are-so-equal.html
