Qiyam Contemplation 6 Tonight’s reading of Surah An’am reveals the nature of this life … What is the life of this world but play and amusement (6:32) The superficial nature of this world is not denied in the Qur’an, but acknowledged for its distracting nature, so as to help us move beyond - to live in the dunya and not for the dunya! This does not mean that we should not enjoy the countless blessings of Allah in this world - we should - with joy and gratitude – but we should also see this life for what it is – fleeting enjoyment! This is exceedingly more-so relevant in the world we live in today, where the amount of entertainment being produced has reached unprecedented levels, and even more worryingly, where the greed for that amusement corresponds to the supply chain – some live and breathe to be amused and to consume, moving from one gratifying experience to the next … even our precious children, with their fragile bodies and minds are being confronted with frivolous amusement from every angle … we are only destroying our own souls, that sacred entity through which we access and perceive the Divine. “Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world. But proclaim this that every soul delivers itself to ruin by its own acts” (6:70) We do this even though the Qur’an reminds us, that we linger in this world for but a moment – and it a place of leave-taking It is He Who has produced you from a single being: here is a place of sojourn and a place of departure: We detail Our signs for people who understand. (6:98) but there is somewhere we can call Home … “best is the home in the hereafter, for those who have Taqwa. Will you not then understand?” (6:32) and that Home is with Allah, in His very Presence and it is “Dar as Salaam” … a Home of Peace … “For them will be the home of Peace with their Lord. And He will be their Wali (Protecting and Intimate Friend) because of what they used to do.” (6:127) Are we amusing ourselves to death only to find that Home neglected, derelict and bare? We can build that Home of Peace, but first we must heal our souls from the diseases of this dunya – and fasting is so precious in how it helps us to do that. There are so many ways to heal … Read the Qu’ran for it is a healing (17:82), be in the dhikr of Allah for in it we find contentment of the heart (13:28), love and follow the Messengers because they all came to mend humanities broken consciousness (2:151) … and most of all … always have perspective … and let that perspective be guided by one of the most exquisite verses Allah reveals about Himself in this Surah “Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives all vision; and He is the knower of Subtleties, Well Acquainted with All things.” (6:103)
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 20:58:02 +0000
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