THE REAL BLASPHEMY: Disobedience to Allah, Ignoring The Teachings of The Prophet (s.a.w.).

The Real Blasphemy:

Disobedience To Allah,

Ignoring The Teachings of

The Prophet (s.a.w.)

(M. Javed Naseem)

Despite all the vibrant colors of the universe, our life has been created in black and white. Black means the darkness of ignorance (Jahalat) and White means the light of education, knowledge and awareness. The Almighty Supreme Creator sent to the nations of the world in every era His Messengers and Prophets to guide the mankind – to lead the mankind from the darkness of ignorance to the light of knowledge (education). On the other hands, there are forces of evil which are destined for Hellfire and these forces like very much to lead us astray and carry as many of humans (us) as possible along with them to the Hellfire.

This world is like a playground where a match is being played between two teams: Good and Evil. But there is one exception. In a sports match, the spectators watch but in the match between Good and Evil, spectators also participate. They can join either club – the Good or the Evil, and support their favorite team.

Allah has clearly guided us via Scriptures and Messengers/Prophets about the two teams and has also warned us not to join/support the Evil club otherwise we will be punished. But do we pay heed to such warnings?   

“Allah is the Protector of those who have

faith: from the depths of darkness He will

lead them forth into light. Of those who

reject faith the patrons are the evil ones:

From light they will lead them forth into

the depths of darkness. They will be

companions of the Fire, to dwell

therein (for ever). “

(al-Quran 2:257)

The most exciting thing about this game is that we can switch sides, as many times as we like, for the duration of the match. The only thing required is the repentance. We can tell God, ‘we are sorry, we made a bad choice. Now we want to join the opposite team, please God, accept it from us.’ And the Merciful God accepts it – no questions asked. He even forgives our past mistakes. Now, that’s some advantage! But, despite of this great advantage, if we still lose the game, it would be the most unfortunate thing. We can blame it on ourselves only. There must be something wrong with our heads that we could not see things in black and white. His clear signs are always around us.

”He is the One Who sends to His servant

manifest signs, that He may lead you from the

depths of darkness into the Light and verily

Allah is to you most kind and Merciful.”

(al-Quran 57:9) 

Today, we are killing other human beings in the name of religion; in the name of peace; and civil rights. No true religion of God permits you to kill another human being unless you were attacked and the enemy wanted to kill you – in other words, in self-defense. Human life is sacred and must be preserved. We are knowingly hurting others; damaging their properties; and destroying the means of their livelihood. That’s inhumane. It’s the ignorance and lack of religious education that’s leading us to sectarianism, racism, discrimination, nationalism and eventually to brutal killing of other people.

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“O people! Verily your blood,

your property and your honor

are sacred and inviolable until

you appear before your Lord…”

– Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.)

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We claim to be the followers of the Holy Books but we ignore the teachings and the message of those Holy Books. Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) said in his last sermon of Hajj at Makkah:

"O You people! Allah says: 'O people! We created you from one male and one female and made you into tribes and nations, so as to be known to one another.' Verily, in the sight of Allah, the most honored among you is the one who is most pious (God-fearing). There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab and for a non-Arab over an Arab; nor for the white over the black, nor for the black over the white, except in righteousness (God-consciousness)."

“All mankind is the progeny of Adam and Adam was fashioned out of clay. Behold! Every claim of privilege, whether that of blood or property, is under my heels except that of the custody of the Kaabah and supplying of water to the pilgrims”.

“O people! Verily your blood, your property and your honor are sacred and inviolable until you appear before your Lord, as the sacred inviolability of this day of yours, this month of yours and this very town (of yours). Verily, you will soon meet your Lord and you will be held answerable for your actions”.

“Beware! No one committing a crime is responsible for it but himself. Neither the child is responsible for the crime of his father, nor the father is responsible for the crime of his child”.

“Nothing of his brother is lawful for a Muslim except what he himself gives willingly. So do not wrong yourselves”.

“And beware of transgressing the limits set in the matters of religion, for it is transgression of (the proper bounds of) religion that brought destruction to many people before you”.

“Verily, I have left amongst you that which will

never lead you astray, the Book of Allah, which

if you hold fast, you shall never go astray”.

-- Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.)

(From the ‘Last Sermon of Hajj’ of the Prophet , s.a.w.)

ذٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَابُ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
“This is the Book; in it is guidance sure,

without doubt, to those who fear Allah.”

(al-Quran 2:2)

أَفَلاَ يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلْقُرْآنَ أَمْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَآ
“Do they not then earnestly seek to understand

the Quran, or are their hearts locked up by them?”

(al-Quran 47:24)

يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُمْ مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ

وَشِفَآءٌ لِّمَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
“O mankind! There has come to you a direction

from your Lord and a healing for the (diseases)

in your hearts, and for those who believe,

a Guidance and a Mercy.”

(al-Quran 10:57)

We claim to be Muslims – the proud followers of Islam – but in real life we are far from Islam. We claim to love Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) but we ignore his teachings and commands. We claim to be the servants of Allah but we violate all rules and laws that Allah has prescribed for us in this world. This is the real blasphemy! But we accuse others of blasphemy and punish them. We don’t look into the mirror to figure out where we stand with Islam. We bring bad name to Islam while at the same time the non-Muslims are appreciating the principles of Islam.

"The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims

is o­ne of the outstanding achievements of Islam and in the

contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need

for the propagation of this Islamic virtue..."

-- A. J. Toynbee

(‘Civilization O­n Trial’, New York, p. 205)

"Sense of justice is o­ne of the most wonderful ideals of Islam,

because as I read in the Quran, I find those dynamic principles

of life, not mystic but practical ethics for the daily conduct of

life suited to the whole world."

-- Sarojini  Naidu

(Lectures o­n "The Ideals of Islam", from ‘Speeches And Writings

of Sarojini Naidu’, Madras, 1918, p. 167)

"The doctrine of brotherhood of Islam extends to all

human beings, no matter what color, race or creed.

Islam is the o­nly religion which has been able to

realize this doctrine in practice. Muslims, wherever in

the world they are, will recognize each other as brothers."

-- R. L. Mellema

(Anthropologist, Writer and Scholar from Holland)

We need to fight the ignorance (Jahalat) and hypocrisy (Munafiqat) prevailing among us so that we could regain our respectable place among the nations of the world. We are on the way to self-destructing ourselves. Wake up, Muslims!

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