The Call to #Islam ( the Dawah ) must be built on #thought and that it must be conveyed in its quality as an intellectual leadership , life is concentrated on the enlightened thought and man revives on its basis ... It is the enlightened thought that reveals the factuality of things , thus yielding a sound perception . In order for the thought to be enlightened , it has to be profound . The profound thought is the profound outlook towards things .... The enlightened thought is the profound outlook towards things , their conditions , whatever is related to them and the subsequent deduction made to obtain sound results . In other words , it is the profound enlightened outlook towards things ... Hence, it is imperative to have the profound enlightened outlook towards the universe , man and life . It is also imperative to have the profound enlightened outlook towards man and his actions, in order to perceive the rules incumbent upon them ... The profound outlook towards the universe , man and life yields the comprehensive idea about them and solves man’s greatest problem . It formulates man’s Aqeedah (doctrine) and determines his objective in life and the objective of the actions that he undertakes in life , because man lives in the universe ; hence, as long as the greatest problem about himself , about the life existent in him and about the universe , which is the location of his living and his existence is not resolved, he will unable to identify the behaviour he should pursue . Hence , Aqeedah (Doctrine) is the basis of everything ... The profound enlightened outlook towards the universe , man and life leads to the Islamic Aqeedah (Doctrine); hence , it becomes conspicuously clear that they are created by a creator and that it is he who conducts them, protects and steers them according to a specific system ; that this life is neither timeless nor eternal , for there is what is before it , namely its creator and governor and there is what is after it , namely the day of judgement ; that man’s actions in this life must proceed according to the commands and prohibitions of Allah and that man will be accounted for them on the day of judgement . Therefore , it is imperative for man to adhere to the Shariah of Allah, conveyed to him by the Messenger of Allah , our master Mohammed (saw) ... The profound enlightened outlook towards the universe , life and man reveals that they are merely matter and not spirit , nor are they composed of matter and spirit . What is meant by matter in this context is the discerned and palpable thing , whether matter is defined as what occupies a space and has a weight , or defined as the overt or covert charged energy , because the issue is not about the essence of matter but rather about the universe , life and man –these perceived and palpable things– in respect of them being created by a creator ... What is meant by the spirit in this context is the perceiving of the link with Allah , not the secret of life ; the inquiry about the spirit is not in the sense of the secret of life , but rather about the relationship of the universe, life and man with the unseen, namely the creator , and about perceiving this relationship . In other words , does the perception of the link between the universe, life and man on the one hand and the creator on the other hand form part of them or not ? Hence, the profound enlightened outlook towards the universe, life and man –in the sense of the spirit being the perception of the link with Allah , not in the sense of the spirit being the secret of life– reveals that they are merely matter and not spirit , nor are they composed of matter and spirit. The fact that they are matter is evident and manifest because they are perceived and palpable . The fact that they are not spirit is because the spirit is man’s perception of his link with Allah (swt) ... This perception from man of his link with Allah is neither the universe nor man nor life . It is rather something different from them . The fact that they are not composed of matter and spirit is evident in the universe and in life ; as for man , his perception of his link with Allah is not part of his composition, bur rather an extrinsic quality ; the proof of this is reflected in the fact that the unbeliever who rejects the existence of Allah does not perceive his link with Allah and despite this he is a human being ...
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:15:15 +0000