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World Blog by humble servant.February 1, 2013 at 9:41 AM · This should be important to know for all who are concerned with humanity and peace in this world, torn apart by strife, hatred and violence. It should be important whether one believes that the Qur’an is the Word of God or not. To know what the Qur’an says is important because the Qur’an has made a deep and abiding impact on the course of human civilization and history in many fundamental ways; because it has been inspiring, shaping, governing and directing countless human lives over the ages, since it first appeared fourteen hundred years ago. And it still does. The Qur’an, among all other books believed to be divine, is the only book which itself claims, and is believed by its followers to be literally the word of God. Those who first heard it from the lips of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) had absolutely no doubt that, through him, God was speaking to them. It totally transformed them; it quickened their hearts, it reshaped their minds; it made their eyes overflow with tears and their bodies tremble with awe, it changed them into new individuals, as well as a new society and polity; it led them to be leaders of mankind and founders of a rich and flowing civilization. More significantly, what a remarkable testimony it is to the unique power of the Qur’an that, in an age when God has been made irrelevant to human existence and concerns, millions and millions of human beings- as much as one fifth of the human race- still cling tenaciously to the book which they believe with certainty to be the Word of God, as the only blueprint for a bright, progressive, post modern future. It is still the supreme source of inspiration, guidance and comfort in their spiritual, moral, social and cultural lives, it still influences and shapes their way of thinking and conduct, both private and public, in innumerable ways. To know what it says is therefore not only important for better inter- human understanding and amity, but it may be crucial for the destiny of mankind too. However, everyone cannot venture to read the whole of the Qur’an, though its length is less than that of the New Testament. Yet everyone should have the opportunity to taste the delicious fruits in the garden of the Qur’an.
World Blog by humble servant.February 1, 2013 at 9:13 AM · What does 'freedom' mean? Does the eagle want to swim in the sea, Restricted by the sky? Does the fish want to dance on the wind, Not enough river to explore? Yet the sky is freedom for the bird but death for the fish, The sea is wide for the fish but will engulf the bird. We ask for freedom but freedom to do what? We can only express our nature as it was created. The prayer mat of the earth is freedom, freedom from slavery to other than the One, Who offers an shoreless ocean of love to swim in and a horizon that extends to the next life, Yet we chose the prison and call it freedom.
