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اعوذ بالله من الشَّيطان الرَّجّيمبسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
Peace - Hallowed be thy name Al-Salaamu Peace    
By Dr. Thahira Iqbal  DHMS/ BAIS 
What is it for that man is running?  In this world, all the time- seeking? 
Yusuf estates was asking in his Byaan in Peace TV. 
Made me stop in my tracks, his answer,
The question that had made me hanker. 
Yes. What is it that we are all seeking for? Whatever we get we are asking for more.
Why is man rushing from morning to dusk?  Seeking money, even if it be from husk.
Why does he marry and have children?  And, does not consider them a burden.
Why does he hoard wealth even through unlawful means?  And desires, within him does reign?
Is it not that he may, achieve Peace at the end of the day?  What is the use of all the wealth in excess?  If he does not attain this Ultimate success?
If it is this One and only thing he needs, Is it not only proper that he should surrender ALL his deeds?
To the ONE, who is the authority of Peace his Creator The all Forgiver, Helper and Mentor.
To be good and be just, does HE pertain,  If this Peace he wants to attain?
Yet man for this very thing, elsewhere seeks,  With corruption and hatred his action reeks
Neglecting the fact that the key to success;  To seek Allah’s Guidance; is the correct process.
While it is being offered to him in a platter  Man thinks; pleasures of this world is all that matter. And the worldly things; he begins to worship  And loses the opportunity to attain HIS friendship  All Prophets taught only Islam the religion of Peace.  Most of them, the disbelievers did harass and tease.
There is no creator other than ONE GOD,  To none we bow but this ONE LORD; 
All the Prophets came with this Message; Tawheed, To invite man towards Peace, but he does not pay heed. 
This is what all Prophets did teach.  But, the very prophets and saints who did preach,
To ‘hold fast to Allah, among yourselves be not divided -  3: 103  And thank Allah for what HE has provided.”
Their teachings and advises are rejected  As gods or sons of gods, they are venerated.
Mohamed (pbuh) was the last and final Prophet  Sent to guide the whole of mankind to profit. - 33: 20
But from many people new rituals materialize
Which our Prophet was not sent to emphasize, 
To follow his way of life, which he led, without deviation  According to the Quran, is the best way to save the Creation.
Hence ,  All man needs to do is to bow to this ONE GOD, And not bow to any other than HIM for worldly profit. Follow the way of life of our dear Prophet  , Who prayed to none other but his LORD?  Any person who is seeking the Truth will realize this fact.  Allah will give him this realization and tact. 



Why is this aspect ignored by our Ummah?  Why are our Ulema against this education which alone will raise the standard of us Mus-lims, and help ponder over the great Crea-tions of Allah and learn how to implement HIS command?
Allah has ordered us to seek the bounty of Allah- (wealth) through hard work, which is possible only by academic education, And HE has ordered to Obey HIM and HIS Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) which is possible only through understanding what HE says in the Quran and Hadeeth complimentary to it. The need of the day is education; both aca-demic as well as spiritual. Only this way can man realize the greatness of Allah. In Quran itself Allah orders us to seek knowledge, and by it to realize HIS greatness. Allah tells us to learn

Science: Water rises as scattered clouds, join together and from its midst, rain falls from the sky and revives the dead earth------25:48 / 39:21 Quran
The various stages of growth of man in the womb and outside are clearly mentioned step by step!!!
Human creation-Sperm-ovum- clot -leech-figure-baby-youth-old age and last- death. -----40:67 & 22:5 Quran
All this and many other wonders are men-tioned in Quran----- knowledge that only Re-cently Man has acquired !

History: Tales gone by, where several gen-erations have been destroyed (because of their arrogance and transgression), and how new civilizations were born-----and they were stronger and greater in wealth than us!!!!!------54:43 Quran

Geography: Travel through the earth and see how some places are lush green and prosperous and others dry and arid-----Many verses of the Quran mentions this.

Nature studies: The sun, Moon, stars and other heavenly planets are moving seemingly without support without a flaw ! The various planets floating in perfect orbit !  The sky is held up without visible pillars , The mountains are pegs to hold the land from sliding-------16:15 Quran  The various fauna and flora are in various hues and quality! 16: 12, 13 Quran .  Animals in pairs have been subjected to man for his food, and travel –39:6--- Quran ,  Bees go out for miles together and come back. Who shows it the way? They eat of the fruits and there comes forth from its bellies, a drink of varying color, wherein there is a  healing for man!!!!!!—Sura Nahl: 16:68/69 Quran

Zoology; the sea water is salty and we get FISH fresh and tender!!!—The pearls and cor-als got from the depths of the ocean----16: 14 Quran

Botany: How the different types of flora and fauna are watered by the same water, and we get different types of fruits and vegeta-bles, etc; --- 13:4 Quran

‘Metrology, Gravity, Hydrostatics, climatology, Hygrometry, and a dozen other sciences are involved, and yet no man can completely master them ! All this is only a part of what is given in the Quran that Allah (Subhanatwalah) has asked us to observe, learn and wonder ! But we are ignoring this aspect. Islam world did produce many intellec-tuals. But all that stopped with the past centu-ries. This was because of internal disputes and corruptions. Today we are either running after worldly wealth and pleasures, or being too much se-cluded into a cocoon; thus giving others a chance to criticize us. If we had education of worldly and spiritual, we would not have fallen into this deep ravine of despair that we witness worldwide in Muslim nations.
Education in Islam - By Thahira Iqbal

Is Academic Education necessary in Islam?

We find that most of us remain backward in all fields, including education. But Allah and HIS Prophet ( صلى الله عليه وسلم ) have ordered us to seek knowledge and ponder over HIS creation.We find that we are not allowing our people to go beyond a certain limit of academic knowledge
If the Arabs had instead of flaunting their wealth and hoarding it in the west, if only they had helped Muslims all over the world come up in education, we would have also been re-spected by the world. Instead we are fighting and dividing ourselves into sects, Mazhab, deviant thoughts, etc; criticizing each other and pull-ing down each other from advancing which is ruining us. In fact, it from us that the West and the European countries learnt discipline, punctu-ality, unity etc; which could bring them out of the depression of the dark ages. But we have failed in retaining what Allah has taught through our dear Prophet ( صلى الله عليه وسلم ).
Let us all wake up and hold the rope of Allah firmly and help each other in reaching spiritual as well as academic heights. This alone will bring us out of the mess we are in. Instead of getting provoked by the slightest mockery about our Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) let us ignore them and march forward At the same time let us not forget that reli-gious education is as important. Read, under-stand and implement what Allah has com-manded us in the Quran and how our Prophet ( صلى الله عليه وسلم) ) lived. This will raise our respect among the Society and help us reach great Heights in this world and the Next. Insha Allah we will achieve success Ameen

 
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