Scattered Pearls and Perils
Ignorance Leads to Devil’s trap of Dangerous
deception,disobedience ,and deviation,
“Rabbi
Zidni Ilma”,-O Allah, increase us in knowledge, –fiazfazili
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Dealing with and correcting mistakes is also a part of
sincerity in any society (naseehah) which is a duty on all Believers. It would
be easy if Satan came without disguise as he is often portrayed, we would
naturally avoid his face.Unfortunately,often we recognize them,when we are
already entwined in his trap .In order not to be his next victim the fundamentals
of your creed (aqeedah), Prophet’s methodology and practices(-(sunnah)),and above
all guidance from Quran should be very clear,than you are able to know how to select
the right course and proper guide before it is too late.
Satan's sole
influence over human kind is by way of whispering temptations, lays traps by disguising
himself in the robes of deceptive righteousness, exploits weakness from
temptations and shortcoming on knowledge of faith to causes deviations.
Ignorance on faith leads to deception;disobedience,deviations by dangerously driving
himself subconsciously or unwittingly into the evil designs of Satan,very few are aware of them
at all. They either don't sense the designs of devils in their midst, or they
simply don't want to see them.
Is it they are closed from accepting Allah's
Guidance,” Allah has sealed their hearts and their ears,
and on their eyes is a covering;”
-Baqarah,;-“ And their hearts are sealed, so that they apprehend not.”-(
Holy Quran –tauba ). There are many Muslims who can read
the Al Quran (in arabic and its
translation) well but unfortunately many also do not understand what
they read because they do not comprehend the actual message in these words of
wisdom. Reality, apparently, intrudes violently on most peoples' comfort
zones.But, why remain unaware? Isn’t it
true we all view daily new talk
shows,soap serials ,read any educational
book /novel/ and opinion op-ed columns our dailies on socio political issues
,Your eyes will be opened to the issues and views refreshed on news of horrible
truth,—but do we spend same amount of time to need to know salvation does not
come from blindly handing your ward to any shoddy institution without any probe whether ongoing training or education is in conformity with shariah or is without any moral relevance to the truths
of Holy Scripture.A true spiritual guide ,or a tutor has to have at least some requisite religious qualifications,character
of Taqwa (Fear of Allah ), ikhlaas (sincerity) and strict adherence to Sunnah
lifestyle. The moral of this story please attend to very well:Training on ,”Fundamentals
on aqeedah”, are not children’s stories---pushing children to schools of
scandal irresponsibly without follow investigation is inexcusable under
ignorance—at the end you have wolf in Sheep’s skin.Agreebly action and ,,exactly who the Devil is often
hard to tell.He may be short and ugly or he may be fair and tall;he may just be
the man for whom you trusted in the fall. Today the sense of sin seems to have
been lost. What can be done to restore this loss of a sense of sin especially
in GOOD people?Many humans are so deeply under religious indoctrination to the
point that they’ve lost their abilities to think right. Sadly, the bulk of the
victims of such religious indoctrinations are so called “educated “ in worldly sciences.-We
find the origins of testing and temptation even in the holy -Bible ,we read
stories in both the Old and New Testaments about Godly men and women going
through trials, tests and temptations of various sorts. The end result of these experiences runs from
disobedience and sin, to extreme suffering and even death. They have as a common thread obedience or
disobedience to the Lord. Should our
response then be the same, regardless of whether we are experiencing a trial,
test or a temptation? Put another way,
do we need to distinguish between these or just simply walk through the
experience by being obedient to the Lord? Satan deceived Eve in that way. O Children
of Adam! Let not Satan deceive you, as he got your parents (Adam and Hawwa’
(Eve)) out of Paradise,” (Quran, Al-Aaraf: 27).Teaching about false messengers
, He taught “If a prophet arises among you, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives
you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder he foretells to you comes to
pass, and if he says, Let us go after other Gods – gods you have not known –
and let us serve them, you shall not listen to the words of that Prophet or to
that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord
your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all
your [mind and] heart and with your entire being.” (Deut 13:1-3) :“). Simialrly,the
religion of Islam encourages all people to seek and increase their knowledge,
and it disparages and warns against ignorance. An enjoyment for a time" is
what Satan makes the most of. Satan’s ultimate goal is to make people go astray
and eventually to turn them into disbelievers, or deviants at a minimum. The manner in which Satan
pursues that goal varies in accordance with the interests and inclinations of
his victims. For example, he uses piety to attack the pious; scholarly disciplines
to attack scholars; false reasoning and logic for those who take pride in being
knowledgeable, and ignorance to attack the ignorant. One who guards his heart,
guards the Deen.”Tasawwuf”, means to follow the Qur'aan and Hadith and to
become engrossed in ibaadat.,not to follow anyone blindly . Allah (SWT) Has warned us in the
Holy Quran". . . and follow not the footsteps of ‘Satan’. Surely he is to
you an open enemy" (Quran, Al-Anaam)”- “O you who have
believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information,
investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance-."(Quran
-Al-Hujurat] We've got to teach our children- that Evil
actually does exist--at least to safeguard from the deception .Is The situation
as bad as that’?-it was a privilege to have clergymen and scholars gather to
contribute their quota in the fight against such moral corruption's-alas some
of them are busy in columns of fame...authority;--but assessing the pearls ans
perils of issue,same 5w’s,why,what ,where,when and who to instill education on morality?How to
determine moral responsibility in society is one of the most complicated
matters of human interaction?Even today,a moral dilemma exists;What does moral decadence
mean in our society? How much is too much ?Teaching/reminding people at least on basic fundamentals
(aqeedah) of our creed is one of the greatest good deeds whose benefits spread
to others. It is the da‘iahs and
educators’ share of the heritage of the Prophet’s and Messengers.; “Allah and the angels, and even the ant in its
nest and the whale in the sea will pray for the one who teaches people the ways
of good.” (Reported by al-Tirmidhi )////Rabbi Zidni Ilma-O Allah, increase us
in knowledge.
(jazzakallhu khair for inputs and advices on the subject by Br.
A..... ullah, a Doctorate From Islamic university Madina, and Khatib prophet saw mosque)
