علم الزمن والوقت
Those to whom the people said, “The people have assembled against you, so fear them.” But this only increased them in faith, and they said, “Allah is sufficient for us, and what an excellent Trustee.”
Zaman (time) for those who reflect is of three types: a past that has gone, a future that is coming and a present when it is compulsory to make efforts in before it becomes a past..
So many frightening about the future happening nowadays: before it was the terrorization about the spread of the pandemic (Corrona Virus) which would have been unlimited. 1 year prior to that, the situation of Algeria was the unknown “which has been unlimited too”. Today, with the west-west war (in Ukraine) we’ve become constantly frightened with coming years of suffering and hardship, and with days that will burn our souls before our flesh. The fire is about to start with our cover… if not today, then tomorrow.
People then started panicking and stressing to a point that you hear nothing but pessimistic tones, sorrow statements and doom signs coming out of their mouths…if you ever try desperately reduce the level of hysteria, you will be described with every kind of malady and disorder: as ignorance, craziness, backwardness, egoism…
The propagandists of such an ideology are the same who control the world; through politics, wars, economy, social networks and media…some of even claim prophecy and become a fear that is taken into account by the whole world. Then they will have their “religion” spread wide through the local and international mainstream media with bold headlines and targeting fearsome pictures…If I wanted I would have named some…
However, those propagandists have representatives in every country, every city, every village, at every house sometimes and with different languages, races and religions… those liars have megaphones who repeat whatever they say consciously or unconsciously and who follow their life details bits by bits. As though the Quranic verse speaks directly about them where Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:” and some of you are avid listeners to them. ” meaning that they have got eyes amongst you, and megaphones too.
The most extraordinary thing is what comes before this description, As He, Glorified is His name, says:” seeking to sow discord among you— and some of you are avid listeners to them”…
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The certain thing for me is that the future should not be requested or feared, but rather is planned for, prepared for and means of insurance should be taken for. As what we need to focus on is: the reality about our matters and how do we understand it, our present and how we handle it and act freely in it: our selves, our houses, schools, shops, ministries, courts, fames, etc…
In addition, future is neither magic nor sorcery; it is the fruit of the present. Similarly, the present is the result of the past. Therefore, if we do good we will find good, yet if we do evil we will find evil, hence, absolute madness is to wait a magical result from an irrelevant reason to that very result.
Then what should global activism move in us today is the fact that we should wake up from our inadvertences which are plenty, we should correct our mistakes that are dangerous, we should reexamine our standpoints and postures that are despicable…despite all of that we must not lose hope, expectation nor trusting Allah; even if the world around us turned into ashes and our plants and trees became manure and people around us end up in darkness…
The pandemic has finished or it is close to, and life is carrying on and people has forgotten about it or maybe close…and I have been told by a doctor when the pandemic was at its peak that: “I am honestly afraid that all people in our region will get diminished and that nobody will stay alive”. In fact, he should have driven people into ease, as he was the specialist in that field, instead of fearing them even if death was eventually their fate, with no doubt, and he should have showed the possibility of their survival even if they were at the edge of vanishing.
In addition, the first and the last controller is Allah Glory to Him, we do not believe, even for a split second, that matters would slip from His hand and from His supreme wisdom. He is The Owner of Command and forbiddance; The Granter of Life and The Giver of Death, The Constrictor and The Spreader, The Granter of Benefit and the Bringer of Harm…So if we seek refuge in Him and Him Only, He will be surely with us and for us. Yet if we turned our back on Him then our perishing is the result of our deeds: “And in no way did We do them any injustice, but to themselves they did injustice”.
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Salmān al-Fārisī (Salman the Persian), his Persian name was Rouzbeh Khoshnudan, left all the his father’s castles in the Perian Empire and ended up a slave for a Jewish woman in At-Ta’if while he was in persuit of truth. Eventually, he accepted the call of Iman (Faith) from his conscience, until when the prophet (PBUH) freed him from slavery. As a result, all companions were racing desperately to have Salman belong to their house, yet the prophet Mohammed interfered and said:” Salman is one of us, the People of the House”
Salman became then the good-giver, the support and the technical supplier for Muslims in their plentiful wars and battles: El-Ahzab and the trench , Hanin and the ballista and the tanks; El-Qadissiya and cutting the Dadjla river… then becoming the ruler of El-madaeen after he was its prince, yet he did not live in castles and he ate what he produced and he committed to his worship and Allah’s remembrance in every while…
Therefore, instead of leaving fear eat us from the inside, we need to take control of matters by taking the close and far means for success: Belief and Doing good, working along with science, planning with Supplications…No segregation nor correlation, and the right question is not:” what does the future hold for us?” the right one is:” What do we hold for the future?” …
The verse that summarize all these meanings is His saying, glorified is he, complementing the believers, asking Allah to make us among them:
“Those who were warned, “Your enemies have mobilized their forces against you, so fear them,” the warning only made them grow stronger in faith and they replied, “Allah ˹alone˺ is sufficient ˹as an aid˺ for us and ˹He˺ is the best Protector.” …
“Allah ˹alone˺ is sufficient ˹as an aid˺ for us and ˹He˺ is the best Protector.”
“Allah ˹alone˺ is sufficient ˹as an aid˺ for us and ˹He˺ is the best Protector.”
“Allah ˹alone˺ is sufficient ˹as an aid˺ for us and ˹He˺ is the best Protector.”
Mohammed Babaammi
29 Ramadhan 1443 AH, Bordj El-Bahri, Algiers
Translated by: Omar Bouchelaghem
