Enemy Within - Reflections on the Human Self (Nafs)

[usman.khawar]

Why do cows don't have kittens? Because...because...because.

haha coz cats dont have cows.

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MIKE :He?

Where did gender come from eh?

Why not She?

It is not surprising that men pondered on things philosophical while women did the carrying, cooking, suffering and the bearing.

It is thinking beings who create creators. Otherwise thoughts are unbearable.


Yes you are right that thoughts are unbearable coz the poorest mind is one whose question is bigger than its data. For instance, a kid of primary class asked me to teach him a mathematical question of post graduate class then what happens. i have to tell him about digits, plus . Minus, multiply etc those are the basic things. So thoughts are unbearable when you take the question that is bigger than the data you have in ur mind.
Logically there should be some start for this universe and everything. it is impossible to imagine that there is no start of all this which we have around us. There should be one who must have the attribute Al-Qayum (The Self-Existing One).

Miss mike thomas hehe! No offense if i called u miss i also at the end wrote two times "he,he" to cover one time forgot

Well i think for me it is more surprising that Woman is bearing the work outside and inside home as well. What made woman to get rid of home's government? This is long debate. From thousands of years we know that woman take the responsibility of home, to stay in home n make a family. For man (as he was physical strong) it is decided by Time to go out and work hard for earning. This division was the decision of the Time. Now in this era we see that family system of West has been destroying as they promote woman to come out form the home. Here u wrongly wrote suffering and bearing only for woman so neutral thinking is seems more normal to me as Man is also suffered. May be u saw some sort of individual experience of some miserable situation of any woman i can’t say anything on it.

We have a long list of woman in Islam who when ponder on things which u say philosophical, or if we say remembrance+philosophical of Lord, they took comprehensive lead like Hazrat Rabia Basri, Hazrat Aisha etc .

Well I like to share a chapter with you from Quran just to ponder that Allah is nor he nor she but I think Lord like to say himself as 'He' for us for our understanding. But one thing i m sure that Lord is not like that which we can even imagine nor Allah has any example that how He looks like, which exist in between skies and earth or gender as He is the only One of His type. This universe, time n space and everything in between and outside are His creation and He said He made it by just saying :Be! and its created. Look at the creation power! Creator is much much bigger than its creation.

Surah 112. Al-Ikhlas (The Unity, Sincerity, Oneness Of Allah)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
1. Say: Allah, the One and Only;
2. Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
3. Begetteth not, nor is Begotten;
4. And there is none like Allah.

will write more to clarify this improtant quesiton of yours.

Time

May be I couldn’t explain very well but what I think about Time n space as there are so many things in mind about it without sequence. Among so many philosophers who tried to understand Time and Space I like only one explanation. I don’t remember the name of philosopher in which he explained, Time n Space, as when one moment of time is adjoin with some unit of space. Its long ago so I cannot remember exact wording as well but the explanation says when one moment of time is adjoin with some unit of space, It is done due to minimize the friction of everything to each other. In some space, in some specific time, people in specific and things in general meet together. Like in a room, the space is specified but in different times there are different happenings. If there is no time then the situation will be very weird.

Some modern philosophers came at the conclusion that Time gives us life and Time gives us death. Wow Quran already told me “they will reach at the conclusion that Time gives us life and Time gives us death”. According to Quran Time is also the creation of Lord to minimize the friction like u can see traffic signals. Quran tells us an era will come after that there will be no need of time because that life will be everlasting.

In Quran Lord tells us a beautiful story of a man in which he asks Lord to show me His power. In this story Lord present beautiful explanation to tell us a different dimension to show that time is also his creation and work according to His will. When the man asked Him then Lord made him asleep. When he woke up Lord asked him how much time u slept? He said may be half day or one! Lord asked him to see his donkey! When he saw his donkey (which he uses for the purpose of travelling) it was dead as centuries have been passed on him. Then Lord asked him to see towards his food which was as fresh and hot as there is no time even seconds was passed on it. Look at the power and consider! A specific space and Lord used time on different things in different ways as centuries have been passed on donkey, time was static on food and the man was in the normal time frame.

there is a lecture of my teacher on this topic. wonderful n mind opening explanation, i'll share with u guys once if i get it somewhere written.

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[usman.khawar]

a event of my life happened last sunday!

This Sunday there was annual session in which my teacher usually selects a topic and gives lecture every year. The topic was namely Man, Universe and God (with God’s perspective or point of view). That was very informative. But I m not writing this post for this topic or information but the purpose of writing this post is that I like to share a wonderful and mind blowing happening which is some kind of miraculous to me.

From Lahore we started our journey towards his city “Gujr khan” for this annual session. I used to go there for last 6 or 7 years. Few of my friends were very 1st time going there to meet my teacher. Everyone was anxious to meet him personally due to many reasons. My teacher got another special knowledge in which he just tell the whole nature of that person with a simple suggestion to refine self in most easiest and applicable way after listing only the name. Many people are living very successful life in a state of mind where there is neither grief nor frustration after meeting with him. People are surprised how he can know the things which no other knows. Every one of us has some questions in our mind. For me my question had been solved, now I just wanted to see something odd; personally, no matter I know my teacher through his arguments and believe him! For instance, I wanted my teacher to tell my friend’s name and nature/problems and solution by himself. Most of my friends were laughing at me even me too. But I have two strong reasons behind this kind of thought.

1stly Quran tells about a prophet Daniel. In his time the king saw a dream and called everyone including more than 100 false prophets of that time to come and tell him both the dream and its meaning. Everyone failed because how to guess about the dream, but Daniel gave him the answer of both things as God already told him about that dream and its meanings. So I was thinking if my teacher is a friend of God than he must know the name and his problems and have solution by himself. 2nd reason is concerning Abraham life story in which in 1st part which is mentioned in “Abraham’s methodology of intellectual enquiry” in my other thread. When Abraham got the answer and found God using that methodology and God pronounce him as His friend as well. Abraham knows Him and knows that God can do everything. One day he asked God “how do u give birth to dead”? God asked him “doesn’t u believe me? He replied I believe u from my mind. Intellectually I believe u but I want to see it myself to strengthen my belief. Then there is story about it to give Abraham’s answer in Quran. From here we also found the grades of belief or knowledgebility. Anyway come back to the actual point. We reached there at Saturday night. We got a full home which my teacher’s neighbors gave us voluntarily. Thousands of people come to see him at that time and some hundreds arrived earlier like us so people do voluntary acts for my teacher’s guests, this also shows the greatness of my teacher.

In short, we slept and one of my friends, Jimmy Jafri, who was most anxious and frustrated due to his financial and other crises, came and asked us to get up. Finally we got up and went towards at 2nd floor of my teacher home and stood outside his room because he was reciting the Quran. As soon as the door opened by some of his companion we all friends rushed in and met with him. There is always a lovely and kind smile on his face. He asked to go down and tells us about the breakfast is ready for thousands of people and we should go down and I’ll be there for you. One by one we were departing from his room, in the last we were two only me and jafri when my teacher said to jafri “ Jafri i know you I received your message so don’t u worry now” we were just shocked coz my teacher don’t keep cell phone, he don’t know my friends because they were here very 1st time also jafri was with me and all night and the 1st one who fell asleep when we arrived. There were nothing more conversation and we left the room. Jafri’s eyes were full of tears and he told us that last night I saw your teacher in the dream and I was telling him about my matters in the dream! In this meeting of hardly one or two minutes we all friends have got our answers!

thanks and regards

[usman.khawar]

God has showered His merci upon me and showed His blessings in shape of daughter. i am father of a cute baby now,Mariyam.