Life-cycle - The Introduction

Omeiza

PREAMBLE
A person is a sovereign on his or her own and it is only him/her that can negotiate that sovereignty ? to negotiate the sovereignty is to accept an authority over oneself. God is the only authority/lord and He alone delegates authority to the servants.

Every sane adult is given al-Aql as his/her only guide and given the brain as the only sight. No one is allowed to accept anything which he/she does not see by his/her brain or comprehend by his/her Aql.

A person lives for his or her heart and must therefore not accept anything which he/she can not clearly trace (the benefit) to his or her heart. A person must always know why he or she has to do anything.

God is rich and we are poor ? we are the one in need of God? whatever has been prescribed for us is for our benefit and this we can understand pretty well when we use our brain.

It is an inbuilt nature in human being to always seek for the reason/benefit of a thing/deed. Where the reason is not forthcoming, some people take to superstition ? not even rituals are without presumed reasons/benefits. No human being can act otherwise.

When God talks to us, He wants us to understand Him ? understanding God is uncovering the wisdom of His communication ? God urges us to think. Our ability to uncover the purpose of God's speech is the context of the speech ? God does not talk to those that do not have Aql.

We are not perfect and therefore we are not free of mistakes ? we could misunderstand God despite our effort to understand Him. God does not punish us for our mistakes but urges us to leave our hearts open to make ammendments as we realise the mistakes.

We can only act according to our understanding and God has warned us to leave alone things that we can not understand for they are not meant for us.

We therefore allow what we uncover of the wisdom to be our guide until we can understand something better. We must be sincere at all time if not we would only be cheating ourselves.

We are individuals that live in a common but competitive house. A person must be strong to survive in such a situation. The least strength (as a prerequisite for survival) is to decide/intend and remain determined never to become a slave to any creature. A slave is not living.

A stronger person takes control of the earth and the game is to turn the wheel as desired. Only the Muttaqun can do justice and allow everyone (regardless of belief) to live on earth.

A person has a Heart and the Body. The heart is the focus of creation. The heart is moulded by Intentions.

Intention is completely a private affair between a person and the Lord ? not even the angels are aware of what transpire in the heart. There is no intermediary between any heart and God and there is no leadership in matter of heart. Leadership and Law are purely bodily based ? concern bodily activities only.

We maintain and upgrade the heart by the process of our interaction with the Lord known collectively as al-Ibaadah (expression of love and show of submissiveness).

The Heart is the motivating factor of all our physical activities ? the activities (in turn and based on our intentions) strengthen or modify the heart.

Al-Ibaadah, therefore, is any activity that is meant to upgrade or maintain the heart towards God.

In al-Ibaadah, the focus is on the heart while in other activities the focus is on the body.

Every human being has a self that is confined to the heart within him/her ? the training of self is an internal affair that does not involve any other human being. No two people share a heart and no individual has more than a heart. No one can love and hate a thing at the same time.

The universe is the common house we all share together hence the need for interaction and (of consequence) the cooperation/competition. It is in our interactions that we discuss Justice, Law and Leadership.

All human beings are selfish except those who have control over themselves.

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