Guidance

Certainty makes life a lot more easier. Knowing what you know to be true is one thing. Certainty is on a whole different level.

Thing is there aren't many certainities, simply because people do not agree on how to certify. Some may regard everything their parents say as the ultimate truth. Others take that from religious figures. Some unfortunate others, 'believe' in certain people - for example politicians.

Most ideas have proven to not withstand the test of time. That's because they're just ideas. Ideas of man to his fellow man, on say - how to conduct his life. Democracy for example. Yes, it sounds fair and yes it seems like the 'right thing to do'. But then again, it's just an idea.

There is a group of people who regard science as the ultimate truth. Hatha ely gal 3omra ma tebakhar, tebakhar we7tarag mako? The extreme thought being: If something cannot be explained by science, then there is no explanation for it. Period.

So what makes me so sure that the ultimate truth is in religion? I was told by my parents? I heard it from religious figures? What, I can't think for my own?

I consider myself lucky. And yes, I pity those who question "religion". I mean the mere thought they have of life being meaningless and "it's all about fun" and "having a good time" until they cease to exist is really depressing. What they may deem as old-fashioned is infact the truth - etha totla 3alayhe ayaatona, galaa asa6eero el awaleen. What they may regard as "mowakabat il ta6awor" is infact what brings them down sooner or later.

The only way "they" can question faith is by asking who and when. Take the afterlife question, it's like as if they want an exact date. - wa yagolona mata hatha al wa3d en kentom sadigeen, gol lakom mee3aado yawmin la tasta'kheroon 3anho saa3taan wala tastagdimoon. And -
yas'aloka al naaso 3an el saa3a, gol ennama 3elmoha 3enda allah. wa maa yodreeka, la 3alla al sa3aata takoon gareeba.

People, ena wa3da allah 7ag fa la tagorranakom al 7ayaat al donya.

Philosophy has always tackled life and its meaning. It's really very simple. Summarized in:
e3lamo annama al 7ayat al donya la3ebon wa lahwon wa zeenaton wa tafaakhoron baynakom wa takaathoron fel amwaal wal awlaad ka mathalle gaythen a3jaba al kofaara nabaatoho, thoma yaheejo fa taraho mosfarran thoma yakoono 7o6aaama.. wa fel aakherati 3athaabon shadeedon wa maghferaton mn allahe wa rethwaan .. wa ma al 7ayaat edonya ela mataa3 el quroor.

And why do I pity them? Why do I feel lucky?

ena alatheena la yarjoona legaa'ana wa rathoo bel 7ayaat el donya wa e6ma'ano beha
walatheena hom 3an aayaatena qaafiloon olaa'eka ma'waahom al naaro bema kanoo yakseboon.. ena alatheena aamano wa 3amelo al sali7aate yahdeehem rabehom be eemanehom tajree mn ta7tehom el anhaar fi janaat el na3eem.. da3waahom feha sob7aanaka allahomma wa ta7eyatohom feha salaam .. waa akhero da3waahom ann el 7amdo lelaah rab el 3alameen.

The same applies to those who believe that "el denya taghayerat 3an ayam il rasool". Ily yesma3 yegoul chena al7en Islam was restricted and applied only to that time when il rasool (salla allah 3alaih w aaleh) was alive.
If you're afraid of being ridiculed for the "takhaluf" your country is in; then Allah is much much more entitled to your fear than whoever they are you are thinking of.
And if you are desperate to change the ways of how life is in your country, so you can live the way you want the next .. cham tabon? .. 1,000 years? Then think how nothing 1,000 is opposed to eternity. Wa yasta3jeloonaka bel 3athaabe wa lan yokhlifa Allahu wa3dah wa inna yawman 3enda rabbek ka alfi sanaten memma ta3udoun.

True, there is a big difference between being a Muslim from being an Islamist - mind you, as it is used/shown in politics. But that does not mean you have the right to look for an alternative way of life. You think Islam has some rulings which are harsh? Which are a bit old-fashioned? Which are "fashla jedam elnas hatha deenna"? You think because whoever it is you want to be like are more 'advanced' than you, then they're right? Well guess what - nomati3ohom qaleelan, thomma nath6arrohom ela 3athaaben galeeth.

In the end, just think about this. Does it apply to you 1,400+ years later? I hope not.

wa etha totlaa 3alayhim ayaatona bayinaaten gaala alatheena la yarjoona legaa'ana e'ty be quraa'nen gayre hathaa aw baddelh, gol ma yakoono ly an obaddilahu mn telgaa' nafsi, en attebe3o ella ma yoou7a elayy .. enny akhaaffo en 3assayto raby 3athaaba yawwmn 3atheeem, gol law shaa'a allaho ma tallawtoho 3alaykom wa laa adraakom behh.

edit: Some of you may know Shaikh Il Mohaajir, he once said (my attempt at translation) : it is only if we are slaves to Allah, can we be free.
Think about it. Think REALLY good. Only if we are enslaved to Allah - can we be utterly free in life.