WORDS TO REFLECT "SINCERITY" ( New)

By Rai Mahmood Akhtar

JOY AND SORROW

LET not our hilarity be so extravagant which intoxicate our mind and compel us to transgress the limits set by Allah, nor our sorrow be so heavy as to depress our source of inner intelligence. The human world does not afford no good so transporting, nor inflect any evil and severe as it will raise you for above or sink you down the balance of moderation. keeping balance is our divine duty and the moderation should be the character of a Momin. 
Look those who build the house of joy they paint it from its outside and rejoice must listen continuous noise of their inner-self and the happiness charged from it. it is like a beautiful whore stand at the door call aloud to all who pass by to come in and taste the pleasures of life which are no where found but only under her roof. Do not even come close to her gate; neither be associate yourself with those who frequent her house. 
They consider themselves the sons of happiness and joy, they laugh and seem delighted;but madness and idiocy are found in all their deeds. Threats of transgressing the limits of Allah beset them round about , and pit of destruction sigh beneath their feet.

Valley of the sorrow always remain overshadowed with trees, and remain hidden from the sight of human, its where sorrow habitat. Her bosom wobble with sighs and mouth always filled with cries.It loves to dwell on the subject of human misery.
As there is fullest indulgence of "Ablees" so sorrow look on common accidents of life and weep but the weakness and wickedness of human "self" is always a music on her lips. Sorrow's nature is stuffed with evil therefore every aspect it sees is touched with the gloom of her own mind resulting a voice of complaint sadden her dwelling day and night.

So come not near her cell; her breath is contagious. She will blast the fruits of your life and withers the flowers which adorn and sweeten the garden of your life.

In avoiding the house of joy let not your feet betray you and take you to the border, where depression and grief dwell. It is always advisable to pursue the middle straight and balanced path which will, for sure, lead you by a gentle ascent to the dell of tranquility.

ANGER 

Fury of whirl wind tear up trees and deform the nature, so is the earth quack of anger in its convulsion overturn the cities you dwell in tranquillity and peace. Angry man through mischief around him; danger and destruction wait on his hand.
But we may consider and forget not our weakness and pardon the failing of others. If your breast feel a little needling with patience than it shell be attributed unto you for wisdom. However if you wipe out from your remembrance your heart will feel rest.
It is generally accepted that an angry human lose his/ her understanding while you remain in your senses so let the wrath of another be a lesson to you. Don’t act in a passion, why will you put to sea in the violence of a storm? If you feel difficult to rule your anger than it is wise to prevent it; avoid therefore all occasions of falling in to wrath or guard yourself against them whenever they occur. A fool is inflicted by the sneaky whisper of Shaitan but a Momin laugh at but not to belittle him/her and harbour no revenge in his heart because it torment his heart and discolour its best inclination. Momin is ready to forgive and return no injury. One who is looking for an opportunity is waiting against himself to draw down mischief on his own head.
Mild answer to an angry human is like water cast on fire, abate his heat and from an enemy he shell become your friend.
Anger always begins due to folly or weakness, but remember and be well assured it seldom conclude without repentance. On the heels of idiocy tread shame; at the back of anger stand remorse.

GRATITUDE 

Branches of a tree return their sap, vitality to the roots from where they arose. A river pour his streams to sea, where its spring was supplied. Likewise the heart of a grateful human delights when he/she returning the benefit received from Allah to humanity at large. She/ he acknowledge with humility and cheerfulness the obligation and exalt the benefactor, the Nourisher, the Initiator of his /her creation. In case of inability to return what received, nourishes in his /her breast with kindness, memories of bounties received and forget them not all the days of his/her life.

Hand of a generous human is like the clouds in the heaven which pour drop, upon the earth, fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbage and wheat etc. The heart of ungrateful human like the sand of desert which swallow with greediness the shower that fall and bury them in his/her bosom, and produce nothing.

Envy not your benefactor and strive not to conceal the bounties He has bestowed. Be alert to the comment of admiration out of the act of generosity. Be sure that humility of gratitude touch the heart of humans and is amiable in the sight of Allah.
Shun to receive a favour from the hand of proud, selfish and avaricious as he/she has no obligation towards humans. Vanity and pride soon expose him/her to shame. The greediness of avarice never satisfied and he /she remain ungrateful throughout his/her life, burden of insecurity needling heart till death.

COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR INNER “SELF “

Being a human we are bestowed by Allah the ability to communicate with our-self. I think the first question which we must ask our-self is that why and where we have born. Obviously, non-else but only Allah the creator answer this huge question He has very kindly, not only provide this information but out of His Marcy guide us through it. Please reflect on Quran find “ where and how” 37:11,15:26,55:14,84:19,6:98,35:11,7:189,76:1,82:7,95:4,32:4,76:2-3, 38:71-72,31:28 “ Purpose “ 55:16,23:115,75:36-40, 23:12-16,20:55,17:49-51,67:1-2, for detail study please read Sura 2-3-7-20.(I may have made mistakes while quoting these references from Quran. I this case I seek Allah’s forgiveness and request my sisters and brothers to locate up or down one verse. Thanks)

We should contemplate and recognize our power, wishes and wants, our connections with our creator and discover our duties towards life, and remember the directives given by Allah in all our way.

We find freedom of speech and action but to save our-self from the sneaky whisper of shaitan put a bridle on them and seek direction of Allah Subhana and weigh in the light of His direction and frame
Your honest intention than open your mouth and perform your action; so that grace should come to us for from, we do not expect, for house of our-self shame become a stranger, repentance must not visit us and sorrow must not dwell upon our cheeks.

The thoughtless person never bridle his mouth, speak random and entangle him/herself in the follies of his/her own words. Likewise one who runs in hast to leap over the fence mostly fall in to a pit on the other side, which he does not see; so is a person that plunge suddenly in to action before considering its consequences thereof.
Therefore we must listen to our developed “self” and remember the collective wisdom of Quran. Trust in Allah, fear will be removed and a state of hope overwhelmed and blessings surely come our way which will lead us towards the fulfillment of the purpose defined by our creator.

Peep in to your “self”, explore your potentialities, release your powers, and guard your speech and action. Your wisdom develop your “self” not your wit, it only serve you for the preservation of your physical structure.

WISE AND IGNORANT

Allah is all wise all knower. wisdom and knowledge are treasures of Allah and understanding is a gift of Him; appoint a portion of His wisdom and knowledge by instilling potentialities in our Qulb( central mind); bestowed us with perceptions through senses; make us able to develop concepts. 
Human’s physical and intellectual nourishment rest on the efforts he/she made. Wisdom is a fruit of deep thinking and imagination; knowledge be contingent to the data human collect through senses.
Has He endued you with wisdom? Has He enlightened your mind with the knowledge of truth? Communicate it to the ignorant, for their instructions; communicate to the wise, for your own improvement.

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. Fool is obstinate, and doubt not: he know all things but his own ignorance. Wise human yet not be puffed up with his/her own conceit, neither boast of superior understanding; the clearest human knowledge is but blindness and folly. So long for divine wisdom. (Wahi) Wise man/women feel his/her imperfections and is humbled, he labour in vain for his/her own approbation.

An ignorant possessed by the sneaking whispers of his friends and colleagues peep in the shallow stream of his/her own mind, is pleased with the pebbles which he/her sees at the bottom: bring them up and show them as pearls and with the applause of his friends and colleagues delight himself. He boast attainment in things that are of no worth; but where it shame to be ignorant, there he has no understanding. Even in the path of wisdom he works after folly and then shame and disappointment is the reward of his/her labor.

Wise men/women cultivate their minds with knowledge. Self-development is their ultimate delight and improvement in socioeconomic and science for the people intellectual and physical development and their utility to humanity crown them with honour. Nevertheless the attainment of he/she account as the highest learning and the science of happiness and peace (The Quran) is the study of his/her life.

COMPASSION 

When son of Adam honestly consider his wishes, observe his imperfection, profusely acknowledge the Allah’s benevolence who honoured him among other creations asked; who bestowed him with gift of reasoning, power to speak, perception to develop concepts and logical assertions and analysis to attain conviction. Wisdom and knowledge been gifted, made the universe subservient to you. It is thought-provoking that his actions and abstaining from action both manifest results in accordance to his free will and free intention.

O’ creation of dust,water and mud you are placed in the society, to receive and confer reciprocal help and mutual obligation. Have you ever think? Your food, your clothing, your protection from injuries, and your enjoyments be indebted to the assistance of others and you could not enjoy without the band of society. How then you forget Allah the most merciful the most beneficent and His most superior being the mankind and indulge in misappropriation allowing hatred, jealously, greed to dwell in your breast, inculcates fear to enslave them, and devour their money unjustly and return them miserly with manipulation, exploitation, indoctrinate cynicism to scorn them, belittle them. Have not you in covenant with Allah to guard His “Trust”.

Is it not you duty to be compassionate to mankind as it is in your interest that human should compassionate to you. As the rose breath sweetness and spread pleasure through its fragrance, so the heart of a compassionate human spread love and prosperity to the fellow humans. Be sure, such a person enjoy ease and tranquillity in his own breast and rejoice in the happiness of his/ her neighbor. 

His/her ears remain close to insult of others. Fault and failing of fellow man/women rise throbbing congestion in his/her heart. A soul which own such disposition wish to do well and search out the opportunities thereof; in removing the oppression of another he/she relieved himself/ herself.

Broader vision of a compassionate human comprehend happiness, tranquility, peace, love and harmony for all humans and generosity of his/her heart always endeavor to promote it.  

JUSTICE

Keep analyzing the desires of you heart sprouting from your instinctive urges, (preservation of your body structure to maintain your life and procreation. After acquiring these instinctive needs you tend to achieve affluence.) Put bridle on your wit and use your wisdom, let not your desire overwhelm your reason and logic.

Explore your potentials and balance your desire. Otherwise being a part of a society you, knowingly or unknowingly create, imbalance in the society. Moderation only nurture in the lap of balance/ justice. Peace, tranquility, prosperity, honour, security and development of “self” are the fruits of the tree of justice.

You must not cost an evil eye on the goods of your neighbor and keep them sacred. Let not your temptation allure you nor your provocation excite you to lift up the hand of justice. Belittle not nor defame anyone and always prepared to halt false witness to exploit. Listen with care, nothing remain on its justified place in the society if you erode justice thereof. It is called disorder, chaos which culminate exploitation, subjugation of human by human.

 Corruption bring grief to the hearts which no medicine can relieve and bring injury to human life which no reparation can atone but they rejoice in justice. While dealing in business remain impartial to your commodity (correct your measure and weight), be just and fulfill your commitments and keep your promises on the cost of your death. Do justice to others and hope to reap what you sow.

Be faithful to your trust, and deceive no other person who relied upon you. Deception create chaos, frustrate peace and disrupt justice. Remember murder is better in the eyes of Allah than spreading chaos on earth. It is always secure to write business transaction and document trust for keeping justice.

Oppress not the poor, and defraud not his/ her related hire. Whenever, you engage the poor for your service listen the whispering of your developed “self” and let not the greed overpower you. Always remunerate little excess against his/her services which will be returned in manifold according to divine law of justice.

Watchful to your debts you owe, one who extended credit relied upon you honor; and withhold form such human his/her due, is both mean and unjustified. Greed, pride, ego and emotions always hinder justice so never follow them. Otherwise they kill your honor and belittle you in your sight and bring needling of heart continuously.

Physical, metaphysical universe and the human values established on balance and the Creator maintaining its balance without fail. O’ human examine your heart, call remembrance to your aid, and if find in any of these things you transgressed, take shame and sorrow to yourself, and make speedy reparation to the best of your power.  

  INFAQ (Charity)

A human may reap permanent happiness through love with justice and charity, provided he /she has seeds of benevolence in his/her breast. From the softness of his /her heart rise the fountain of goodness and from it stream of sympathy always overflows for the service of mankind.

You shall find such humans all the time ready to assist the destitute and penurious. They rejoice broadening collective prosperity of human without considering ideological differences, cast, colour and race. These people never inquisitive about their poor neighbors but inquire about their conditions from others with a sincere soft smile. They switched off their receivers when a tale of envy and malevolence come their way.

They forgive any injury received from any person and it never bring congestion to their breast and the flowers of benevolence remain fresh as ever and from the mind they wipe injury; sentiments of revenge and malice find no place to reside in their breast. They live their life on a sharp edge as their deeds bring repeated praises and benedictions from the society around. But they are protected by their developed “selves” and it is easy for them not to become thick-headed, egoistic and arrogant. Charity followed by belittling and demeaning remarks eat up the happiness and bliss so derived.

Returning evil in response to evil is not a solution and likewise returning arrogance in response to praises never rejoice the hearts of both; cause disharmony, injustice, disintegration and exploitation in the society.

It is one of the prime responsibility of those who covenanted to establish sovereignty of Allah on land must restore economic justice by spending benevolently from their possessions to rehabilitate economically the weaker segment of the society.  Those who spend and keep open their possessions for the establishment of this Order, do not thereafter mar their spending by stressing their own benevolence and hurting the feelings of the needy ones. Surely their reward is with their Rabb. And when the Order is established there will be no fear of anything nor any cause of anxiety for all of them.

There are people who act miserly and hold back their hands from charity. Unfortunately, they are not aware that whatever they give will be return to them in manifold because it is unalterable law of cause and effect, Law of Mukafat e Aml; whatever you sow, so shell you reap. They should know that the one who is miserly in fact harms none but himself. It is actually for your own growth of “self”. Hearts rejoice in the remembrance of the directives of Allah.

If they only contemplate and reflect a little deeper can understand that they are not the owner but the custodian of all the sources of wealth as one day death overtake them even if they believe in the life after death or not. Thus there is no logic which can strengthened their concept to hold back the sources and possession and open them for the growth of destitute.

Allah says that Saddqat are meant for:

1.       The indigent (2/273),

2.      Those incapacitated to earn (90/15-16),

3.      Those who are employed in the collection and administration of Sadaq’aat.

4.      Helping those who sincerely wish to join the Divine Order but are unable to do so due to financial difficulties,

5.      Setting free those in bondage (90/13),

6.      Those who are unduly burdened financially,

7.      Those who strive in the cause of Allah and

8.      Stranded travelers.

 This is an Ordinance from Allah who is the All-Knowing and Wise. (9:60)

Sour to the write up also includes (Q 2:195, 2: 261-262, 8:60, 9:34, 47:38, 57:10)                                       

SINCERITY 

If you love the beauty of truth, admirer of simplicity and your heart is not in variance what you speak than O’ lovely soul, hold fast your fidelity to sincerity. Never forsake her on a cheap price (worldly gain) and constancy to this virtu bring you knowledge, wisdom, and honour.

Purity brings piety and piety transport soundness, wholeness which bestowed you a truthful disposition. A sincere one blushed at falsehood and confounded but has steady eye when speaks a truth as his/her tongue deeply rooted in heart. Therefore, hypocrisy and deceit never find a way to his/ her breast. He /she is consistent in their behaviour and seldom face embarrassment. He/she is for above the meanness of the concealment of fact about his/herself. You will not find any sincere person who does not have enough courage to speak the truth but find weakness in telling lie.

In the bosom of sincerity reside the clarity of thought. Only sincere figure out the purpose of his/her creation and understand responsibilities of life. They cautiously travel in the tunnel of life which never cease to exist and ignore age. Consequently never fell in the pit nor take turn towards the wrong direction, as such people enlightened through book Allah the Quran and seldom depends on their own wit but to fulfil their instinctive desires only.

Sets their short term goals to accomplish their ultimate goal through service to humanity, neither seek nor hope for any return. They have silky soft heart at the time when peace prevail among society but become rock hearted when devil want to play his naked dance, fight with evil forces, ignoring the importance of their own death, till the peace is restored.

Whenever they open their lips use prudence and caution, study other’s ideology through which they see, listen and then speak what is right. They open their mouth with a firm discretion not in the state of psychological perplexity and confusion. People trust them and ask for advice and they cautiously reprove with freedom and extend advice with dexterity and honesty.

They never conceal the fact about themselves and think thrice before making any commitment and whatsoever they promise will be surely performed may bring them gain or lose.

O fool, fool! The pain which you take to hide your real self certainly manifest before you the destruction and deterioration of your “self “(I am-ness, khudi, nafs, soul) this is the law of Allah Subhana. Just think negative and find in your “self” how the negativity start creeping in your soul damaging the state of happiness and put you under state of despair depression even you have not yet converted your thought in to action.

These are the people who preserve their “Self” and deserve to promote them in their eternal life in stages towards affinity.