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Thu 5 Jul, 2007 07:01 pm
A truthful dream (Ru'ya as-Saadiqa) of Al-Ustaz Imam Bediuzzaman gave good-news for the consequences of the First World War, but came to silence about the Pilgrimage regretfully instead of good-news. Imam Bediuzzaman mentions about the Silence of the Dream as follows:
"The dream came to silence at the Pilgrimage. Because, the negligence of the Pilgrimage and the Wisdom in it has attracted , not the calamity, but the (Divine) Wrath and Compulsion (Qahr). And its penalty did not help the expiation of sins, but rather made our sins excessive. It is the negligence of the High Politics of Islam and the extensive Social Benefits within the Pilgrimage, which comprehends especially the Unity of Opinions through acquaintanceship, and Cooperation through mutual assistance, that negligence paved the way for Enemies to employ millions of Muslims against Muslims.
Look there ! The Indian killed his Father, supposing him an enemy, and is now wailing sitting next to him...
Look here! The Tatar and the Caucasian understood that the person they helped others to kill was their helpless Mother, when it is too late. They are crying now at her feet.
Look ! The Arab killed his Hero Brother by mistake, and he even cannot cry being perplexed.
Look ! The African killed his brother unknowingly, now he is raising a cry of lament.
Here ! The World of Islam ! They unintentionally and heedlessly helped others to kill their Flag-bearer Son (the Ottoman Turk), now they are tearing out their hair like mothers in sighs and wailings.
Millions of Muslims have been forced to travel long distances over the World under the enemy flag which is entirely evil, since they did not take a rush departure for the journey of Pilgrimage which is entirely beneficial. (Occurances Improvisations Indications, 52-54)
Hence a great wisdom in Pilgrimage (Hajj) ; it is a kind of Supreme Consultation (Assembly) to be held once a year, in order to protect and perpetuate the independence and security of the World of Islam.
Wisdom?....you must be joking !
I had the misfortune to pass through Istanbul airport last December when thousands of these "pilgrims" wearing face masks (in case they caught anything from their "brothers) were jostling with each other for places in the heavy security lines which their beliefs had necessitated !
Spare us this idealistic claptrap about infantile tribalism.
The Hajj
The sands, like stars, our puny measures taunt,
And Arab minds, fixed desert nights possess.
Simplistic "Truth" emerges hence to haunt
Our convolutions forged in urban wilderness.
Like scattered grains, dispersed on torpid breeze
They root awhile in lands of higher worth,
Their nurture taken, sieved from "cultural disease"
Life's mission calls - believers must rebirth!
Then donning white, like blood cells to the fray
They ooze as one in transcendental dance.
And euthanasics swoon as ecstasy gives way
To "paradise", not death, as planned for in advance.
Yet sand stays coarse - abrasive to the flow,
But stars inspire true intellect to grow.
Belike 'Nother is a copy and paste artist, Fresco. He (she?) is currently dumping these copy and paste jobs all over the site, without citing the source. This one is, however, somewhat more honest than the others, in that s/he acknowledges the source, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, who wrote commentaries on the Quran. Said Nursi was a Kurd born in Turkey, who died in 1960. Bediuzzaman means "the wonder of the times." This member in other threads hadn't the honesty to acknowledge his/her source.
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