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O human being tear apart the layers that veil the screen of your
memory and look inside. Do you not remember the blissful to when you used to
breathe in freedom! You suffered from neither hunger nor thirst; nor were you
bothered by the heat of sun. You had no fears and did not worry. You did not
know what sorrow meant. You happily ate whatever you wished. Distances of time
and space did not constrain you. Angels talked of your blissful flight into the
realm beyond space.
O my brother, try and search within your mind! Do you not member
anything? Why have you forgotten the memory those golden days! Do not these
memories buried in the recesses of the past make you restless? You always
remember the few days you spend at beautiful resorts or the few pleasant tents
you spend in the company of someone you desire, why then does your conscious
not recall such great and sublime moments!
If you do not recall anything, then listen! You have been very
ungrateful. You have intentionally surrendered to pain and sorrow. Rejecting
the blessing of freedom, you have taken upon yourself the shackles of slavery.
You have allowed yourself to bee enslaved. Instead of unity and focus, you have
given way to doubt and discord. You were a bird free to fly, yet you yourself
invited the captors to come and imprison. You pushed your unending abilities
into the dark caves of material constraints. Your base conduct made the heavens
cry and caused the angels to lower their heads in shame.
O progeny of Adam and Eve! Take heed, analyze and consider your
condition. You are so tangled in the web of constraints that it seems
impossible for you to escape. You are under such fierce attack of trials and
tribulations that you find it hard even to breathe. You wander to and fro for a
piece of bread to fill your bellies. Fear of the future forever terrifies you.
You want a guarantee of joy and happiness, but find it nowhere.
And look at the horrific result of the false values you have
embraced. Instead of realizing the true values of freedom and happiness—for a
few pieces of bread you do not hesitate to cut open the throats of your own
brother! Under the colourful guise of progress you have painted the beloved
earth red with blood. Clouds of misfortune are darkening. Rays of light are
dimming. You are in such a state of self-denial that you have tarnished your
own greatness. You are Allah's viceroy but materialism and filth have left you
without refinement and purity.
O son of Adam, although you have hidden your eternal and
unending life behind layers upon layers of curtains and have even buried it inside
you, I will not forsake you—I will keep on trying to awaken you, whether you
heed my words or not.
God's benevolence stands witness that it has sent many
messengers your way, shaped into material form, and they advised you, time and
again, to return to your native land, yet you always showed ingratitude.
O human being, pay heed to my words—I, who am your conscience,
your inner voice—the cry within your soul! Pay attention; do not strangle my
voice, or you will continue to wander helplessly in the dark abyss of
misfortune, and will keep on stumbling like a blind man.
O child of Adam! Remove the chains of slavery hanging around
your neck. Cut asunder the web of imaginary constraints of space and time. Don
the robe of joy and happiness instead of sorrow and misfortune. You have set
around you thousands of idols and are busy in their worship—the gods of wealth,
of fame and fortune, and the gods of your false desires. Step forward and
destroy these to pieces with the staff of Abraham and us what freedom tastes
like— the freedom that you have WO by your own mistakes. Take your eyes off
this world of darkness and look toward the world of light where freedom awaits
you. The Holy Quran openly declares:
O Adam! You and your wife [both] stay peacefully
in heaven, and eat happily from wherever you wish.
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
Science has made immense progress, yet many believe that, even with all of the modern tools at our disposal, human beings function at no more than 10% of their mental capacity. This leads to the question of what exactly it is that comprises the remaining 90%. Yet another question that arises is this: If it has taken man four and a half billion years to be able to apply only 10% of his ability, how long will it take for him to make use of the remaining 90%?
