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For centuries, the changes taking place on earth bear witness to
that the different periods of life, the ups and downs slid scientific
inventions are all being safeguarded in the depths of the earth. The earth is
also aware of how many civilizations arose from its womb and that later went
extinct.
Peering into the vastness of heavens beyond space, we see
nothing but disappointment, failure and mental destitution. It seems as though,
looking at the self-evasiveness and the negative behaviour of the inhabitants
of the earth, the flame of hope that was once alight in the stars and their
twinkling in the blue skies, have gradually dimmed. Mentally, humans, who claim
to be ashraf-ul-makhloqat ['best of the creatures'], living a life worse than
that of the beasts. They do not possess even an iota of the peace enjoyed by a
cat or a goat.
The Creator best among all the creators, has made this earth
agriculture and has entrusted it to man so that a means of agriculture and has
entrusted it to man so that he may rest upon it and attain peaceful sleep. For
this reason, the earth. Nature has not made the earth so hard that man may not
be able to walk upon it, and it has not made the earth hat man would sink in
it. [Man] has been given the authority to utilize the earth and to make use of
the blood (rays) running within the earth, however he may wish. Just like the
Adam of millions of years ago, the progeny of Adam today are also occupied with
cultivating the land. Just like man himself, every part of this cultivation is
of the earth. Each seed that he sows is of the earth. Plants are also a form of
the earth. Trees are also composed of parts of the earth. These grand buildings
that we see are also of the earth. The raw material of even the largest of
inventions is also of the earth.
Just as man grows bountiful trees and beautiful fields of crops,
in the same way, buildings, other constructions and other articles are also a
product of his cultivation.
Man sows the earth and reaps the earth. This process of sowing
and harvesting has been going on continuously because man is an active member
of this cultivation and he has been given the authority to intend [or will].
Thus the crop grows accordingly. This law of action and reaction, of movement
and consequences, has been described by the Holy Prophet(saw) in these words: "This world is the land
of cultivation for the Hereafter."
So great is the discrepancy between words and deeds that,
although each person knows and says that the time lived on this earth is brief
and limited, his actions are not consistent with this everyday observation. He
spends his entire life in a manner that goes against the unshakeable laws of
nature. He has given the name of progress to acts of violence, and he breeds
unpleasantness of the future in the name of human welfare. What he does in the
name of broad-mindedness is nothing but the worst kind of short-sightedness.
What an illusion he has created—giving the atom bomb the name or progress, he
sings the praises of the superior abilities of man. No one ponders the fact
that these claimants of human welfare have assigned superiority to the atom
bomb above hundreds of thousands of human lives. Man is the trustee of the
abilities bestowed by nature, but as a result of keeping these abilities
confined to himself in order to satiate emotions like selfishness, boastfulness
and vanity, his entire focus remains upon this mortal world. The base of his
actions becomes mortal like the mortal world. The base of his action becomes
mortal like the mortal world. Thus when he sows this world, he reaps this
world. Since this world is mortal, he only secures for himself a share of
immortality, and remains deprived of that eternal life that is filled with
peace and joy.
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%?
