The Reality Of Life Behind This Game
10-07-2008
One day, a lady teacher was enthusiastically teaching her
students a lesson in the classroom. She was sitting in front of the class facing
her students. There was a chalk in her left hand, and a blackboard eraser in her
right hand. The teacher said , "I have a game... The way to play it is like
this; there is a chalk in my left hand and an eraser in my right hand. If I lift
this chalk, you all say "Chalk!", if I lift this eraser, you say "Eraser!"
The students understood right away and they were eagerly with the teacher. The
teacher began the game and lifted the left and the right hands alternately, slow
at first but gradually getting faster and faster. The students followed the game
with no problem. A few moments later the teacher exclaimed, "Good! Now look
carefully. If I lift this chalk, say "Eraser!", if I lift this eraser, say
"Chalk!". And the teacher repeated what she did earlier, but the students were
confused. They felt awkward and found it too difficult to adjust in the
beginning. However they soon began to get used to it and eventuallly became
accustomed to it. They did not feel awkward anymore and it became second nature
to them. A few moments later, the game stopped.
The teacher smiled at her students and said, "Dear students, likewise, that’s
how we, the muslim ummah are. In the beginning the 'haq' (truth) is always the 'haq',
the 'bathil' (falsehood) is always the 'bathil'. We were very clear on that.
However, the enemies of Islam later on imposed on us all forms of oddity using
various designs in order to change the 'haq' to become the 'bathil', and vice
versa. It might be strange and difficult for us to accept in the beginning, but
as time goes by due to the continuous indoctrination using systematic designs to
make them look appealing, we become accustomed to them eventually. We would go
along with them and they would become second nature to us.
"To go out on a date as a couple is not a strange thing anymore, sex is no
longer a taboo, revealing clothes has become a normal thing, shame was thrown
behind the backs, sex before marriage has become a trend, excessive
entertainment that make us neglect our religious responsibility abounds,
materialism is now becoming a lifestyle and etc... Our enemies would never cease
to reverse and replace our values and ethics."
The Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) said: "Surely you will
follow the ways of those nations that were before you [e.g., Jews and
Christians] (span by span and cubit by cubit), so much so that even if they
entered a lizard's hole, you would follow them." (Sahih Bukhari)
"Everything is in reversal. And without realizing, we are bit by bit being
conditioned and gradually accepting the alternative culture without any feeling
of guilt or remorse."
"Understand?" the teacher asked her students. "Yes teacher..."
"Good, now a second game..." the teacher continued.
"Now I have a book and I will put it in the middle of a carpet. All of you will
be standing outside the carpet. The game is; how to get the book from the middle
of the carpet without even stepping on the carpet?"
After some thinking, the students tried various techniques, including using a
long stick but it was all in vain.
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At last the teacher gave them a way out, she rolled the carpet slowly, and when
it was within reach she grabbed the book. Thus how she fulfilled the requirement
of not stepping on the carpet. "Dear students, that’s how the Islamic ummah and
the enemies are...The haters of Islam would not step on you openly... because
they know that by doing so they would be utterly repelled. Even an ordinary (muslim)
person would react it if his religion is insulted in front of his face. Hence
they would roll you slowly from the edge, so slow that you don’t even notice it.
"That’s how the enemies of Islam are destroying us. They would not strike us
openly, but they would slowly wear us out, beginning with our behavior,
lifestyles, dress and etc. In the end we are conditioned in such a way that
despite being muslims we are not living the Islamic way of life anymore but
follow their ways instead... And that’s exactly what they desire. It is a
deliberate conspiracy!"
"If a person want to construct a strong house, he needs to build a strong base.
The same goes with Islam, if you want to be strong, you’ve got to construct a
strong aqeedah (creed). On the other hand, if you want to demolish a house, it
would certainly be difficult if you start from its base first. You would have to
start by removing all the wall decorations first, sofas need to be removed,
wardrobes shoud be taken out one by one , only then the house can be
demolished..."
"This is the phenomenon of “Ghazwul Fikri” (The Battle of Thoughts). And this
had long been undertaken by the enemies, and are still undertaking it every day
without us even thinking about it."
“Only after ensuring that the muslim ummah’s mentality has weakened due to this
unrelenting attack on their minds, that they would dare to start the other phase
of attack ie. to commence on attacking the muslim openly and physically, like
the case of Palestine and Iraq. Once in a while they would need to test the
water and see how “moderated” or reconditioned the ummah have become. So by
creating provocations now and then such as the many issues we were confronted
with lately, eg. the prophet’s cartoon, fitna video, the Vatican offensive
remarks, etc. they are actually trying to evaluate the ummah's sensitivity. But
Alhamdulillah, not all muslims are that cold and numb, there’s a group who still
has blood flowing in their veins. And these people are the reason Allah would
make the muslims triumphant in the end. Let’s aim and make du’a to be included
amongst these people.”
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said:
“A group of people from my Ummah will always remain triumphant on the right path
and continue to be triumphant (against their opponents). He who deserts them
shall not be able to do them any harm. They will remain in this position until
Allah's Command is executed (i.e. Qayamah is established.” [Sahih Muslim Hadith
4715 Narrated byThawban]
Submitted by a Mujahid