magics gifs,entertenment: Re: [Yaadein_Meri] The elephant and the blind men

Friday, 30 November 2012
Re: [Yaadein_Meri] The elephant and the blind men

This is what happened to Muslims today in accepting Glorious Quran

The harmony of the Quran  is identical to this harmony of Nature. The narrow-visioned and the unknowing  cannot see this harmony; by merely looking 'at it, they feel crestfallen and  disgusted. The ignorant has split the Quran into separate pieces; the  short-sighted considers that many of its words are unnecessary and superfluous;  the maulvi is engaged in its fluent non-stop reading; the hafiz mutters it in  his own way' the narrow-visioned cling to different parts and thus have set up  their separate Idols; the sufi is indulging in extreme exaggeration over a part  of it; the seclutionist by tearing a portion of it from the text, is creating  an atmosphere of la taqrabussalaat (do not go near the salaat), Like the famous  story of the nine blind, one is calling it a pillar, another likening it to a  fan, and still another believing it to be a wall. In short the revealer of each  Quran is different; the god' of each sura and verse is different. One part of  it is arrayed against the other; at each step is a different viewpoint, on each  word is a conflict. From none of its commentaries is revealed one plan, one  program of action, one scheme, one goal, one harmony and continuity one course.  This is why today almost hundred per cent Muslims are reluctant to accept it as  the Message of God; there is rejection in their hearts; their brains revolt;  their faculties are numb; they may declare their verbal acceptance million  times, but in actual fact they are not prepared to move ten paces on any of its  directives. All this is a horrifying spectacle of ignorance' and a tumultuous  stagnation of misinformation; there is no remedy for it except knowledge. The  Quran's own argument of its being from God, too, is.; "Reflect in the  Quran· and you will find that it is from God but there are many who differ over  it." But absence of reflection and lack of knowledge have created so many  differences that there is a 'real' doubt about its being from God; the finality  of its commandments is doubted, their enforceability is doubted, the promise  reward afterward is doubted, the plan's significance is doubted. The same  argument of 'Lefasadata' which the Quran gave to prove that the heavens and the  earth are the creation of the same Supreme Builder is here also playing its  reverse role. When there is conflict in the meanings, when one verse is openly  at war with the other, when the Quran is a scene of tumult, why then should its  author be one; why each verse should not have a different god; why should not  there be sectarianism, stagnation of faculties, and perversion of thought, nay,  why should it not be rejected from the core of the heart. There was a time when  so much reflection and knowledge were needed to understand the Quran, when,  after viewing it in totality, so much collective pondering over each part of it  was necessary, when connecting one part with the others and, after joining  them, evolving one program and one path was so vital that the Author had  Himself warned the Prophet not to hurry with his conclusions; 'do not race the  steeds of your imagination before the finalization of a statement, and before  its complete revelation; this is the Word of the Lord of the heavens and the  earth; it is not a conjecture; only extreme knowledge will take you to its  supreme wisdom; increase this knowledge and pray for its augmentation.' This is  why it was revealed in 23 years bit by bit; each verse was engraved on the  great Prophet's mind in such a way that for centuries continued the upsurge  caused by this belief. Whatever view the Muslims of today have about the Quran let  them have it; let them bless the dead by reading if hundred times in one night:  let them bind it in covers and wrapping cloth, and keep on kissing it; let them  place it high on the shelf or embrace it with their eyes, and move not even ten  paces when the time for action comes. But this is the Word before sending which  down to the earth, God too (may God forgive) kept on 'thinking' for 23 years,  to understand which His Prophet kept on praying for zidni ilma (increase me in  knowledge), whose inheritors in the early Islamic period were the ulema who  were as great knowers as the Prophets of Bani Israel; which is beautiful like  Nature, is likewise boundless, orderly, peerless, which is irrefutable and  final, and which in the hands of fools has become such a thing of unconcern as  makes the heavens and the earth tremble at this neglect.

Those who.reject and  disbelieve say why is not the Quran" revealed to him all at once? Thus (is  it revealed), that We may strengthen thy heart thereby, and We have rehearsed  it to thee in slow, well arranged stages, gradually. "(25:32)



    From: Helmy <greatskipper07@yahoo.com>
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 Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 11:31 PM
 Subject: [Yaadein_Meri] The elephant and the blind men
  

 Once upon a time, there lived six blind men in a village. One day the villagers told them, "Hey, there is an elephant in the village today."
They had no idea what an elephant is. They decided, "Even though we would not be able to see it, l et us go and feel it anyway." All of them went where the elephant was. Everyone of them touched the elephant.

  
"Hey, the elephant is a pillar," said the 1st man who touched its leg.
"Oh, no! it is like a rope," said the 2nd man who touched the tail.
"Oh, no! it is like a thick branch of a tree," said the 3rd man who touched the trunk.
"It is like a big hand fan" said the 4th man who touched the ear of the elephant.
"It is like a huge wall," said the 5th man who touched the belly of the elephant.
"It is like a solid pipe," Said the 6th man who touched the tusk of the elephant.
  

They began to argue about the elephant and everyone of them insisted that he was right. It looked like they were getting agitated. A wise man was passing by and he saw this. He stopped and asked them, "What is the matter?" They said, "We cannot agree to what the elephant is like." Each one of them told what he thought the elephant was like. The wise man calmly explained to them, "All of you are right. The reason every one of you is telling it differently because each one of you touched the different part of the elephant. So, actually the elephant has all those features what you all said."
"Oh!" everyone said. There was no more fight. They felt happy that they were all right.
The moral of the story is that there may be some truth to what someone says. Sometimes we can see that truth and sometimes not because they may have a different perspective with which we may not agree. So, rather than arguing like the blind men, we should say, "Maybe you have your reasons." This way we don't get in arguments. Truth can be stated in different ways. This story teaches us to be tolerant towards others for their viewpoints. This allows us to live in harmony with the people of different thinking.