RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
SUFFERINGS AND MORALS
KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUFFERINGS AND THE MORAL VALUES SHOULD BE OF IMMENSE IMPORTANCE TO THE LEADERS OF REFORMATION. IF THEY BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER, THEN IT IS EASY FOR THEM TO REALIZE THAT IT IS THE SPIRITUAL AND MORAL DEGRADATION, WHICH ACTUALLY BECOMES THE FINAL CAUSE OF MISFORTUNES OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT IS SO GIVEN IN THE HOLY BOOK OF ALLAH. FOR THEM, THE FIRST STEP TOWARD IMPROVING THE LOT OF A NATION IS TO STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE MORAL STANDARDS OF THE INDIVIDUALS COMPRISING THAT NATION.
HOWEVER, THE MESSAGE OF HOLY QURAN ON THIS ISSUE IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE FOR SOCIAL SCIENTISTS ALSO. IN THE DOMAIN OF CAUSE AND EFFECT THIS IS A REVOLUNTIONARY CONCEPT WHICH NEEDS TO BE FURTHER ANALYSED AND UNDERSTOOD TO DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NATURAL CATASTROPHIES SUCH AS EARTHQUAKES, FLOODS, HURRICANE, METEOR SHOWERS, WARS, EPIDEMICS ETC AND THE SPIRITUAL AND MORAL DEGRADATION OF A SOCIETY.
IN THE CURRENT SCIENTIFIC APPROACH, REASONS FOR OCCURENCE OF SUCH EVENTS ARE ATTRIBUTED SOLELY TO PHYSICAL LAWS. BUT WITH REFERENCE TO THE DIVINE BOOK WE SEE A NEW DIMENSION IN THE STUDY OF HUMAN SUFFERINGS. FROM HERE, WE CAN SAY THAT ALL EVENTS ARE GOVERNED BY TWO TYPES OF CAUSES. I.E. SPIRITUAL CAUSES AND PHYSICAL CAUSES.
THE QURAN ALSO LEADS US TO THE IDEA THAT SPIRITUAL CAUSES PRECEDE PHYSICAL CAUSES. IN OTHER WORDS WE ARE SAYING THAT PHYSICS CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM THE METAPHYSICS. IN THE DOMAIN OF SOCIAL OF NATIONS, METAPHYSICS GOVERNS THE PHYSICS. ACCORDING TO THIS PHILOSOPHY, THE OCCURENCES OF EVENTS MAY BE REPRESENTED AS FOLLOWS :
META PHYSICAL CAUSES + PHYSICAL CAUSES .... EVENTS
OR
MORAL CAUSES + PHYSICAL CAUSES ...... EVENTS
OR
META PHYSICS + PHYSICS .... ..... EVENTS
THIS IS TO SAY THAT EVENTS FIRST FORM IN THE MINDS OF PEOPLE , FILTHY MINDS GIVE BIRTH TO FIFTHY EVENTS, HEALTHY MINDS GIVE BIRTH TO HEALTHY EVENTS.
CHANGING YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES
IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF EVENTS, YOU WILL FIRST NEED TO CHANGE THE MINDS OF PEOPLE. THE LAW GIVEN IN THE HOLY QURAN IS THAT YOU CANNOT CHANGE YOUR STATE UNLESS YOU CHANGE WHAT IS HIDDEN IN YOUR MINDS. THIS IS REVEALED IN THE FOLLOWING VERSE.
LO! ALLAH CHANGES NOT THE CONDITION OF A FOLK
UNTIL THEY FIRST CHANGE.
THAT WHICH IS IN THEIR SELVES.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SOCIAL LAW FOR CHANGE, APPLICABLE EQUALLY TO THE INDIVIDUALS, TO THE SOCIETIES, TO THE NATIONS, AND TO THE WORLD AS A WHOLE. IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES YOU MUST FIRST CHANGE YOUR OWN MIND. THIS IS A REMINDER TO SCIENCE ALSO WHICH SOLELY RELIES UPON THE MATERIALISTIC APPROACH TO LIFE. IT NEEDS TO LEARN FROM THE HOLY QURAN THAT THERE IS A FORCE BEYOND THE PHYSICS ALSO, WHICH ACTUALLY GOVERNS AND CONTROLS THE PHYSICAL LAWS. THIS FORCE IS CONTROLLED BY WHAT WE ALL THE "MIND". ON THE MICROSCOPIC LEVEL THERE IS MIND OF AN INDIVIDUAL, AND ON THE MICROSCOPIC LEVEL THERE IS ALSO THE COLLECTIVE MIND OF THE SOCIETY, OF A NATION AND OF THE WORLD AS A WHOLE. WE MAY EQUATE THESE AS FOLLOWS :
MIND OF THE INDIVIDUALS - MIND OF THE SOCIETY
MIND OF SOCIETIES - MIND OF THE NATION
MIND OF THE NATIONS - MIND OF THE WORLD
COLLECTIVE MIND OF THE SOCIETIES AND OF THE NATIONS DETERMINES THEIR FUTURE AND DECIDES THEIR RISE AND FALL ON THE SCENE OF THE WORLD. THUS CUMULATIVE MIND IS THE GREATEST FORCE IN THE WORLD. IF THE COMULATIVE THE REST OF THE WORLD, IT CAN CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE HISTORY IN ITS FAVOUR. A MAN WHOSE INDIVIDUAL "MIND FORCE" IS GREATER THAN THE COMULATIVE MIND FORCE OF THE SOCIETY. HE CAN DOMINATE AND TAKE THE SOCIETY ALONG WITH HIM. HE CAN MOVE THE PHYSICAL LAWS IN HIS FAVOUR AS THERE IS A MYSTERIOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL LAWS, I.E. BETWEEN THE MATTER AND MIND.
HOW IT DOES WORK?
