SarimBlog aims to provide a fresh narrative on classical and contemporary issues, showing how Islam challenges and compels and is both obvious and remarkable.
In the relationship between man and woman, man embodies the dominant masculine principle infused with a subtle feminine element, while woman reflects the dominant feminine principle imbued with a subtle masculine element. Neither is a complete whole in isolation; each is a complementary half, and only through their union does the fullness of the human reality manifest.
The faithful servant places unwavering trust in his Creator, never succumbing to despair during tribulations, and remains hopeful for His all-encompassing Mercy. In times of calamity, the patient servant recognises that God has decreed it to be and He does whatever He Wills.
Modern science worships the shadow and forgets the light — mistaking fragments of creation for the source itself. Traditional science did not concern itself as much with causation. Rather, it observed and recorded patterns and correspondences in the natural world, always recognising that causality lies with God.
Islam best manifests the monotheistic simplicity. Sitting within man’s disposition, it is the logical conclusion of any sound mind, so rationally accessible that a child can understand and follow it, while simultaneously so profound that its meanings perpetually hold the greatest scholars and philosophers in wonderment and awe.
Tragically, the modern individual ascribing intelligence to a device lacking inherent knowledge of Truth, or the capacity to discern between Truth and falsehood, exposes the stark truth that it is not the machine which has become intelligent, but rather the modern individual who is assimilating the traits of a mechanically thinking machine.
There exists a hierarchy of knowledge, where some information holds more value for humanity than others. This varies from spiritual knowledge, psychological insights, to understanding nature. In the traditional religious viewpoint, understanding man's relation with God is perceived as the most vital, followed by human interactions, and then humanity's relationship with nature. Today's society, however, has resulted in an inversion of this hierarchy.
The firmer one's recollection and desire for sound accountability after death, the better is their behaviour prior to that accountability. In other words, cognisance (Īmān) of the Hereafter is inextricably linked to ethics (Akhlāq)...
The chasm of ‘Atheism’ may have been avoided were Christians loyal to the true message of Christ; that he is God’s servant and messenger, not God in human form. Without doubt, Incarnationist Christians have a lot to answer for...
Worship can also be a choice, but in so far as our recognising our little worth or capability when it comes to changing the universal order, submission is inevitable.
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