“The Only Window” - by Roman Ahsan

“THE ONLY WINDOW”

- by Roman Ahsan [Nov. 2011]

It’s a different kind of autumn this year. The trees are not just shedding leaves, but the birds are leaving the nests and the bees have failed to gather honey in their hives. Winters are coming soon and it seems that the winds are going to turn extremely cold. The rabbits are preparing for the bad times in their own way but what about the wolves?

The boat of Pakistan continues to float but with sharks all around in the sea. Is there a cure for the cancer? Can our dreams come to reality? Truth is bitter, can we swallow it?

We start seeing some signs when we ponder over these questions…

All Spiritual people & Islamic scholars (whether educated / enlightened / rigid) in Pakistan are unanimous on one point. We Pakistanis are facing hardships since such a long time because we are not trying to please Allah and are not obeying His commandments (same could be said about the whole Muslim world). Just one example is how prostitutes (excuse my expression but we call them celebrities) are dancing in every household due to 'no check' on Cable TV channels. This is not a joke, but a real and serious thing we don't pay attention to which accounts for individual as well as collective sins as a nation. And then there are countless other evils we need to curb in this country!

This is how our enemies have fooled us. They have managed to trick the whole world into believing that whatever extremism is happening in the world is due to Islam and its rigid followers, Islam is bad and the people practicing it are hypocrites, so you need to follow ‘all’ the latest 'progressive' trends with your eyes closed and without questioning anything. Realistically speaking, our people need release also in these troublesome times and the fault lies with the government for not creating pure modes of entertainment. Allah is punishing us…through floods, dengue outbreak, terrorist activities (either covert or inside jobs but mostly it is foreign funded using our own people), corrupt leaders, economic slowdown and what not?? War is also one of God’s ways of punishing a nation, especially in the kind of situation we are right now.

We cannot afford wars with any country. But what if God forbid we have to face a war? The preparation for wars is ‘not just’ by amassing military equipment. In Holy Qur’an, it is clearly given that believers (Muslims) can overpower their enemies even if they outnumber them by many times. But for that, they have to be ‘true’ believers and not in the kind of state we are today! The Spiritual and religious elements say that we need to repent and mend our ways (the whole nation)….a collective repentance is required…..a day fixed when it is announced before hand….but with corrupt leaders, can you expect this? As for the common citizens of Pakistan, all are not corrupt but they fail to recognize the beauty of Islam due to propaganda by our enemies (and within our country) and also due to inadequate religious upbringing. There has always been the dilemma in this country, which path to adopt for Islam due to existence of so many different schools of thoughts. People are confused over so many choices. Still, we cannot pin all hopes to the youth and there is always ease for educated people to find their direction. One only needs to have an intention of turning towards the right path, and God will make things easy for him/her.

War is ugly. Just like a wound leaves behind a scar, war changes the psychology of a nation. We are not hopefully moving towards a war (though war is always unexpected), but the conditions in our country are deteriorating very fast.

IF WE WANT TO AVOID CALAMITIES, INCLUDING ANY WAR IMPOSED ON US (OR IF WE HOPE TO WIN ANY WAR IMPOSED ON US) THEN THERE IS ONLY ONE WINDOW FOR US TO DISCOVER…..!! THE WINDOW WHICH OPENS TO SALVATION WHERE WE EARN THE SUPPORT OF OUR CREATOR …!!!