Thursday, 7 March 2024

EXPLORING - The Ark of the Covenant - Mar07,'24


 IMAGE: Many such images on Internet and we are not sure about

how the actual ark looks like


EXPLORING - THE ARK OF THE COVENANT

 

One of the apparatus or artifacts which holds significance in all three Abrahamic religions is ‘the ark of the covenant’. It came to my mind again when I came across a Youtube video in which someone in Pakistan was describing it and the thumbnail also had its Qur’anic name ‘Taboot-e-Sakina’.

 

Over the years, I have learned to always project and promote the works of senior Islamic Scholars of Islam through their writings or video lectures (though we have to follow media experts also to keep abreast of current affairs). I am myself not an Islamic Scholar and I am liable to make mistake also. Hence, it is important to say that just like Shepherds tend and rear sheep, senior Islamic Scholars guide the Muslims properly with their overall extensive knowledge of Islam instead of trying to win followers by creating new theories.

 

The main objective of this post is the following video on ‘The Ark of the Covenant’ in which a local Pakistani speaker is misguiding the youngsters. Normally, I don’t write against such speakers but this man has gone too far.

 

The name of this speaker is Sahil Adeem. He is followed by thousands of youngsters in Pakistan which is alarming. If it were a single mistake then we should not take up this issue. But he presents himself as an expert on End time theories in Islam with debates on HIS MULTIPLE YOUTUBE CHANNELS on many unnecessary topics. Sometimes he talks about portals, other times he narrates about time travelling etc just to fool his young audience who think he is offering a unique kind of knowledge. In fact, much of his talk is baseless.

 

This is the link of his video which I aim to address in this post - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG8kOERsekI

 

If one starts listening to this video and reaches at 1:00 Minute, he is wrongly mentioning it as ARC (curve) whereas it is THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. He says an ‘arc’ of light used to emit from the Covenant. The real word is ARK which means a ‘CHEST’ and one who describes it as ‘ARC’ proves that he has not done any research or lacks true knowledge on the subject.

 

I don’t wish to discredit anyone. But after seeing some of his video talks in the last two years or so, it becomes clear that he is a fake person and the youth of Pakistan need to beware of him. He talks in an over-confident manner as if he has all the answers and his credibility is questionable.

 

If someone is trying to trick people by playing with Islamic knowledge, then only Allah knows what his fate will be in the afterlife. On our part, we should only be careful and try to follow proper senior Islamic Scholars like the late Dr. Israr, Sheikh Imran Hosein, Professor Ahmad Rafique Akhtar, Mufti Menk etc.

 

May Almighty Allah guide us and bless us – Aameen!

 

-         S Roman Ahsan (7th March, 2024)

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