Many Instances of Oppression, Suffering and Pain, But Every Time the Same Guilty, Culpable Silence! [Quote – 616]

Many Instances of Oppression, Suffering and Pain,
But Every Time the Same Guilty, Culpable Silence!

(With apologies to Martin Niemoller, a Protestant pastor in Nazi Germany.)
(The stanza on Muslims is added. But it is breathtakingly apt.)

First they came for the Communists,
And I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Communist.

Then they came for the Socialists,
And I did not speak out.
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists,
And I did not speak out— 
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Catholics,
And I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Catholic.

Then they came for the Jews,
And I did not speak out— 
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for the Muslims,
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a Muslim.

Then they came for me,
And no one was left to speak out for me.

END

We Are Accountable – before God and His Creation [Quote – 435]

Accountability is a most important aspect of a Muslim’s life. And this accountability is not just before God Almighty, the Creator. It is also before each and every one of his creation.

Because God’s creation has a stake in what goes on. And it is deeply vigilant.

And it shall deliver its findings – and render evidence – before God Almighty as he requires and enables it to do.

So, as believers – as Muslims – we must be keenly aware and appreciative of the fact that we are surrounded by a billion eyes and a trillion ears, and an untold number of recording devices, each registering and documenting in meticulous and excruciating detail, and with the greatest accuracy and fidelity, everything we do.

So much so, our own skins, with their millions of pores and cells, shall speak for or against us on the Day of Judgment. We shall then express surprise and say “Why are you speaking against us?”

To this, our skins shall respond saying: “The same God who gave speech to everything also gave us the ability to speak!”

Meaning, why the surprise. Why indeed!

Who Is To Blame [Quote – 342]

“When things go wrong – and they often do – people look for someone to blame. Often, they find it easier to blame others than to hold themselves accountable.

“Scapegoating” is an old idea. It is in the Bible – the Old Testament. Blaming someone else for what you did.

The Qur’an wants us to look in the mirror and see whose face is staring back at us.

“Who is responsible?” the Qur’an seems to teach us to ask. “Whose face is it that is staring back at us from inside that mirror?”

“Ours, of course!” the Qur’an seems to suggest.

But this does not mean others are not out to get us. A lot of times, they are. And there is a whole host of them.

All kinds of others, using all kinds of pretexts and excuses – and proceeding from all kinds of motivations and backgrounds. […]

Pasha Hour International – Live from America! – June 29, 2010

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