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Economy and a Pleasant Life |
The Arabic
words Ma'eeshat and Aish share the same root.
Ma'eeshat also means "economy" and "Aish"
means "pleasure and happiness". There is no doubt that if
the economy of a nation is good, it will have a life of
pleasure and happiness. In other words, if Ma'eeshat
of a country is good, the nation will have Aish. In
20:124, Allah says,
"Those who
will disregard my Message [ZIKR], their economy will be in
dire straits and they will be resurrected blind on the day
of judgment" [20:124].
Muslims do a
lot of Allah's ZIKR. They arrange special meetings
and get-togethers for ZIKR. But their economy is
still in dire straits [i.e. in very bad conditions]. On the
other hand the economy of the West and other non-muslim
states such as Japan, China is very good. They never hold
any meetings to do Allah's ZIKR. What is the reason?
The only reason is that Muslims are not doing Allah's
ZIKR [i.e. regarding Allah's ZIKR] as they were
meant to do. The sooner they realize their folly, the
better. The ZIKR is not repeating something on the
beads of a rosary. It is about remembering the injunctions
of Allah such as TAFAKKUR, TADABBUR, AQL,
ILM and so on and then galvanize the ZIKR into
AML [i.e. actions].
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