Just A Thought (Part 7)
i thought that nobody seemed to be really bothered to find out why they were a muslim. Maybe, everyone just assumed that islam was JUST a religion, just like other beliefs such as chritianity, hinduism and so on. And it was only for spiritual purposes, not for anything else. Islam was not about business (in practice), it was not about the economy, it was not about the people, corporate governance and it was not about self-growth and self-worth. Islam in the past was more about individualism, i thought.
There would be occassional Qur'an classes during fridays and sundays. There would be tahlil every now and then, recital of Surah Yaseen during friday nights and the gatherings of all sorts to remind of the death of the deceased in the family which was annually done. There was a time when i was sitting in one of the ceremony and wondered why i was there. Sure, i could see the closeness amongst the family and the bond fostered but i could not hear any conversation directing towards the Prophet or about how to become a better a muslim or how to develop a technology wanted by all that only a muslim can produce. They would talk about where they children was schooling, how their business were running or how their bosses were treating them.
i was no different, he would talk about the flintstones, smurfs, toys, The A Team, spiderman, incidents which happened at school and so on. Logically speaking, this was the norm and was widely recognized. There could be many factors that added to the growth and development both for its people and the nations itself. Everything was sluggish. i never realized the impact colonization had made to the future of the nation. It left i and every single men and women in the nation dead in a sense that they all inherited, not wealth, but social-economic issues that made how are things today.
