BISMILLAH
So I start my blog today with a quote from George Santayana;
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemn to repeat it."
A few days back, I listened to a talk from Dr Tariq al-Suwaidan about "The future of our Religion". His talk was basically about the history of Islam in its early moments, the developing stage, the peak of civilizations, the fall of an empire, the rising moments again and the falling of the great Khalifah kingdom. It was really interesting and also motivating.
After I heard his talk, it made me think back a while. From the above phrase that I gave earlier on from George Santayana, it is true that if the past is forgotten, we will only repeat it over and over again. And that is what happens right in our daily lives.
One of the most important thing being a Muslim is never to forget about the Sirah Nabawiyah. It is always important for us to know, how Islam came into this world, how the Prophet PBUH carried out this burden, how did this Deen came up as a mighty empire once and more in general but it is even better if we could know in specific. With it, then we know how Islam works. The application for dakwah would then be easier because we have a guideline from the Prophet PBUH him selves.
You see, history was written so that the future could learn from it. The weakness from the past can be overtaken, while the strength of the past could be improved. Hence, it would create a better future for a civilization. But sometimes.....er....I think I'd prefer to use "many times", we just forget about what had happen in the past, thus it repeats all over again. Making a civilization, no more than it was from before.
Lastly, I think that's it from me. Before I end this, why not we do some flashbacks through ourselves a lot, see what we can improve through our lives. I think if all the people in world could think like this, then we could move a step further then we are now, especially to the Muslims. I think it's time for us to wake up already and see the future of our religion.
Wassalam.
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