Question: When evil, failure, and tragedy occur, where does your God (Allah) go?

Question: 

When evil, failure, and tragedy occur, where does your God (Allah) go?

Answer:

Islam and Allah do not offer any promise or guarantee that believing in Allah will bring worldly success in this life.

Islam’s account of life is that this life consists of both good and evil, and that life itself is a test filled with such good, evil, and tragedy. That is the meaning and definition Islam gives to life.

Islam is the religion that gave life a precise, clear meaning and definition, and therefore gave life a precise, clear purpose and sense of purpose. In other words, the God (Allah) of Islam is the one who gave life a precise, clear meaning, definition, purpose, and sense of purpose.

There is no Islam, no Allah, that says “believe in God (Allah) to succeed in this life.”

The Allah that one must believe in to succeed in this life is not the God (Allah) that Islam introduces.

This is because only Islam teaches that both the good and the evil in this world come from Allah. Thus, in Islam there is only a God (Allah) who owns everything — both good and evil.

The God (Allah) that Islam introduces is not one who claims only the good for Himself while disowning responsibility for evil.

Only Islam has a God (Allah) who claims that both good and evil equally come from Him, who is the owner and controller of everything.

Only Islam and Islam’s God (Allah) teach that life itself is a test, that life in its entirety is an examination.

Therefore, believers in Islam should not ask, when evil and failure befall them, “where did your God (Allah) go?” There is no point in asking such a question.

There is no Allah (God) in Islam who says that if you believe in Allah and pray to Allah, you will succeed in everything in this life.

There is no Allah (God) in Islam who says that if you believe in Allah and pray to Allah, you will never lose in anything in this life; there is no God (Allah) in Islam who says He will come to help the moment you fail; there is no God (Allah) in Islam who offers the gains of this life as a source of hope.

There is no God (Allah) in Islam who turns such hopes into merchandise, sells them, exploits people, and reaps profit. Islam does not introduce a God who gathers and hoards such wealth.

Accordingly, there are no priests, temple-authorities (thanthris), or gurus (swamis) authorized to exploit people by offering hopes in the name of God (Allah) — this is not permitted in Islam. There is no need, and it is not permitted in Islam, to perform offerings, worship rituals (puja), or anjali before priests, thanthris, or swamis in a manner that leads to exploitation in the name of God (Allah). Nor are there donation boxes to be filled with money — these too are not present, and not permitted, in Islam.

ഈ ജീവിതത്തിൽ വിജയിക്കാൻ അല്ലാഹുവിൽ വിശ്വസിക്കൂ എന്ന് പറയുന്ന ഇസ്ലാം ഇല്ല, അല്ലാഹു ഇല്ല.

ചോദ്യം: തിന്മയും പരാജയവും ദുരന്തവും സംഭവിക്കുമ്പോൾ നിങ്ങളുടെ ദൈവം (അല്ലാഹു) എവിടെപ്പോകുന്നു?

ഉത്തരം: 

അല്ലാഹുവിൽ വിശ്വസിച്ചാൽ ഈ ജീവിതത്തിൽ ഭൗതികാർത്ഥത്തിൽ വിജയിക്കുമെന്ന് ഒരുതരം വാഗ്ദത്തവും ഗ്യാരണ്ടിയും നൽകുന്നില്ല ഇസ്ലാമും അല്ലാഹുവും.

ഈ ജീവിതം നന്മതിന്മകളുടേതാണെന്നും,

ജീവിതം അത്തരം നന്മകളും തിന്മകളും ദുരന്തങ്ങളും നിറഞ്ഞ പരീക്ഷണമാണെന്നും 

എന്നതാണ് ഇസ്ലാമിന്റെ ജീവിതത്തെ കുറിച്ച ഭാഷ്യം, 

അതാണ് ഇസ്ലാം ജീവിതത്തിന് കൊടുത്ത അർത്ഥം, നിർവ്വചനം.

അങ്ങനെ ജീവിതത്തിന്: 

കൃത്യമായ, വ്യക്തമായ അർത്ഥവും നിർവ്വചനവും കൊടുത്ത, 

അതിനാൽ ജീവിതത്തിന് കൃത്യവും വ്യക്തവുമായ ലക്ഷ്യവും ലക്ഷ്യബോധവും കൊടുത്ത മതമാണ് ഇസ്ലാം, 

എന്നുവെച്ചാൽ ജീവിതത്തിന് കൃത്യമായ, വ്യക്തമായ അർത്ഥവും നിർവ്വചനവും ലക്ഷ്യവും ലക്ഷ്യബോധവും കൊടുത്ത ദൈവമാണ് ഇസ്ലാമിലെ ദൈവം (അല്ലാഹു).

ഈ ജീവിതത്തിൽ വിജയിക്കാൻ ദൈവത്തിൽ (അല്ലാഹുവിൽ) വിശ്വസിക്കൂ…

എന്ന് പറയുന്ന ഇസ്ലാം ഇല്ല, അല്ലാഹു ഇല്ല.

ഈ ജീവിതത്തിൽ വിജയിക്കാൻ വിശ്വസിക്കേണ്ട അല്ലാഹു അല്ല ഇസ്ലാം പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന ദൈവം(അല്ലാഹു).

കാരണം, ഈ ജീവിതത്തിലെ (ലോകത്തിലെ) നന്മയും തിന്മയും അല്ലാഹുവിൽ നിന്നാണ് എന്ന് വിശ്വസിക്കാൻ പറയുന്ന ഇസ്ലാമേയുള്ളൂ.

അങ്ങനെ നന്മക്കും തിന്മക്കും സർവ്വതിനും ഉടമയായ ദൈവം (അല്ലാഹുവും) മാത്രമേ ഇസ്ലാമിൽഉള്ളൂ.

നല്ലത് മാത്രം സ്വന്തമാക്കി അവകാശപ്പെടുന്ന, തിന്മയൊന്നും തന്നിൽ നിന്നല്ല എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞൊഴിവാകുന്ന ദൈവമല്ല ഇസ്ലാം പരിജയപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന ദൈവം (അല്ലാഹു).

തിന്മയും നന്മയും ഒരുപോലെ തന്റെ ഭാഗത്ത് നിന്ന് തന്നെയാണെന്നവകാശപ്പെടുന്ന, സർവ്വതിനും ഉടമസ്ഥനും നിയന്താവുമായ ദൈവമേ (അല്ലാഹുവേ) ഇസ്ലാമിൽ ഉള്ളൂ.

ജീവിതം തന്നെ പരീക്ഷണമാണ്, 

ജീവിതം മുഴുക്കെ പരീക്ഷയാണ്, 

എന്ന് പറയുന്ന, പഠിപ്പിക്കുന്ന 

ഇസ്ലാമും ഇസ്ലാമിലെ ദൈവവും (അല്ലാഹുവും) മാത്രമേ ഉള്ളൂ.

അതുകൊണ്ട് തന്നെ 

ഇസ്ലാം വിശ്വാസികൾക്ക് തിന്മയും പരാജയവും സംഭവിച്ചാൽ 

നിങ്ങളുടെ ദൈവം (അല്ലാഹു) എവിടെപ്പോയി 

എന്ന് ചോദിക്കരുത്, 

അങ്ങനെ ചോദിക്കുന്നതിൽ കാര്യമില്ല.

അല്ലാഹുവിൽ (ദൈവത്തിൽ) വിശ്വസിച്ചാൽ, 

അല്ലാഹുവോട് പ്രാർത്ഥിച്ചാൽ 

നിങ്ങൾ ഈ ജീവിതത്തിൽ വിജയിക്കും എന്ന് പറയുന്ന അല്ലാഹു (ദൈവം) ഇസ്ലാമിൽ ഇല്ല.

അല്ലാഹുവിൽ (ദൈവത്തിൽ) വിശ്വസിച്ചാൽ, 

അല്ലാഹുവോട് പ്രാർത്ഥിച്ചാൽ 

നിങ്ങൾ ഈ ജീവിതത്തിലെ ഒന്നിലും തോൽക്കില്ല എന്ന് പറയുന്ന അല്ലാഹു (ദൈവം) ഇസ്ലാമിൽ ഇല്ല, 

നിങ്ങൾ തോൽക്കുമ്പോൾ അപ്പോൾ തന്നെ വന്ന് സഹായിക്കുമെന്ന് പറയുന്ന ദൈവം (അല്ലാഹു) ഇസ്ലാമിൽ ഇല്ല, 

ഈ ജീവിതത്തിലെ നേട്ടങ്ങളെ പ്രതീക്ഷയാക്കി കൊടുക്കുന്ന ദൈവം (അല്ലാഹു) ഇസ്ലാമിൽ ഇല്ല,

അങ്ങനെ അത്തരം പ്രതീക്ഷകളെ കച്ചവടമാക്കി വിറ്റു ചൂഷണം ചെയ്ത് ലാഭം കൊയ്യുന്ന ദൈവം(അല്ലാഹു) ഇസ്ലാമിൽ ഇല്ല.

അങ്ങനെയൊരു സമ്പത്ത് ശേഖരിച്ച് കുമിച്ചുകൂട്ടുന്ന ദൈവത്തെ ഇസ്ലാം പരിജയപ്പെടുത്തുന്നില്ല. 

അങ്ങനെ ദൈവത്തിന്റെ (അല്ലാഹുവിന്റെ) പേരിൽ പ്രതീക്ഷകൾ കൊടുത്ത് ചൂഷണം ചെയ്യാൻ അധികാരപ്പെട്ട പുരോഹിതരും തന്ത്രിമാരും സ്വാമിമാരും ഇസ്ലാമിൽ ഇല്ല, പാടില്ല.

അങ്ങനെ, ദൈവത്തിന്റെ (അല്ലാഹുവിന്റെ) പേരിൽ ചൂഷണം ചെയ്യപ്പെടും വിധം പുരോഹിതരുടെയും തന്ത്രിമാരുടെയും സ്വാമിമാരുടെയും മുൻപിൽ വെച്ച് അർച്ചനയും പൂജയും അഞ്ജലിയും നടത്തേണ്ടതില്ല, പാടില്ല ഇസ്ലാമിൽ, പൈസയിട്ട് നിറക്കേണ്ട ഭണ്ഡാരപ്പെട്ടികളും ഇസ്ലാമിൽ ഇല്ല, പാടില്ല.

No religion called Sanatana Dharma. Therefore, one cannot criticize a religion called Sanatana Dharma.

One cannot criticize a religion called Sanatana Dharma.

One cannot create religious hatred by speaking against a religion called Sanatana Dharma.

Why?

Because there is no religion called Sanatana Dharma.

Because one cannot, and need not, speak against something that does not exist.

This person does not carry religion in a way that carries hatred toward another religion.

When something that doesn’t exist is made to seem as if it exists, and hatred, enmity, riots, and mob lynchings are created all over the country to open a path to power, and when justifications are found to hold on to that power firmly — that non-existent thing must be uprooted precisely by saying that it is indeed non-existent.

There is no use confronting or cutting away only the leaves on the branches (trivial branch-level issues).

When, in the name of Sanatana Dharma’s non-existent tolerance and broadmindedness, only narrowness and intolerance are created; when, purely to play politics with power, violence and riots are unleashed; when cruelty and deceit are practiced; when riots are let loose — that Sanatana Dharma must be destroyed precisely by saying it has no foundation at all.

Isn’t it the root from which something must be dealt with, from which it must be eliminated?

This is not, therefore, hatred toward another religion.

Because there is no religion such as “Sanatana Dharma religion” or “Hindu religion,” one cannot create hatred toward another religion by criticizing it.

One cannot create hatred toward another religion by opposing Sanatana Dharma.

The word “sanatana” may be used, and may have been used, in many places, the way many words in a language are used.

Not just the word “sanatana” — hundreds of thousands of words have been used in various forms in various places like this.

None of that is proof that a religion exists bearing those words.

None of that amounted to creating or introducing a religion under the name of those words.

What is meant is not whether the word “sanatana” appears rarely in some texts or Vedas.

It may occur, however rarely.

What is meant is that the term “Sanatana Dharma,” or the introduction of a religion called Sanatana Dharma, or the giving of prescriptions of Sanatana Dharma, does not exist in any Gita, Purana, Veda, or Upanishad.

No Rama, no Krishna, no Buddha introduced a religion called Sanatana Dharma.

No such religion, religious concept, way of life, life-system, guideline, or model code precisely and clearly as“Sanatana Dharma” exists — not in the Buddha, not in Rama, not in Krishna.

That is exactly what this person is trying to say…

And yet, in the name of this Sanatana Dharma religion — which exists nowhere, which has no definition or fixed form, and which was fabricated only recently — idols, superstitions, malpractices, worship rituals, offerings, priests (tantris), and collection boxes have all come into being to exploit the people.

Think about it:

What Hindu culture is?

What Sanatana culture is?

Shouldn’t “Hindu” itself need to exist, need to be there?

Shouldn’t “Sanatana Dharma” itself need to exist, need to be there?

If “Hindu,” “Hindu religion,” and “Sanatana Dharma” don’t exist, then how can there be a Hindu culture, how can there be a Sanatana culture?

What existed, and exists, is only a culture of living.

A culture of living that has no name for what it is or isn’t,

unbound,

never called “Hindu,”

never called “Sanatana Dharma” by anyone.

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Why do so many Nairs, Namboodiris, Menons, and Nambiars unleash a politics of hatred for the sake of “sanatana” and Hindutva?

Why do so many Nairs, Namboodiris, Menons, and Nambiars become followers of Hindutva politics, followers of the BJP and RSS?

Why do so many Nairs, Namboodiris, Menons, and Nambiars become anti-reservation?

Why do so many Nairs, Namboodiris, Menons, and Nambiars keep complaining about losing “sanatana” and Hindutva, about the implementation of reservation?

Why do these anti-reservation Nairs, Namboodiris, Menons, and Nambiars end up being followers of the BJP and RSS?

There is exactly one reason.

They are the ones who enjoyed comfort and privilege in the name of “sanatana,” “Hindu,” and Hindutva.

If “sanatana” and Hindutva are lost, it is they who stand to lose.

The rest — the lower castes — are, today and always, their victims.

Because they are certain, deep down, that the BJP and RSS are a party and organization intent on undermining reservation.

They are the ones who have, throughout history, eaten the bread of power.

Even today, they are the ones who continue to enjoy, under the name of government jobs, more than their fair share of that bread of power.

They cannot bear even the slightest dent to that continued enjoyment (which they ensure will reach even their grandchildren) — whether in the name of reservation or in the name of any other progress.

Therefore, they will smoothly act out and carry out every devious strategy needed to create religious bigotry and riots, and to use lower-caste people for the sake of those riots.