Conveying the message to others is
not for others alone as many of us think. It is a part of our own intuition
just like the blood in our body which does not only need to keep flowing
to supply nourishment and oxygen to every tissue but also to keep itself
healthy. If its flow is hampered, its chemicals will react bizarre and
it will neither be a source of life for the body any longer nor will it
be able to keep itself a fluid of balanced contents to keep itself furnished
with the virtues of clotting, bleeding and nourishing.
A preacher may be taken as some obsessed
creature in pursuance of his mission but, as one can see, he is also providing
life to those he gets acquainted with. Nevertheless, not everybody values
what a caller to the truth has to offer. Only the ones who recognize the
message he is trying to forward would pay heed.
The other day walking down the street
and looking through windows into shops, I saw a lady in a jeweler’s shop
sitting in front of dazzling trinkets shining through a glass case; but,
much to my amazement, she was really not looking at the jewels but the
shoes another lady next to her was wearing. What would you call such a
person! She does not know what she is ignoring. Probably she doesn’t realize
that they are real jewels or else she is preoccupied with things of least
importance sitting in the middle of precious pearls.
As for me, I thought that we have
been doing this all our lives; we pick stones and ignore pearls and diamonds—which
are scattered around us in the teachings and the words of wisdom propagated
by men of understanding.
On the other hand, a compelling reality
that needs to be kept in sight of the preachers is that if people believe
that their caller is telling them something which would benefit them, they
would respect him, be appreciative and grateful to him, and would also
enquire further.
Once I was joined by a group of colleagues
just before entering an oral post graduate examination. The format of the
exam was introduced recently and supposed to be very complex. We students
were supposed to face some people acting as patients of which some were
aggressive and abusive; we had no choice but to participate in it. We were
also informed that during our performance the examiners, from some higher
station, would watch our expressions and conversation. So every participant
was listening with tremendous care and concentration without missing any
point. At that time, a point sprang to my mind. Suppose, we all stood up
and started thrashing this person claiming that he was lying because we
had not seen this sort of exam so far. Merely because of the fact that
we were so anxious about it and felt that this examination would be very
knotty! More explicitly, suppose we rebelled and silenced the person who
was reporting this nerve-racking scenario, what fools we would look! When
I conveyed my thought to a couple of my colleagues after the exam that
evening, they were amused; they even laughed at this thought but also admitted
that we would be most insane people to act in that way.
But on the stage of life, such rebellious
behavior has indeed been resorted to many times in the past. Prophets (sws)
of Allah conveyed to mankind the reality of this life and the life in the
Hereafter but folks stood up and affronted them; beat them, and even killed
them just because they did not have the courage to face the facts conveyed
by these noble representatives.
Accepting this life as a test and
preparing for the next one would mean sacrificing so many interests in
life, so much which we yearn not to let go of. It is certainly a thorny
project to work on and is really a tricky path to tread. However, triumphant
is the one who decides and treads this path with utmost sincerity and devotion.
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the
way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew,
7:14).
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