Skip to main content

Went for a Paan but got a Quran
Vatsala Mishra

It was 10.30 in the night and four of us have decided to have a paan after a heavy dinner. We thought about all the varieties, chocolate, rose, mango, vanilla, strawberry, blueberry but got fixed on Maghai paan which is the regular one and yes, cheap within the menu. As we approached the shop, our eyes, fell on the stall opposite side of the road saying free Quran. Now, as I wanted to read it and inculcate the analytical ideas into my research, I couldn’t stop myself. Not just me, everyone was dragged by their own conscience. I don’t say it was some energy coming out of holy Quran, it was actually the free book deal which dragged us.
Approaching the stall, we asked for Quran. The person immediately agreed to give as many as we want and asked for 15 minutes to talk. As we are taking free books, we thought it’s fair enough to give 15 minutes in exchange. But, this step had dragged me and mainly my friend into deep discussions about the facts and Islam.  As we started listening to his explanation, another person (Stall coordinator) joined us. Unfortunately, we were the only group sitting across the road and discussing Quran on the Saturday night. Everyone was giving a strange look, which was justifiable given the week end and the area.
Initially it looked as if the stall keeper has taken some training from Church because of his way of explaining God and Evil (Satan). But, we immediately realized that both Islam and Christianity originated from the same womb. As the discussion progressed, we agreed to the existence of different perspectives of Allah and Islam. But, even though my friend expressed his opinion about the spread of corrupted Islam and its expansion (which I strongly agree), they firmly stood with an opinion that Quran does not lose its truth saying that it is the understanding of the book which can get corrupted but not the book itself. But they failed to understand that the written record of the revelation was itself written by group of people with mutual consensus but not the revealer himself. Further, the translated versions and the various schools of Islamic thought have their own interpretations of Quran which can be easily put in a written form making a complete different book. Their strong belief is that, Quran even if all of them are burnt, it will survive. This was because every Musalman has bihearted it in Arabic which is considered as the true language of Quran and thus cannot be erased.
They strongly believed that there was some supreme power watching over the earth and every human being is answerable to that power. The day of answering human sins was the judgement day where humans would meet Allah. This very judgement is what for which every human being must work for. They say they were not promoting religion but were providing and expanding the true knowledge. They failed to notice that their religion itself is Quran and no matter what you spread it links each other.
However, I am no one to judge others’ faith and source of hope. Thus, I would say people can believe and adopt any religion but must act rationally and accept change according to the time. Islam is however misinterpreted in what not ways. Ziauddin Sardar, a renowned political Islam scholar, opines that Islam asks people to learn from experience and never believe blindly. If Quran Islam adopts to the changing times and accept change, it would be followed by many without forcing it on to the same. Whatever it may be, nothing stops me from reading this holy book.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Prime minister and the expectations

Prime minister and the expectations On Aug 15, 2014 Shree Narender Modi, prime minister of India was a different person and now exactly after one year i.e., on Aug 15, 2015 he is a different person again. This is stated by people all over the country. An article tiled "From outsider to insider" published in Times of India says that the law of diminishing marginal utility has set in. But don't think it is actually law of ascending marginal utility? People started to expect more year by year. Lets say from 2014-15, there are significant changes in the way government operates and people have begun to think, there is a swift shift in the prioritizes of the government from just fulfilling needs to development. So people began to expect more and immediate changes which are not exactly possible. I t is irony that people expect overnight change, want immediate comforts rather than aiming for development which serves greater good. Le...
Post a Comment
Read more

Arab world instability

It all started in 18th century, where whole world was full of fiefdoms and serfdoms (with some exceptions). Europe rose in its military technology and their thirst for capitalist power has made them to conquer the whole world and establish their imperialism. For the luxury of few, they have exploited many as if it was a legitimate thing to do. The want for economic and political supremacy made European nations to fight against each other which culminated with world wars. These wars resulted in the emergence of new nation-states, which actually should have carved through Woodrow Wilson's 14 point theory but ironically not. Along with this the decolonization has sculptured countries with disputed borders. There formed countries with true reasons and strong leadership and some without reasons and ineffective leadership. The best example is the south Asia where partisan of Pakistan was totally unnecessary if it was not for the idiotic Islamic groups. Even the breaking of ottoman emp...
2 comments
Read more

Urbanisation in Medieval Europe

Urbanization – Medieval Europe The growth of trade and commerce in the medieval Europe has given birth to the urbanization which lead to the growth of towns and cities. Urbanization is nothing but growing cities with luxury and the latter can be linked to the then play of politics with city centers as core. Dukes and kings used to show off their wealth in public with the help of city states, to gain their trust and to ambassadors to make them sure about their alliances. This attitude is not only restricted to the kings but to the other elite class of the society. With the growth of cities feudal lords of country side have decided to make their presence felt by constructing residences in the cities. This lead to the growth of architecture in the towns and cities and huge allocation of funds for the construction is seen in the medieval Europe. Coming to the city planning, They were constructed with an architect plan with the roads cutting at 90 degrees and the markets placed al...
Post a Comment
Read more