What amazes me about the Qur’an is its unique way of presenting to us its teachings and the consistency of thought, which require the use of brain and mental effort in order to understand its wisdom while its clarity is more crystal than a beautiful shining day.

The Qur’an says that the first human being to have been created is Adam – the father of humanity. Then, God created Eve – the mother of humanity, from Adam, as if a piece of him of taken apart and his mate was formed.

God could have created Adam and Eve separately and made them need each other. However, there is a significance in this type of creation. This shows that Eve was not merely another human being or creature to whom Adam was attracted.

No! Eve was part of Adam. Literally and biologically, they were two halves of the same whole. A part of Adam was taken apart and formed another human being in a way so both they were compatible with each other and both they would complete and complement each other to form the same original unit – complement and balance each other physically, sexually, emotionally, in terms of skills and in terms of genes in the creation of fetus.

Allah says in the Qur’an in the chapter named ‘the Women’,

“O humanity! Be mindful of your Lord Who created you from a single soul, and from it He created its mate.” [4:1]

In another ayah, the Qur’an says, “And one of His signs is that He created for you spouses from among yourselves so that you may find comfort in them. And He has placed between you compassion and mercy. Surely in this are signs for people who reflect.” [30:21]

Indeed, the fact that Eve was created from Adam in order to become two parts of a whole, each needing the other, completing and balancing each other is so significant and we can witness this truth. This shows that misogyny is not natural, but political. How can a man hate a part of his own?!

When I compare the Qur’an’s narrative and its wisdom with what we can observe in nature, it all makes sense. The Qur’an is saying that human being was a single person, then divided into two different parts so they can complete each other, but they are not the same. This shows that a man cannot complete a man and a woman cannot complete a woman. This is how life functions.

Yet, Secularism and the corrupt West are trying to mock the whole humanity in a way that should abash all of us for this immorality that the world is sinking into. I don’t think that the whole human history has ever witnessed a more misogynistic ideology than the British Secularism, which is obsessed with control and political oppression. Women have never been more oppressed than what the corrupt West is doing to them. The western politics is misogynistic and immoral. Slowly but surely, the corrupt West is pushing its misogynistic agendas ahead by redefining women and marriage every time they are confronted with economic crisis.

Sabri Lushi

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Happiness is a goal that everyone is aiming to achieve, and there is no blame on that. Each and everyone wants a happy life. People aspire to live a happy life. Parents work hard to secure a happy life for themselves and their children. There are also indices and systems which intend to rate happiness of the people of different countries. Therefore, there is nothing wrong at all to pursue happiness.

So, what is happiness?

The biggest misunderstanding about it is that generally people confuse happiness with pleasure and good life. Given the fact that materialism has affected our view of the world almost in every aspect, we are inclined to define happiness only from a materialist point of view. That’s why it is hard to find two people define it the same as well as barely is there any materialist thinker who can give a comprehensive meaning of happiness.

On the other hand, the Qur’an presents a very comprehensive and consistent meaning of happiness. As the Qur’an is unique in its discourse, it avoids defining it as an academic book would do; instead, it speaks of the place where happiness can be achieved, and it gives the logical reasons behind this divine affirmation.

According to the Qur’an, happiness exists only in Paradise, and there are three logical reasons behind it. First, the residents of Paradise have unlimited and never ending food, clothes and shelter to maximize their pleasure; second, there’s no fear for the future – fear of death and loss; third, there is no grief for the past. Only if these are possible, one can find happiness.

In other words, the Qur’an makes a clear distinction between pleasure and happiness. We could experience pleasure, but that’s not happiness because it does not last. Any kind of pleasure in this world is limited and finite. At the same time, everything that we assume is the reason for happiness, which is confused with pleasure anyway, is prone to loss and end. If one owns a beautiful mansion, he or she is either afraid of losing it, or, in case it is gone, he or she will grieve over it.

So, the Qur’an is saying that as long as something is prone to loss, it cannot be the reason for happiness. Owing a house, having a good job, a family, children, a luxurious car and clothes and food, all of these could give one some pleasure, but the very fact that they might end or that we might lose them, this makes us have fear, and if we lose any of them, we grieve.

Paradise is free from the fear of loss and the grieve for the past. This is the very definition of happiness according to the Qur’an. In this world, however, people can achieve happiness only if they do the deeds which lead to the place of happiness, i.e., Paradise, not the deeds of pleasure.

Pleasure is a worldly reward and an incentive to do something, to live, to strive, but it is not happiness. Happiness cannot be contingent upon something that ends and is temporary.

Sabri Lushi

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There is no doubt that the human society is going through one of the most difficult times of history, not because of lack of food, not because of natural catastrophes, not because agriculture has failed to produce enough food for us, not because the Sun is shining less, not because we live under a different sky, but because of a political despotism that has taken the entire world hostage.

We’re living in an unprecedented world. The access to logistical means, such as the mass media, technology, instant communication, mass surveillance, the demise of privacy, and the total control on people’s finances, has given modern governments virtually unlimited power and control over population.

In my view, the world has never seen a much more consolidated dictatorship and despotism and tyranny than what we are witnessing nowadays, in the West and in the East, not because those who lived before us were necessarily better and more compassionate, but because they didn’t have the logistics of our time.

What is making the whole situation worse is the moral degradation of the world. The British Global Government unfortunately has adopted Secularism as its official religion and political ideology. This ideology doesn’t subscribe to any moral values or transcendental principles. It is a hardcore pragmatist and materialist ideology. It values atheism and paganism while it considers Islam as the enemy number one.

Due to the political power that the British Global Government holds, it has managed to spread massively the British Secularism with all its branches and demonstrations, such as communism, democracy, socialism, Marxism, Leninism, fascism, Nazism, nationalism, liberalism, left wing, right wing, and terrorism.

In addition, the British Secularism considers family and the concept of tribe and clan as a big hindrance to its power, so it has invested heavily in the destruction of family and social ties among people. The fabric of society has been torn apart by the British Secularism and our modern governments, which are controlled by the British Monarchy.

This means that it is a very difficult time for people who subscribe to the values of Islam, Christianity and Judaism. This means that people who believe in God are losing political power. Believers and those who follow the traditional values are literally under imminent threat by the Secularist governments, by the British despotic and anti family laws, and by the corrupt courts of law.

Therefore, self-discipline is not simply a choice, but a necessity for survival. Self-discipline, knowledge, the nurture of soul and the acquire of divine wisdom are among the most important factors which can help us to resist this degradation and political despotism. In this regard, Ramadan provides the best recipe for all of the above. Ramadan is the month of piety, and that’s what we need in this difficult time.

Sabri Lushi

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