The Remedy To The Evil Disease of Racism And Prejudice pdf

The Remedy To The Evil Disease of Racism And Prejudice

THE REMEDY TO THE EVIL DISEASE OF RACISM AND PREJUDICE

Book contents

• Compiler’s Note                                                                 
• Differences in Language and Color is a Sign of Allah Ta`ala’s Greatness                      
• Tribal and Racial Prejudice: The Stepping Stone to an Evil End                             
• Differences in Language & Color: A Means of the Recognition of Allah                     
• One People: Who Surpass the Bounds of Race and Color                                  
• The Nationality of Lovers                                                         
• There Are No Provinces in Paradise                                                 
• Language and Color: Two great signs of the power of Allah                               
• Prejudice: A sign of KUFR                   

Differences in Language & Color: A Means of the Recognition of Allah

Listen to something new; something that you might only hear from me. One night while I was on a journey in Malawi, I was awakened at two O’clock in the morning to the sound of a dog barking.

I thought to myself, how interesting it is that the dog here in Malawi barks in the same language as the dogs in Karachi. Dogs, cats, and animals from every country in the world communicate in the same “language”.

 The dog in England does not say, “I am a dog”. Neither does the cat in England say, “I am a cat”. Rather in every country cats say, “Meow”.

The languages of humankind however are different and vary from country to country and location to location. What is the reasoning and wisdom behind this difference?

Allah Ta’ala inspired my heart such that the wisdom behind this difference is that Allah created human race for the sake of His recognition. For this reason, He brought about variations in the languages so that they may ponder over the wonders of His unique power in the many languages He has created.

Allah Ta’ala says:

“And from His signs are the creation of the heavens and the earth and the variations in your languages and colors…” (Rum; 22)

The differences and variations in your languages and colors are from amongst the signs of Allah Ta’ala; these signs are not bestowed to animals.

These animals do not have the capability of recognizing Allah. If animals would have been capable of Allah’s recognition then the cats in England would have spoken English, the cats in Pakistan would have spoken Urdu, and the cats in Bangladesh would have spoken in Bangla. Nevertheless, the reality of the matter is that all the animals of the world communicate alike.

Humankind, however, has been created for the lofty purpose of recognizing Allah Ta`ala, though the His creation of the different colors and languages.

It is very unfortunate that due to our ignorance, we have made these things a means by which we discriminate against others and consider ourselves superior saying, “I am white, and he is black…”

One should understand that the wisdom behind the creation of the different languages and colors is not to bring about hatred and enmity, but rather, to create love and recognition.

If a father leaves behind object of remembrance for his children’s sake, will that object bring about good memories or will it create enmity and hatred between each other?