"The likeness of what they spend in this world is the likeness of a wind which is extremely cold; it struck the harvest of a people who did wrong against themselves and destroyed it.
Allah wronged them not, but they wronged themselves."
Al Imraan (3) - Verse 117
We are a strange creation, we have been bestowed with Knowledge and Intelligence.
Yet, we still do not listen and do not heed to advise and warnings and act upon our desires.
What drives us to do that which is evidently not good for us that we still do, I wonder.
Is it the desire to not be under an authority, to pursue the wants of the Soul and simply not care?
Consequently, we extol the virtues of freedom and independence; the freedom of choice and the independence from dependence.
We act how we wish to, we do what we want and we bow to no one.
We decide what is right and what is wrong, and all that is, is our doing
Our desires, our unlimited desires, what else is there to do? Satisfy it!
Our laws and our beliefs, we dictate their coming to existence, indeed!
The Soul is fleeting and liquid, easily it is guided, and easily it is corrupted. Our basal nature is inherently that of an animal, but our inherent nature is rise against and above that.
Hungry? Eat
Thirsty? Drink
Lustful? Sex
Desire? Take
Angry? Let out
Sleepy? Sleep
Do as you wish, animal.
With Knowledge and Intelligence granted, we have the capacity to take control of our animalism, our unrelenting desires. Ilmu and Aqal gives us the ability to be higher than animals, to aspire to be more:
To be better a human being.
That which lies in between.
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