“Dear humanity,
I
don’t think I need to introduce myself. The whole world is talking
about me, in lock down because of me, and in perpetual stress because of
me. Unlike most of you, I don’t have time to waste, so I’ll get
straight to the point and share with you things about myself which the
media will not cover.
I
do not differentiate between people; young or old, sick or healthy,
practicing or otherwise. Don’t accuse me of harshness. I’m simply
following the orders of the Supreme Lord who released me.
I’m
the one who has busied tyrannical governments from furthering their
oppression of their Muslim minorities. I am the one who has humbled the
pharaohs of the 21st century and snapped the spine of arrogance in every
one of them. I am the one who closed the venues of alcohol,
fornication, gambling, smoke and terrified every user of interest. I am
the one who harasses the disbeliever behind closed doors as he now
questions everything he ever stood for. I am the one who struck fear
into the heart of every sinner and cornered him into regret. I am the
reminder that moral decay cannot go without retribution. I am proud of
this, I don’t apologize for it, and shame on the hard hearts of humanity
for needing me as their reminder.
Yes, you are right;
I
am also the one who closed the doors of the Mosques. This is my only
sorrow, but it is the wish of my Lord and He is Most Wise. Perhaps you
will now realise the luxuries of praying in congregation and sitting in
the companionship of angels that you’d previously taken for granted. Why
did you need me to realise this?
Your
entire lives have come to a grinding halt because of me; a weak,
microscopic and silent creature of Allah. What then if He was to send my
brothers upon you, by flipping your countries over like He did with the
people of Loot? Or rained fire over you as He did with the people of
Shu’aib? Or instructed the earth to swallow you as He did with Qaaroon?
I did not cause this. My Lord said you did.
“So
each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent
a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the
blast, and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow,
and among them were those whom We drowned. And Allah would not have
wronged them, but it was they who were wronging themselves.” (Al-Qur’an,
29:40)
Don’t be afraid of me but of the One who sent me.
Don’t busy yourself thinking about how to avoid me, but how to draw closer to the One who sent me.
I,
and the rest of creation, are at His mercy, dominated by His power,
helpless without His aid. My forelock is in Hands, His wish is my
command, and I prostrate to Him. Don’t allow your heart to obsess over
me or anything else. Glorify Allah and think well of Him.
I know myself better than you do, so I will say it how it is;
Many
of you will die because of me. Those who pass away upon goodness will
meet goodness with Allah and can hope for the station of martyrdom. But
those of you who die having neglected Iman, lived without vision and
delayed repentance, you will soon come to realise that death was in fact
the least of your problems.
I
don’t know for how much longer my Lord wants me to be around, but one
thing is for sure; I may be the calm which follows the storm, and if and
when that does arrive, what I’m doing to you today will seem like
bliss.
I raise my voice out of mercy to you, and so I ask one last time:
Will you repent?
Will you live with purpose and goals?
Will you promise to follow up every sin with a heartfelt apology?
Your temporary visitor, your sincere advisor, the feeble servant of Allah,
Corona
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