There is a saying that the longest journey is from the head to the heart. We know of course that physically, only a few inches separate the head from the heart but emotionally and psychologically, it could be many miles, or measured in time, trying to connect head and heart could take months, years or even forever.
The journey from the head to the heart is a long and difficult journey. It’s a journey from what we think and say, to what we really believe and do. From the world of thought and speech, to the world of action and commitment. We must shorten that journey if we really want to develop the healthy well-rounded personality of the ideal Muslim.
Muslim Unity is not something miracle that, one-day will suddenly fall from the sky. Muslim Unity, the unity of the whole Ummah, will be the reward for much and countless effort, and the culmination of a long process that begins with individual Muslims, and I mean you, and me. We must start that process. We must seek to unite our own mind, body and spirit. We must not say one thing and do the opposite. Our goal must be a Unity of thought and feeling, word and action.
Like many people, I have several passionate pursuits. One that up-close and personal to me now, is about disunity of Muslims in my own country. That’s why I felt I needed a place, a home, where I could bring everything together, where I could easily speak my mind about whatever came up pertinent to this issue. So — here is my little piece of real estate on the internet, my home, my authentic self, all my parts in one place.
Steve Jobs, the Co-Founder of Apple Inc. once said, “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart”.
As for me, what is truly important is when we talk about the true and genuine brotherhood of all Muslim regardless races and political believes. And if I can die having brought any light, having exposed any meaningful truth that will help destroy the cancer of disunity that is malignant in the body of Muslims in my country then, all of the credit is due to Allah. Only the mistakes have been mine.
Nadim
25 September 1973
Speaking my mind 