1) Corruption - what is my role to stop it.Two Different Fates
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Bismillaher Rehmanir Raheem
Assalmo Alykum wa Rehmatullahe a barakaatuh
1) Corruption - what is my role to stop it
What is Corruption?
Corruption is the phenomenon of moral or economical deviation from the ideal. Corruption is a world-wide social disease which has spread like jungle fire and impacting millions of lives every day consequently polluting every society.
What are different Types of Corruption:
· Financial Corruption (frauds in terms of money, land, tax or any other economical domain)
· Relationship Corruption (Unfair treatment, depriving from the rights, backbiting etc)
· Self Corruption (short cuts in life, negative deeds etc)
· Character Corruption (de-faming someone, back biting, gossips etc)
· Atmospheric Corruption (throwing garbage in streets, not having the car serviced now and then, using old engine high-smoke vehicles)
· Social Corruption: traffic signal violation, queue breaking,
Am I corrupt?
Do I reach office later? Or leave office early? Do I use facilities provided by office for my personal use (for which office does not know)? Do I break the queue at any public place? Do I violate traffic signal? Do I throw the garbage/bags/stickers at any public place? Do I pay the tax/zakat honestly? If answer to any of these question is Yes, then yes you I am corrupt.
Always remember, If I am violating any law by any means then I am promoting the disease of corruption. For example, if I violate the red signal on the road or violate the queue at any public place then a lot of people observing me will tend to do this whenever and wherever they get a chance. So, in the long run, I am equally responsible for the bad deeds done by others.
How to eradicate / reduce corruption:
· Assurance of Law and order.
· Equal Treatment of all human beings at all level.
· Proper Control of documents, records and processes to have solid grip on activities at all levels.
· Timely audits and investigations to be done at all levels of personal/official/business level.
· Punishments examples to be set so that others can stay away from bad deeds.
· Keep clarity and transparency at all levels starting from the formulation of the programs / projects / schemes / welfare measures / mechanism with the full participation of all the stakeholders.
· Anti corruption squads to be more active. Bribery should be punished immediately.
· Justice to be ensured. It is said, Justice delayed is Justice denied.
· Legal restrictions and regulations need to be in place
What is my role in all this
· · I shall stop whoever I observe doing corruption. I shall not only complain when corruption is done against me, but I shall speak up all the times regardless who is the subject & object of the corruption.
· I shall teach my friends and family members (including kids) about bad consequences of corruption.
· I will not give money to anyone for fast service for getting things done quickly in any illegal way.
I shall not violate any law. I won't do any illegal/illogical act.I shall always be on the right side of the law.
Conclusion:
We cannot control Corruption unless and until each one of us perform our responsibilities in line with Law and Order regulations. Further, Education and awareness is required very much to control corruption. We know that education and awareness are the major factors which control our thought process. Our thoughts lead us to actions so our thoughts are the roots of our action. Hence, purity in our thoughts is the root cause of our character. hence Education and awareness is extremely important.
Controlling corruption is the need of the hour in order to make the planet a peaceful place to live in. T
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Courtesy:M Junaid Tahir--: http://paradigmwisdom.blogspot.com/ |
Two Different Fates
In the name of God, the Lord of Grace, the Most Merciful
The fruit of the Zaqqum tree will be the food of the sinful; like molten lead will it boil in the belly, like the boiling of scalding water. [43 – 46]
‘Take him, and drag him into the amidst of the boiling fire; then pour over his head the suffering of scalding water! Take this, you powerful and honorable man! This is the very think you surely doubted.’ [47 – 50]
The Allah-fearing will certainly be in a safe position, amid gardens and fountains, wearing garments of silk and brocade, facing one another. [51 – 53]
Thus shall it be. And We shall pair them with pure companions with more beautiful eyes. There they can call for every kind of fruit, enjoying peace and security. [54 – 55]
They shall not taste death there, having had their one death. He will have preserved them from suffering through the blazing fire, and act of your Lord’s favor. That is the supreme triumph. [56 – 57]
We have made this Qur’an easy to understand, in your own language, so that they may take heed. Wait, then: they too are waiting. [58 – 59]
[Smoke — “Al-Dukhan” 44: 43 – 59]
The scene begins with an image of Zaqqum tree, which is stated to provide the food of sinners. It is a powerful image that strikes fear and panic in the audience’s hearts. The closer thing we know to this food is the lee, the sediment that remains when oil has been long boiled. The lees continue to boil in their bellies like molten lead. The sinful person who behaved towards his Lord and His trusted messenger with arrogance will be standing there. An order is issued to the guards of hell to take him away in a brutal manner that suits his ‘honorable’ position: ‘Take him, and drag him into the amidst of the boiling fire; then pour over his head the suffering of scalding water.” [Verses 47 – 48] Drag him away so as to make him feel his humiliation, for there is no honor for such sinners! When he gets there, pour scalding water over his head so as to burn his skin. Then, added to all this punishment is a strong rebuke: “Taste this, you powerful and honorable man!” [Verse 49]
This indeed is the fate best suited to the one who boasted of his power and honor. Now he has none of this, because his boasting was an affront to God and His messengers. “This is the very thing you surely doubted.” [Verse 50] When you were warned against this fate, you received the warning with mockery, doubting that it would ever happen.
Our eyes stretch to the other side to see the God-fearing who took the warning seriously and feared what may happen on this day of decision. We see them ‘in a safe position’, where there is nothing to fear and no harsh treatment. They revel in their splendor ‘amid gardens and fountains’. Their garments are made of silk and brocade. They take their position facing one another talking about whatever is of concern to them. In addition, they are given pure companions with beautiful eyes to make their bliss perfect. There, in heaven, they are the ‘owners’ of the place. They can ask for whatever they want and it will be given: “There they can call for every kind of fruit enjoying peace and security.” [Verse 55] They expect no end to this happiness, as death does not occur here. They have already died once and they will not be made to taste death again. This contract with what the unbelievers used to say in this present world: “We shall die but one death, and we shall not be raised to life again.” [Verse 35]
In the unbelievers’ case, suffering in hell follows the one death. The believers, who are in heaven, “shall not taste death there, having had their one death. He will have preserved them from suffering through the blazing fire.” [Verse 56] This is yet another aspect of God’s favor which He bestows on believers. No one is saved from suffering on the Day of Judgement unless the Lord grants this favor. It is all through “an act of your Lord’s favor. This is the supreme triumph.” [Verse 57]
Then follows a reminder of the great blessing God has bestowed on us by sending His message to warn us against the consequences of disbelief: “We have made this Qur’an easy to understand, in your own language, so that they may take heed. Wait, then; they too are waiting.” [Verse 58 – 59] Commentary by Sayyid Qutb — Translated & Edited by Adil Salahi