Tariq Ramadan – Chronicles of Ramadan #15 Poor and Orphans
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The speaker discusses the importance of witnessing and rebuilding one's spiritual state in order to achieve their responsibility. They emphasize that while there is a natural progression from the world to the spiritual state, it is important to understand the meaning of being with God. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of being a witness to rebuilding one's spiritual state and to be an agent of good in rebuilding the world.
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We talked about the first
revelations that the Prophet
got from God and from Allah,
telling him: Look at the world
and change the way you look at the
world to So
there
is
an order, and there is a way. The
So there is an order and there is
a way. The second thing that came with
the first revelations is quite
amazing, and yet it's quite natural
if we understand the very meaning of being
with God.
As much as you have to look at
the world the way it is, you have
to look at the poor,
then the people around you who are poor,
who are invisible.
It's as if with the Revelation,
or the Revelation
makes the invisible visible.
With
the moon,
the sun,
the mountains, but also with the your fellow
human beings. And that you have to change
your sight, you have to change the way
you look at them in order
to achieve
your responsibility
to be and to bear witness
to your message
before human beings and your fellow human beings.
This process,
it's important to understand that now when you
look at the poor people,
you should understand
that they have a very important role in
your spiritual journey.
You are not completing
and will not complete your faith
if you don't change the way you look
at them.
And this is what we have in the
Quran.
We give dignity to human beings, and this
dignity is the essence of his
being and her being. And at the same
time,
you are not respecting and giving their dignity
to the poor people.
So between
what is
the the the real status of your fellow
human being and what you are,
doing with them, neglecting them, not looking at
them,
being
unconscious
in a way.
And Haflah completely
distracted from the very meaning of their presence,
You don't get that the poor
has his or her status
for him or her
self, but there is the spiritual teaching for
yourself.
And this is exactly the meaning of Ramadan.
The month of Ramadan when you fast is
to go through this experience, to understand in
which way
this experience
of avoiding eating and
drinking
is helping you to to change the way
you look at the world, and to be
an agent
of good, to repair the world
out of your
understanding. So, to bear witness in this way
means
that you get the message,
that you understand your responsibility.
You
got the message. You change the way you
look at the world, and you follow human
beings, and you repair the world for the
better.
This is
what it means to be a witness.
And this is what we are expected to
do as believers.
Don't forget to tell the people you love
that you love them. Life is fragile.