Tariq Ramadan – Chronicles of Ramadan #15 Poor and Orphans

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.