Tariq Ramadan – Ramadan Chronicles #08 Depravity and angelism
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Well, I've been talking about all these resistances
that we have to experience during Ramadan and
during our life. And there is one dimension
that we have to come back to it
because it's central in our understanding of, what
it means to be a Muslim, what it
means to, for example,
to fast as we are fasting now. It's
the middle path, and we keep on repeating
and we made you a nation of the
middle path. The middle path is important, and
we have temptations that are describing
our being as the way we can be
attracted by the worst and the be the
way we can be, we can yearn for
the better. And this is where we have
to find this balance, this stability between the
two extremes
that are both in a way negative.
So this is a struggle. This is where
we have in Surat Al Rahman,
You should not lose the balance between being
a human being, knowing what it means to
be a human being, and to look at
who you are. And this is why we
have in the Quran
the way he created
our being, the human being, and we have
within this being, this attraction,
towards
what is,
perversion.
And at the same times, we are attracted
by what is the best in our way
of dealing with our ethics, our values. So
this is where,
as Muslims, we need to find a middle
path, and we need not to try to,
behave and to let ourselves,
behave
as,
beast and be this * that we can
find in our life. This should be avoided.
This should be prevented. This is why we
have to protect ourselves. And we have it
in the Quran.
They are like animals, and they are, they
are like beasts, and they are even worse
than them because they are following not only
their instincts, which is what the the the
the animals are doing, but more importantly, what
they are doing is that they are
humanity
and, nature in a way which has no
respect,
no consideration,
no understanding. On the other side, we should
remember
not to to
to behave or to think that we are
angels because we are not. We are committing
sins. We are not perfect, and this is
also a way of protecting ourselves from being
arrogant. Even if we are believing in god
and we say, I am a believer,
I'm a Muslim. Yes. But be careful in
the Quran what you ask.
Don't,
put our heart astray.
Keep us on the right path knowing that
we are fragile, we are vulnerable, and we
need to have his support in order to
remain on the right path. So no arrogance
and no perception that we are the worst,
human beings. We are in between, and we
have to keep the balance.
Resisting
the extremes is something which is part of
our spiritual journey, and this is the most
important resistance. One of the most difficult one,
but the essential one.
Remember and not never forget to tell the
people you love that you love them,
and I will,
meet you again for another chronicle.