Tariq Ramadan – Ramadan Chronicles #29 Ignorance
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We are now reaching the end of all
this journey,
through all these resistances.
And there is one resistance,
one,
essential resistance, which is in fact or which
is embodying all the other resistances that we
have as Muslims and as human beings,
which has to do with resisting ignorance. We
know that what came before Islam and the
way we were
understanding what came before Islam was,
the time of ignorance, and then came the
truth and came the revelation,
and then
came this, understanding
that truth has to do with knowledge as
it started with
Read in the name of your lord who
created.
So read as the starting point of truth
as opposed essential about what and how you
are coming close to god.
Essential about what and how you are coming
close to God.
Those
who are experiencing this
reverential
love, this piety,
are those who are full of knowledge. And
the olema
here are not the people who are only
fuqaha or or jurists or
or scholars
of Islam.
No. We are talking here about anyone who
is trying to get more knowledge.
Knowledge,
it's about
believing in a better way. It's
believing in a deeper way,
more knowledge,
deeper
belief.
This is the starting point of our spiritual
journey with Islam, and it has to do
with our the knowledge of ourself. When it
is said in the Quran,
Quran. And know that
god is between you and your heart. He's
working between you and your heart. The knowledge
of god means the knowledge of yourself. Come
back to yourself. Take time to know yourself,
not to ignore yourself, not to neglect yourself,
not to neglect your relatives, your parents, your
kids, your family. This is something which has
to do with the knowledge of the world,
the knowledge of history, the knowledge of your
society.
Knowledge is part of the spiritual journey when
it comes to come close to god.
So everything in Islam has to do with
resisting ignorance in all ways, in all types
of,
ignorance, and it's all about knowledge. It's all
about,
studying. It's all about improving
your knowledge, and it means improving your knowledge
is to deepen your faith, deepen
your understanding.
It's also
as an ultimate goal, the knowledge of God,
And,
it's what is much more important than even,
hoping for paradise and fearing
hellfire.
It's deeper than that.
It's, it's the ultimate goal of our life.
It's to know God, to love God, and
and to love God is out of
knowledge, never
about ignorance. It's far from accepting
any type of ignorance.
And at our level, and this is where
we have to start, every one of us,
what are you doing every day of your
life to get more knowledge about yourself,
about the world, about history,
about the environment, about the creation, and ultimately,
about God. Resisting ignorance
is the starting
point of the spiritual
life.
And this is an individual
task, an individual
obligation,
and it's a
duty. Meaning the knowledge of, seeking knowledge, it's
an obligation for every human being, man or
woman.
Remember to tell the people you love that
you love them.