Tariq Ramadan – Ramadan Chronicles #29 Ignorance

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.