Tariq Ramadan – Ramadan Chronicles #30 Language

We have been talking about all these resistances

over months.

And there is one

resistance, which is, in fact,

at the starting point as well as the

end of this journey that we have to

to get as something which is essential, which

has to do with our

way of, with our taqwa, with our,

reverential

love and piety towards God.

And it has to do with our tongue.

It's a it has to do with silence,

resisting

talking too much,

resisting

our words, our insults, the way we deal

with our brothers and sisters, and even with

our own self, the way, we are,

dealing with

people around us.

We have in the Quran

a verse which is once again talking about

the collective

take and its collective dimension.

Oh, people who believe,

do not

don't let people the people should not insult

and mock another

set of people, another

community. And women should avoid insulting and mocking

other women. It might be that they are

better than than themselves.

So this

reaction, this way of dealing with other people,

avoiding insult,

avoiding, mockery, avoiding,

any words that could be hurtful. This is

the starting point of the way we deal

with people

to the point that we we have in

the Quran as well as and even the

the the companions of the prophet, peace be

upon him, were asking, is it possible that

with our tongue, we can

be lost and that we can,

end up in hellfire, for example? Say, yes,

with your head the first if you are

not mastering your tongue. This is why the

prophet was saying,

master your tongue. Master your tongue is resisting

this very easy way of talking because to

talk it's easy. It's very, very easy,

and you have to master your tongue through

your own consciousness and your understanding of what

could be said and should be avoided.

And we have in the Quran, yeah, you

had.

Oh, you who believe,

avoid, and be careful with anything which has

to be doubting and suspicion towards your brothers

and sisters because

part of suspicion

is,

sin that you have to avoid us. And

to the point also

and avoid against to spy on one another

and avoid insulting and using bad words towards

towards,

the others, to one another.

Because at the end, what you are doing,

it's as if you were eating

the flesh of your dead,

the the your dead brother

or sister,

and then you detest that. And what we

need to get here is that this relationship

was silence, this relationship with mastering words, it's

so important.

Many brothers and sisters

are completely obsessed with what they are eating.

It should be halal, but they are forgetting

what they are saying, what is getting out

of their mouth, not what is coming

in their mouth, which this,

when it comes to insulting, could be as

if you were eating

the dead flesh of your brother and sister.

That's essential in our spiritual journey to avoid,

speaking

bad words, insulting,

mocking the people,

learning silence,

mastering our words. It's a resistance that start

with our own heart, our own mind. It's

individual, but it has an impact on our

social life.

That's also to be considered while we are

fasting,

not drinking, not eating,

and sometimes it's very good and very important,

not talking too much.

Remember to tell the people you love that

you love them. Life is fragile.