Tariq Ramadan – Ramadan Chronicles #30 Language
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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.