by Muhammad Yunus, New Age Islam
Columnist and an
Islamic scholar Muhammad Yunus of New Age Islam beautiful conveys the message
of Quran and Islam regarding behaviour in following lines:
- “Thus We have made you a justly
balanced community, that you may be witnesses to humanity…” (2:143).
Traditionally, Muslims
restrict their religiosity to the five pillars of faith, and are known globally
for their symbolic devotional gestures, like the height or shape of mosque
minaret, external grooming in terms of style of beard, turban, veiling of a
woman; exactness in the articulation of Qur’anic words, or in body movement
during salah etc. but the forgoing paradigms of conduct hardly appear in
Islamic discourses or even in the religious grooming of youngsters at family
level. The Qur’an expects the Muslims to act as a witness to humanity as the
Prophet was a witness to his immediate audience. They can hardly represent the
noble Prophet if they, among other things, remain ignorant of the basic
behavioral norms expected of them as listed above. The Qur’an, however, is a
reminder to all humanity (6:90, 12:104, 38:87, 68:52, 81:27) (zikrul lil
‘alamin) and as such its behavioral paradigms are for all people, and if the
Muslims look around with open eyes, they will find countless people of other
faiths, who never read the Qur’an or even loath it, excelling in compliance
with the Qur’anic paradigms.
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