Reply to Sabrina for putting a word for my book:
Sabrina, have you read Archie comics? When Archie does something good and Veronica says good he replies by saying thank you for noticing it!! Because it's enough for him that Veronica notices him!!!
So, thank you for noticing it, Sabrina!!! And yes I hope something good comes out of it. Thanks really.
But Sabrina there is another aspect which somehow I enjoy more! When I think I've done something good for instance and the response is not good; I feel better! It may seem crazy and a bit philosophical but the fact of the matter is my heart testifies then that God is overseeing it!
This thought actually stems from the fact when I see Muhammad's life (prophet Muhammad). He had to bear zero responses, in fact, most negative responses, when he presented God's word to his friends with whom he spent 40 years in the small town of Mecca.
Instead of being heard, since in those 40 years, he was the mainstay of his people called the trustworthy, he was ridiculed when he poked the very intellect of his friends and tribesmen.
Sabrina, it was their intellect that Muhammad poked. Sheer intellect. Neither emotions nor what made anybody happy.
The intellect aspect of reaching God excites me to the core! God, Himself, wants us (His servants) to decipher each sign at an intellectual level. Not less. Yes, we have differing levels. Yes, we have our idiosyncrasies too. But God is just too happy with this. He just wants to reach Him through an intellectual journey and effort and not through blind following and emotional stuff.
That's why my Book is a 'Traveller in the Quest for Truth' and not one who has attained the Truth. Because the journey is endless! That is why God yearns and admires our attitude in this journey; not the end result!
God bless.
Aamir
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