Being judgemental

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...

i recalled my days in high school and how i always took some time sneaking off to the back of the laboratory during biology class to look at the displays of preserved animals. there were rats, turtles, snakes, and a number of insects. waht fascinated me the most was the RAT. it was sustained in a cylindrical jar, submerged in a yellowish viscous liquid. the ventral part of its body was dissected and pushed apart exposing the insides. "i wouldnt want to touch a rat," i used to say to myself everytime i walked past the display. "dirty, nasty rodents,"

but i remembered vividly how the insides of the rat are much similar to the insides of a human. the stomach, oesophagus, intestines, they are all there (well, there are some minor differences but the major organs are there) so what distinguishes humans from rats? we are both creations of Allah, we breathe, we eat, we both have sensory organs that connects us to the exterior world... the major difference would be that Allah gave humans brains which are more complex and refined than the rats.

rats were made by Him in such a manner that we would take them as disgusting, nasty and dirty animals. on the other hand, Allah chose to recognise humans as His creation with elaborated minds who could decide and think for themselves, could perceive their surroundings through sensory means, to judge from experience, to make use of the brains to store information and memories. Allah is Most Reasonable and Fair, definitely and He has His reasons for these differences.

humans these days are rather funny. most of them chose to smear 'dirt' on themselves by committing sins, eating food from non-halal sources, practising riba and ignoring solat. don't they realise the value Allah had thrusted upon them? we chose to degrade ourselves by doing things that are against Allah's will, tainting and contaminating ourselves with countless sins. now, how are we different from rats? come to think of it, we may be worse off than rats. Okay, this may sound harsh, but that is not the case. note that my message here is that it is us who chose to make ourselves 'dirty', but Allah will never look at us that way. As sinful as we can get, Allah will always be there to accept us as we are, if we are willing to make amends.

Allah is Most Forgiving. Humans are imperfect, we make mistakes. but we must always keep ourselves in check, pull ourselves back on the right track, fix ourselves. Allah is always there to listen and accept our taubat.

"O men! Call to mind the grace of Allah unto you! is there a creator, other than Allah, to give you sustenance from heaven or earth? There is no god but He: how then are ye deluded away from the Truth? " (35:3)

"Dirty, nasty, rodents"? Astaghfirullah...