past. One of your friends invites you to his house and you get there
by riding your horse. Now, what would happen if your friend totally
ignoresyou and starts feeding and looking after the horse only? You
will feel confused as yourself, the rider, was suppose to be the
guest, not the horse that you rode on.
The above situation sounds abnormal but thatis exactly what we are
doing today. Allah has given us a body and a soul. The soul rides on
thebody to pass through this world. In other words, thebody is like
the horse and the soul is like the rider ofthe horse. Today, we are
continuously busy in feeding and looking after the body but totally
ignored the well being of our souls. As a result, our souls have
become so weak without the spiritual food that it is notstrong enough
to even push us to go to the Masjid or wake up for Fajr prayer. Thus,
it is essentialthat we strengthen our soul with the spiritual food as
shown by Islam, such as keeping the company of the pious, recitation
of the Holy Quran, Dhikr of Allah and contemplating over the Greatness
of Allah.
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