Intellectualism is, merely, a term that goes around these days, be it not a new trend, but it was transforming into something horrific, something out of the contextualisation and knowledge.
Most of those, recklessly, ascribing themselves to this word, are, without a doubt, ignoramuses of its essence in the sight of those mobilized it, and they are in need of the pure knowledge, which is based on authority and wisdom, for them to detect whereabouts of its meaning and connotation.
Intellectual is, as the Longman defined him, a person who works and lives by using his mind, and who is interested in activities which include thinking and understanding rather than feeling and doing.
The big gist in Longman's definition is:
1. An Intellectual works and lives using his mind not his Religion: This is why every thing, be it religious or not, is subject of discussion before him, and of course, no authority would let to prevail over his mind.
2. An Intellectual uses his thinking and understanding not his feeling and doing: With this he sees no passion in resting underneath the religious commandments and supreme laws.
It is very unfortunate to see an ignorant intellectual delving into the pure business of knowledge without the hub of:
1. Pure intention: That gives a retentive force of endurance.
2. Patience: That helps a person to achieve his goals.
3. Submission: To the purpose of Almighty's Law!
And the most annoying, at the end, is he who will be fighting those passed through an opaque wall of knowledge to enlighten their life, and the life of those surrounded them, free of a single charge.
Most of those yielding with the world of 'Intellectualism' are, if the truth to be told, thirsty of what real scholarship is, since they expect it to be a blasphemy, sometime, and propelling insult on everything Islamic in general, or Sunnatic in most cases.
They are about Islamic creed or faith, either Jahmites, Mu'utalites, or Ashrites, and, in most circumstances, were stepping into everything controversial, everything crossed the boarder of:
1. Religion: For they have opined that, without liberalism, Islam which is the only religion in the sight of Allah, would remain outdated, uncivilised, and static.
2. Morality: You can find them everywhere in the hulk of 'Casu', 'Zubarwa', and 'Holewa', and no doubt, for it seek they were affiliating the devoted Muslims to Harshness, Extremism, and Fanaticism.
3. Culture: That is categorised In Islamic Law as its recognised particle of arranging juristic issues and verdicts.
Furthermore, all they want is to bring the people's submission to the will of Allah (S. W. T) and His Messenger (S. A. W) down with fluidly assertions, that are nothing but illusions, intuitions, and hallucinations in the name of Intellectualism, Reasoning, and Thinking.
Some of them are mentally sick; for the boarder less reading they had imposed themselves to, without an authentic faith and creed to estop vices that sneak, while they are reading, into the most softest particle of the human body: heart is weak, and the misconception is magnetic!
Some of them are busiest critics of religiously firmed matters, with a little they have in the knowledge and wisdom, these are, mostly, brainwashed by the oriental view of the Religion.
Some of them are running behind a worldly gain, you could simply say, they are materialistic and hedonistic, even if they claim to be socially and mystically framed.
Some of them are disobeying the Creator to imprint happiness in the atrium of the created by abusing his Laws and Orders, in the name of revivalism and construction; what an ignorance!
Besides, if you want to be an intellectual in their sight, you should be either feel free to criticise Islamic Knowledge by ascribing it to the non professionalism or to step out of revelation to understand it. Although, their portion in every discussion is nothing but the wording that can't uplift a reasonable person to a new fact.
One of them could boast of his mad reading, but the essence of his understanding couldn't exceed the habit of installing viruses into his heart and art, with the aid of his wandering in the wilderness, with the so-called love of wisdom, he, unfortunately, misled by the misconceptions, and one would never be in a caged of deviance, if he chose to be guided by the light of the Religion, Morality, and Culture.
To conclude, the hut of intelligence, should be mentored by the religion, morality, and culture in understanding the human life, and this deals with justice and honor for the pious predecessors' stance about the living issues that has nothing to do with religion, for the time varied, so did the circumstance and environment.
Thereupon, do not justify vices, such as: Atheism, Polytheism, and Homosexuality, in the name of tolerance, for the tolerant is he who calls to the Almighty's way with wisdom and good admonition, for the religion itself is the admonition.
For the afore-mentioned, do not reject the cconcept of authoritarianism and fundamentalism in the name of fight against fanaticism and terrorism, for a one could be an authoritarian and fundamental in his religion without being a fanatic or terrorist, for the both concepts are without religious affiliation, and this circumstance taught us that an Atheist could be fanatic or terrorist, even if he says: Atheism is not a religion, but study sees it as a religion of disowning the religions.
So, seek knowledge at the school: before the real scholars; scholars' parlour is the first school to be existed, attain its blessings, and the best student, I know, is he who strives to learn in the language of his religion, to, simply, escape the fallacy of the mischievous translators and padding of false interpreters.
However, Ignorance couldn't takes its people to a success in their religious and worldly life, and knowledge guides to honesty in one's wordings and actions; please yourself with the basic knowledge of your religion, with it, neither a devil nor his agents: proclaimed intellectual, could lead you astray.
May Allah save us!
©Ibrahim Lawal Soro
02. 01. 2018 C. E
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