Humanity

Saeed Rigi
B.Com (Final Year)
 

Humanity is a natural phenomenon/effect. Humanity is friendship with each other. Humanity is living together with happiness. Humanity is loving each other.                      

The word of humanity has many definitions and these four opinions belong to different view points. All these ideas are correct, and I accept them but in my opinion the only problem is that with only one of the above ideas humanity doesn’t come to anyone. Let me explain my opinion so that you also understand what I mean.

What does humanity mean? It is meant to be a human, to behave like a human. What does it mean to behave like a human? How does a human behave? A human should be a human, should behave with kindness with people, should not tell lie, should not cheat, should not let hate comes in his/her life, should try to not bring greed in his/her life, should not ridicule those who are backwarded, and there should be altruism in his/her heart.

Where does humanity come from? Humanity has come from that time when there was no anyone in this world except Adam and Eve. They knew God and they believed in the God. Then God taught them how to be kind with each other, how to help each other, taught them how to work and what to do and what not to do. Therefore, it has come step by step from generation to generation and has reached to us by our ancestors.

In my opinion humanity hasn’t come to our life yet..! If humanity was in our society then why many people are killed? Why do many children become orphan? Why do many women become widow? Why there is insecurity? Why there is discrimination between Caucasians and Negros? Why there should be war between tribes and nations? Why all people are not assimilated? Why there is oppression over oppressed? All these are because that still humanity hasn’t come to our life. There is no any humanity at the present. I do not believe in humanity with the people who are living in present time. How do I believe in humanity when I see crimes, hypocrisy, fraud, etc? Well, these all are my opinions and other ideas are respectable for me too. 

Is humanity concerned with religions? Of course, yes, but not with all religions. There are many people who do not believe in religion and they don’t worship any God. Worshiping a God integrate a person to humanity and restraints him/her of doing bad works. Those people who do not believe in God, say that for doing good works it is not necessary to worship a God, and at first we have to be human then we can decide to accept God or not. But how a person can be a human without believing God? What are the ways that take a person to humanity? It’s true that humanity is the most important thing in a person’s life that he/she can think about, but without any guide and leader how a person can come to know what to do is good and what to do is bad. For being a human we should learn how to love our fellows. How to help poor and helpless, how to be kind with orphans, and how to pay parent rights.

Without worshiping a God a person draws to aberration and he/she does whatever he/she wants and he/she does not scare of anyone, because he/she doesn’t believe in God. He/she doesn’t think with himself/herself if I do this bad work then God will punish me, etc. Its is really shameful to write that some Muslims are in this belief that if we want to do something good or bad, we do, and don’t scare of God. They say if we don’t do bad things and always do good things then other people think that we scare of God, and that is why we do good works. They say fearing God is not good and we have to only respect God. Tell me what will happen if they think that you are scared of God? Let them think that you are scared of God. You have to be proud of yourself to be scared of God. So, how do you expect that humanity come on their life? God has showed us the ways which are going to humanity and we have to follow them in our daily life. As I see nobody do these things in their life and I have to say, unfortunately humanity has gone from this world and will never ever back to us.  

Humanity in Islam

Some people are in this believe that Islam has caused humanity doesn’t be among Muslim and that’s why they say humanity doesn’t concerned with  religions. Why do they think like this? First of all, where from humanity was originated? As I mentioned above, it had come from two persons a man and a woman who created by God, who were taught by God and then has reached to us generation by generation. Now, while you learnt humanity from your fathers and grandfathers you say that humanity doesn’t concerned with religions and it is a natural phenomenon/effect.

Why there are many Muslims who escape from commands which God has given in Quran? Why they do not want to accept that the prophet of Islam has banned not to call your slave as slave and your servant as servant, perhaps call them as brother, son, sister and daughter. Why they insist to call them slave or servant? Aren't they human? Is it because that they don’t have money to prepare food and clothes for their family and that’s why they work for you!? Replace yourself beside one of them; how would you like people to behave with you? Would you like they call you as ‘hey slave/servant’ come and do this work fast? So, be kind with those who are working under your supervision.

Also there are many people in this believe that those who get marry twice or thrice are doing a non human act. They say that Islam has caused all these things...!

Why there is polygamy in Islam? How Islam allows men to marry four women? Is it a human act? Yes, this is a human act and Islam has allowed them because there have been many widows who have been needed support and help of a man. There have been many girls who have been back warded and no body was going to marry them. Islam has allowed them to accept them as second wife and third wife and help them. If they (girls/women) are not satisfied then why they are going to be a wife for them!? Why they accept to marry them? Now, tell me is it a non human act if a man marries a widow who doesn’t have any shelter, who doesn’t have anyone to help her? Is this a non human act if a man marries a girl who is backwarded and nobody is going to marry her? Is it a non human act if one causes that the wishes of a widow and a backwarded girl go towards reality? Now, tell me that, is humanity concerned with Islam or not?

Islam has come to announce for those who are selling slave that to have good behavior with inferiors and do goodness for your parent rights, don’t disregard your neighbors’ rights, help helpless and give your slaves humanity rights, don’t be pride and haughtiness, and don’t cheat and fraud. God says you know that I don’t like cheaters and those who are pride. The prophet of Islam said, a person who his/her fellow brother works for him/her must give him/her of his/her own meal which he/she eats himself/herself, wears him/her like himself/herself. Nobody should say to his/her slave/servant that he/she is my slave or servant, they should say he/she is my brother, sister, son or daughter.

Islam has come to announce those who are living in this world, there is no priority right upon Arabian over non Arabian and vice versa, also blackness over Caucasian and vice versa, except with honesty and abstinence of doing bad deeds.

Some people are in this believed that those emotions which exist in humans and called as humanity are those emotions which exist naturally in a healthy person. They say when a healthy person sees that one of his/her fellows has fell down on the ground and has pain, surely he/she will help him/her whether he/she is Muslim or non Muslim. If there was humanity in a person he/she would abstain of these bad works which he/she knows that are harmful for others, but they are wrong and there is no natural humanity in anyone and it doesn’t come to anybody without religion. An irreligious man/woman doesn’t know parent rights, women rights which in Quran God says that man and woman are equal and no one has preference over each each other, slaves and servants’ rights, neighbors’ rights, etc. 

 I don’t reject the above sentence that if they see a person who fell down in the street they don’t help him/her, they have to help him/her and take him/her to hospital. If a person doesn’t do this small work for his fellows, then he/she can not be different from an animal. I  mean that this is not everything to make a person a real human.

Humanity includes, worshiping a God who guides us to do good works and don’t do bad works. There should not be enmity in this small world which is not permanent, and all should like each other. There should be altruism between humans. There should not be discrimination between breeds, there should not be discrimination between kingship and salve, and also black and white are assimilated for each other. If it becomes like this then its called humanity, otherwise I have to say there is no any word called humanity.