Assalamualaikum,
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The Duniawi-Ukhrawi Paradox
Duniawi means worldly things and Ukhrawi means heavenly things things which are related to the world of the hereafter. One of the basic tenets of Islam is the existence of the world of the hereafter called akhirat. It is in this world of akhirat a person's deeds in the present world are evaluated and judged by Allah for his palcement in the eternal destination of either Jannah (heaven) or Jahannam/Nar (hell). Every single detail of a person's deeds in the present world will be uncovered and queried. Thus, whatever deed that is done in the present world has a bearing or will be accounted for in the world of the hereafter. Therefore what is done in this world is related to the world of the hereafter. In other words, the duniawi things, no mater how minue they are, are related to the ukhrawi matters.
This concept here has a very profound effect on every Muslim in the sense that it guides the Muslim's conduct of behaviour known an akhlak. A Muslim is always guided by the fac that whatever things that he does will be accounted for in the akhirat, be it done in public or in private. A Muslim will be constantly guided by halal/haram injuctions and by sin/reward reminders. It must be clearly understood that in Islam, the religion is not seperated from then wprldly life, in fact Islam guides every aspect of this worldly life of man, and at the same time gides jis heavenly life as well. In modern terminology there is no seperation of the state and the religion ascompared to the present Christian dogma of seperation state and church.
Islam does not bestow absolute power to man, it only delegates it. Absolute power is only in the hands of Allah. Thus the phrase
Give Unto God What is God's
Give Unto Ceaser What is Ceaser's
is non-existent in Islam, simply because he duniawi-ukhrawi paradox holds in every aspect of life. In the more important and complex undertakings such as governing a country, or bigger still, ruling the ummah, the guidence of the deen of Islam must be incessantly invoked. Without which, the true path, that is the Path of Allah is missed.
وَيْلٌلِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
Woe to those
That deal in fraud
الَّذِينَإِذَااكْتَالُواْعَلَى النَّاسِيَسْتَوْفُونَ
Those who, when they
Have to receive by measure
From men, exact full measure
وَإِذَاكَالُوهُمْأَووَّزَنُوهُمْيُخْسِرُونَ
But when they have
To give by measure
Or weight to men
Give less than due
أَلَايَظُنُّأُولَئِكَأَنَّهُممَّبْعُوثُونَ
Do they not think
That they will be called
To account?
لِيَوْمٍعَظِيمٍ
On a Mighty Day
يَوْمَيَقُومُالنَّاسُلِرَبِّالْعَالَمِينَ
A Day when (all) mankind
Will stand before
The Lords of the Worlds
كَلَّاإِنَّكِتَابَالفُجَّارِلَفِي سِجِّينٍ
Nay! Surely the Record
of the Wicked is
(Preserved) in Sijjin
وَمَاأَدْرَاكَمَاسِجِّينٌ
And what will explain
To thee what Sijjin is
كِتَابٌمَّرْقُومٌ
(There is) a Register
(Fully) inscribed
وَيْلٌيَوْمَئِذٍلِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to tjhose
That deny
الَّذِينَيُكَذِّبُونَبِيَوْمِالدِّينِ
Those that deny
The Day of Judgement
وَمَايُكَذِّبُبِهِ إِلَّاكُلُّمُعْتَدٍأَثِيمٍ
And none can deny it
But the Transgrassor
Beyond bounds
The Sinner!
إِذَاتُتْلَىعَلَيْهِآيَاتُنَاقَالَ أَسَاطِيرُالْأَوَّلِينَ
When Our Signs are rehearsed
To him, he says,
"Tales of the Ancients!"
كَلَّابَلْ رَانَعَلَىقُلُوبِهِممَّا كَانُوايَكْسِبُونَ
By no means!
But on their hearts
is the stain of the (ill)
Which they do
كَلَّاإِنَّهُمْعَنرَّبِّهِمْيَوْمَئِذٍلَّمَحْجُوبُونَ
Verily, from (the Light
Of) their Lord, that Day,
Will they be veiled
ثُمَّإِنَّهُمْلَصَالُوالْجَحِيمِ
Further, they will enter
The Fire of Hell
ثُمَّيُقَالُهَذَاالَّذِيكُنتُم بِهِتُكَذِّبُونَ
Further, it will be said
To them: "This is
The (reality) which ye
Rejected as false
(Al Mutaffifin 83: 1-17)
The above surah (chapter) of the Al Qur'an clearly warns about the accountability of men inthe Day of Judgement, called the Mighty Day in this surah.Therefore it is clear now that in Islam, the duniawi undertakings as common as business dealings have the ukhrawi implications as unveiled by the verses above.
It is for this reason, the fatwa (religious decree) made by the ulamaks (the learned Islamic scholars) of the then government of the state of Kelantan in Malaysia prior to 1986 general election was a sad thing in Islam. It read: elections have no connection wih the world of the hereafter.
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