Saima Sher Fazal

Average is now unique,  common so rare.  Laymen extinct! Specialists all the rage. Everyone's a skeptic. Skepticism's new age. Simplicity, faith and wisdom   an anomaly, as 'Tis the modern age .

'Cause and effect' is not easily comprehended unless we comprehend that a cause is also an effect of another cause. There are causes and effects occurring simultaneously in this world creating parallel realities. We cannot comprehend all of them ever as Human logic/mind/ perception is but limited. This is why Muslims are taught to have twakul( trust/ faith) in the eternal and the unseen wisdom/power of their lord. Which is beyond comprehension. So whenever you feel overwhelmed by the reality around you. Embrace your deficient comprehension and say: لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله There is no power ( capable of encompassing, comprehending, encountering and overpowering all kinds of cause and effect) nor might save in Allah SWT.

Intolerant and rigid mindsets are THE problem. A lot goes into them before they become so rigid. In the simplest terms I can find : absence of love, hope and faith. When such mindsets turn to religion to identify themselves and to fill that gaping void formed due to the absence of the aforementioned assets and 'family schisms' .They are often met with people quite similar to themselves. They attract thought patterns similar to their own. Rejecting love and hope as they haven't learned to incorporate it in their behaviour. Faith becomes a tool to spread their negativity rather than a source of strength, twakkul, hope and love. Thus instead of spiritually prospering as human beings they shrivel into a shadow of their original self. Lost and inhumane! They are a living embodiment of the wrongs we have all inflicted upon ourselves as a community by not fulfilling our duty where it was due. When this goes on for decades such mindsets become strong and hard to counter.