Education - Knowledge but not Wisdom

Education is a preparation for life but unfortunately today’s education system is designed to equip one with ways and means to ‘survive’ but not to ‘live’.

Present education gives us knowledge but not wisdom. Modern education lays great stress on the sharpening of the mind and can certainly help people to become clever.

Cleverness is not an attribute of the Wise but unfortunately in this materialistic age a clever person alone is regarded as great and accorded much respect. Cleverness would definitely help a person to be shrewd in worldly matters and achieve great success in this world. However, this is no blessing. A clever person is restless, does not enjoy peace and often goes through mental conflicts. He is a slave of his nafs (ego), which casts a veil over his eyes.

A true education system is one that teaches you about living along with techniques for survival. The word education means to draw that is already there within us like limitless joy, love, bliss, happiness, contentment etc. One should be equipped to deal with one’s fear, conflict, tension, stress jealousy and hurt.

Islam has a best holistic education system offered by the Creator from taking the humanity out from darkness to light and to lift the veil of ignorance.

Every individual and the families are going through lots of pain. The present married couples prefer to have pets as companions than to have children. One of the parents on the wedding of his daughter on offering congratulations, he remarks ‘one headache is over’. Today parents feel immense pressure from their siblings. Tense, fear and worries have gripped every one and this has led to lots of internal diseases like BP, HP, diabetics, gastric, heart ailments etc. all are self caused.

The Prophet (Pbuh) was sent as a Mercy for mankind and he was sent to perfect the characters of human beings. Allah says in the Qur’an that He sent the Prophet to purify, to teach and show wisdom.

We as the torch bearers of Peace for humanity has to shun our mental block and present Islam as a way of life to peace and spiritual success in both the worlds.

Today Islam has turned into ritualistic religion only performing certain rituals to possess Paradise after death. In nowhere we could smell and see application of Islam in our day-to-day life. If Islam was alive in the hearts of Muslims, its for sure, success will be under their feet, this is the promise Allah makes and Allah promises truth.

Let us awake! Allah will question us, as a witness over mankind for not taking on responsibility in fulfilling the covenant of Allah.