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A hard hitting reality is being portrayed here. There is a big scope of how this can be applied, but I'll relate it to my own personal life. Ever been a die hard for some artist? I have. I loved certain hip-hop stars and I would buy their albums, search latest results on their albums and songs multiple times a day. It seemed very rational to me. These are skilled individuals. These are talented people that **deserve** my attention. It was completely justified. Would I recite some shameless lyrics and influence parts of my lifestyle according to whatever these artists believe in or preach? I did actually, yeah. I didn't think of it as a big deal, it was just fun pass time. Anyhow, it was until I later much later that I realised it wasn't just past time, but I essentially replaced important role models in sacrifice of me fanboying over these stars.
I dreamed about seeing them live in concerts, talking about them daily at school was routine. But its so interesting to me that I never, ever, put them in the context of the Last Day. Where would I be then? What would be my outlook towards them? I don't know why. It was almost like I was being blocked from going that far in my thoughts. SubhanAllah, just as the Quran breaks many of our mental barriers, this one barrier was completely demolished reading upon this two verses:
Allah put us in the spot. Now its obviously not just about me and my mindless following of hip-hop artists. Its bigger. Its about all those being followed and those following. The verse warns us that there will be those, that we will wish we had nothing to do with them, and they in fact will be the first to turn against us and negate having any effect on our actions and thoughts, and then we will be left in shock alone, completely regretful for all the time, money and effort wasted on following their lives. Weightless. What better example today than the social media culture of "likes" & "followers" and icon obsessions.
I'm certainly not saying all those followed and the followers lie under these verses, but they call the human being to think twice before making someone on their watchlist, subscriptions, newsfeed, etc. Are we willing to consume this content and let it be part of our influences for the days to come?
We have to make sure that when the end comes, we wouldn't be embarrassed to be associated with such people. That such people didn't contradict the teachings of our Prophet (s) and those who followed him (s). Thats really the gist.
Practically speaking; I actually hide certain people from facebook, for example, if all I am getting from this person things that I shouldn't be seeing. I try to be selective who I follow, what I subscribe to, etc. I feel like when I am too loose and not restraining this, I lose sight of my own thoughts and focus. I find myself not finding whats right, right and whats wrong, wrong. My own moral compass leans more towards what these people I follow dictate and not Allah...If that makes sense. Thats just me though.
We, believers, should be in awe of our mind and intellect that Allah has given us, and so this gives us the responsibility to be selective. And I mean selective in terms of what sort of input we allow to enter our eyes, hearts, and minds. Its a hard time for sure, may Allah make it easy for all us. Ameen.
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