It is like the wind, we can not see it but
we can feel it and we can think about it. What am I talking about? It is faith. As we know and J. Samuel Bois said in his book “The Art of Awareness”: “ We are the self-reflexive element -in the whole universe”. Above all the creatures in this Earth, we have the power of thinking, judging and meditating. Furthermore, humans' brain has from 10 to 100 billion neurons sending signals at a speed of 1.2 to 250 miles/hour. When you think about it, you can't even image how wonderful and powerful our brain is!
For those who are interested (and not interested) in learning more about the scientific miracles in the Quran (Coran), you can check these links:
Whatever is your belief in this life, just have the patience and passion to discover new ideas and thoughts and to think deeply about them because you have the awareness and the power to figure out discrete dimensions and to unveil the hidden truth. In fact, truth may be “hidden” because we don't want to see it. :)
Now, allow me to offer you the opportunity to discover through this article the Mosque of Tokyo and the Turkish center (Tokyo Camii) which is located in 1-19, Ohyama-Cho, Shibuya-Ku. I visited it with my two Japanese friends in the afternoon of the same day when I visited the Buddhist temple. So I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart because they were adorable and they actually offered to me this nice opportunity that I am sharing with you. :)
There, I've prayed "Al Asr". But I was quiet surprised to discover the emptiness of the Mosque. Only -maybe- 15 people were praying. In fact, they are not many Muslims in Japan. And in the library of the Mosque, you can't find books written in Japanese about Islam (I just have seen only one).
I've been in many Mosques in my country and in the Mosque of Paris, but this visit was really special because it taught me how nice we could be to each other without having the same believes and visions in this life. In fact, my both friends weren't Muslims but they tried to understand what I believe in and to know more about it. What happened this afternoon reminds me with the wonderful speech that Moez Masood delivered about “the true meaning of Islam”. So please share it with me through this link (it will take only 5mn:20sc of your time):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDJVUnX0rwQ&feature=related
The Mosque is so nice but our hearts and respect to everyone's thoughts and feelings should be nicer.;)
I hoped you shared with me this wonderful feeling of the human harmony and communication. And finally I can say that the brain's billions of neurons are connected with one another in complex networks as we are to every human being in this universe.
I pray Allah (God) for my friends and all human mankind all over the world to show them the right way and to enlighten their minds and hearts to discover the most beautiful and immutable truth in this Universe: the existence and the love of Allah (God).
Hey! Never forget to fulfill your day with faith, love, beauty and justice because maybe the time that you have now, you won't have tomorrow.
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"O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes that you may know each other (not that you may despise each other)." (The Qur'an, Al Hujurat, 49: 13)
2 commentaires:
Dear Islem
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
I am interested in the Japanese culture, and I would like to know more about it.
In your post, you said that " in the library of the Mosque, you can't find books written in Japanese about Islam (I just have seen only one)". This makes me think of the exchange between our culture and the Japanese culture.
The Japanese possess a powerful mean to introduce their culture to the world. They do it using the Manga (Japanese comics and cartoons). Who doesn't know about the ninja or the samurai? Who has never seen the sliding doors of the traditional Japanese houses? Most people and even children know that these are parts of the Japanese history and culture. Usually, Manga reflects the Japanese culture. In a Manga you can see how the buildings look like in Japan. You’ll also know about the Japanese history as well as the new style of life in Japan. Mangas attracts too many people in the world and they are translated to many different languages. So they are an efficient mean used by Japanese people to communicate their culture to the world.
Unfortunately, we don’t have such a powerful mean to introduce our culture to others. (Here I am speaking of the Arab Islamic culture). We aren't even able to provide many books or web-sites written in Japanese. You said that you found only one book written in Japanese in the mosque. This means that the number of books written to present our culture to Japanese people is very limited.
I think this is essentially due to the fact that very few Arabs are able to write correctly in Japanese. I started leaning Japanese two years ago, and our teacher, who is Japanese, always tell us that it is not difficult to learn how to speak the Japanese language, but learning how to write in Japanese is too complicated, and it usually takes several years. So I think that we really need to make too much effort if we want to communicate our culture to Japanese people. We need persons having a very strong will to inform others about our culture and history.
Hi Islem,
I hope you are enjoying the life in Japan.
Tokyo University is about 5mn walk from Tokyo Camii......
By the way, speaking about the arabic glory, 'salt el Joma' in this mosque is held in three languages: Japanese, Turkish, and English..They don't use the Arabic language.
See you soon
Mahdi
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