Deep thinking

This is the first Harun Yahya book I’ve read, I’m not going to do a review about it as I don’t think it needs one, it’s an excellent book with excellent photographs. Instead I’m going to write some points that the author outlines, which I think are really simple but are often overlooked. The book basically shows how muslims should/n’t think, some of the ways of doing this, how to be constantly reminded about Allah and the hereafter, and how to avoid becoming to materialistic.

• People (including myself ) behave as if they are going to be alive forever, and act as if there will be no death. However when this life is over, the eternal life will begin, where we begin it (paradise or hell fire) will depend on our behaviour in this world. So really shouldn’t we spend this life in a manner which will remind us that we could die anytime rather than never??
• We should always think positively, i.e. instead of being jealous of a person who is more attractive than ourselves we should consider their good looks as a creation of Allah, we should hope that Allah will give that person as well as ourselves true beauty in the hereafter also.
• We shouldn’t think about petty little anxieties, i.e. if I don’t pass my exams I’ll fail the year, I’ll have to drop out of uni, I won’t get a good job, I won’t get married etc etc. These are all caused by satan’s whisperings and there is little use in thinking such things as ultimately Allah is in control of everything.
• Allah has created this world imperfect and flawed, in order to test us, however this should make us strive for paradise even more so, as we see so much beauty in a flawed world then imagine how much there would be in paradise
• We should not look at things in a habitual way, i.e. we shouldn’t begin to see things as ordinary and every day. This is because Allah has bestowed them upon us and he may take them away from us at any time, so we should think of things as blessings from Allah rather than things we have bought with our hard earned cash!!
• There are many opportunities during the day for us to be reminded of Allah, for example the fact that we have woken up is due to Allah, we have to go to sleep to rest our bodies, this is a sign of our imperfection compared to Allah’s perfection. Our bodies have been created so that each part is balanced and harmonious with other parts of our body thanks to Allah. The fact that many of the foods we eat grow out of the dark, dirty earth yet they are so full of colour, a beautiful fragrance and taste shows the power that Allah posses’.

There’s much more examples in the book and I would recommended it to everyone, but I’ll stop before I reword the whole book!!