An Invitation to Peace

An Invitation to Peace
Take meaning away from a thing and it becomes empty. After all the
material progress and developments we’ve made, and all the ways
we’ve found to make our lifestyles more ‘advanced’ than those before
us, deep down in their hearts many people know they’ve lost
something; there’s an emptiness in the soul that no amount of
cosmetic commodities can fill. We’ve realised that inner fulfilment
doesn’t come in fancy packaging; it can’t be bought with money.
People run about chasing so many goals, trying to fulfil so many
dreams, and all the while they’re chased themselves by a feeling of
inevitable loss, knowing that everything they’re running after is
ultimately in vain, soon to be all over. Every passing second brings that
time of great loss a moment closer, so we know deep down in our
hearts that none of it has any meaning. How lonely is life and how
empty without finding and being able to live for something that will
truly remain forever, a real meaning! It’s to try to shut this out, the
‘yearning of the heart’, that people turn to alcohol and drugs and
drown themselves in loud music and entertainment. Ultimately, we
will always be restless and discontented until we fulfil the role that we
were designed for: to recognise the One who made us and the whole
vast universe, and to find our place in its harmony by submitting before
Him. He is the Supreme to whom the whole universe submits. Only
when a person does the same does he or she step out of the abyss of
dissatisfaction and discontent, for ‘only in the remembrance of God do
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hearts find peace’ .
It stands to reason that a God so benevolent and caring would reveal
guidance to human beings telling them about Himself and themselves
– that is, how we are to live for Him and so to achieve our purpose and
find peace, satisfaction and happiness. But with so many religions out
there that claim to be from Him, how can we know which one is really
revealed from Him, the guidance that will take us to Him?
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The Qur’an 13:28
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