Nothing Is More Powerful Than an Idea Whose Time Has Come

By Sumit Paul, New Age Islam 28 October 2022 Inscribed on the wall of my tiny pad are two well-nigh similar thoughts in Urdu and French, “Hazaar Barq Gire Laakh Aandhiyaan Utthein / Woh Phool Khil Ke Rahenge Jo Khilne Wale Hain “(Sahir Ludhianvi) And “There’s nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come “(Victor Hugo). Both the thoughts have always inspired me and whenever I feel down in the dumps, I look at them and the very next moment, my life bounces back. Human spirit is indomitable. It can be destroyed but cannot be defeated. Remember, life is an idea in a fluid and amorphous state. The moment we construct and concretise it, we realize its true potential. My Professor friend at Emory University in the US, mailed me that despite losing one eye and hand, the irrepressible Salman Rushdie is determined to write yet another book and continue to wage his crusade against fanaticism. This is the crux of existence: never to give up. When a Muslim fanatic stabbed me to kill but ended up cutting the tip of my middle finger, I realized that my time didn't come and whatever little is left, I must dedicate that to fighting against fanaticism of not just Islam but of all man-made rogue and rustic faiths. During the First World War, a promising cricketer lost one of his hands. Instead of crying over that and sulking that he'd never be able to play cricket and be out of the game forever, he decided to become an umpire and went on to become one of the greatest and most upright cricket umpires in the history of the game. He was the English umpire Frank Chester. Man is forever on test but every test carries a lesson in its womb because Nature designs every seemingly dampening episode or incident as a litmus test to assess an individual's gritty and dour approach to life. A so-called mishap is a coded message. We need to decode it to realize that it's actually a manna from heaven; a gift from the Universe. So, what's destined to happen will happen sooner or later. And it'll happen for a reason and purpose because Nothing is wasted, nothing is in vain/ The seas roll over but the rocks remain. ----- A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He has contributed articles to world's premier publications in several languages including Persian. URL: https://newageislam.com/spiritual-meditations/nothing-powerful-idea-time-/d/128285 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism