My idea of Mosque & Quran in year 2020

Boulder United States by Owen Wassell

You want wealth, a sober income, a safe future, fun life today and a beautiful wife? Believe me, Islam is the solution. It is not at all labels, thuds and noise. Not boring books and lifeless lessons. Not a cleric standing on a podium and lecturing you to sleep. It is not what you see on youtube, in mosque and in Mecca. It is not a colorless religion. It is a beautiful way of life.

Let’s discuss Islam in its totality.

1. Mosque is the source of light

2. Fun / Truth / Adventure is Core of Quran

Mosque, the Source of Light

Abu Dhabi Mosque by Alana Harris

Mosque / Church / Temple is not what you see today. It is hub of our culture, a source o light, a place to gather and discuss ideas. Let’s discuss 2020 revolving around a mosque built on these lines:-

1 A big 12 x 10 Feet Video Wall hanging beside the cleric on a Friday Sermon. He starts with confidence, walks in front of the TV, tells people the map of Mecca, Madina, Hijaz, Libya, Palestine and Egypt. Briefly covers the life of Companions with red dots marked as pins on Silver-ly Google Maps. Gets louder as he walks the podium. Absorbs the attention. Grabs the motion of the lecture. A Friday sermon turns into a motivational lecture. As he sits after a 30 minutes speech, the entire audience feels pumped, rushed and pushed to take life changing measures in the following week, until another cleric briefs on this large Video Wall, standing beside a rostrum.

2 The mosques have a corner where iMacs, Macbooks, iPads and Cameras are placed. This is a circular room like an Apple Store. 2 hours a cleric teaches JavaScript and the next 2 hours another cleric teaches “how to shoot good photos on DSLR”. Kids love this part of their mosque. They rush there during their hour of interest and imagine their future success.

3 Another hall, a wide space, in a corner, handles marriages / social issues of widows, poor and weak. Where the lessons of courage are shared with our daughters to pull them out of man dominant goofy version of Islam. They find courage, love and freedom in this hall. They become riders of front lanes of our battles, kill their opponents and roar like Khawla Bint e Zarrar (ra). They become a walking symbol of pride.

4 The TV in the mosque, 12 x 10 Ft wide, hanging in the center of the hall has a software that connects all the mosques in the world over internet. Software is showing rows of major society issues, being flagged by other mosques in the region. A poor in Karachi fails to fund his child’s education studying abroad in China, is flagged in his hometown mosque in Karachi. The red flag pops up across all the mosques. The TV watched 5 times a day by people of good hearts, will put in their all to fix these red flags. You will see the passion, the charisma, the grace and the style of Islam, with which people rush towards helping others. This child, receives donation in a click from Islamabad. The flag is resolved. No more people finding it hard to fund their children’s education. No more weak people in the outskirts of Myanmar. No more losses of wealth, health and power in Mumbai. One small villager in Bengal, is channeled strength through these mosques by an entire Unmah. This way our mosques will solve our society, the ugly version of Islam, and liberate us of our poverty.

Mosque of 624

Green Wood by Dlanor S

The mosque in year 624 was our community center. We found hope here. The plan to fight the Quraysh here. We fixed our marriages sitting on its dusty floors. We found friends, leaders and mentors here. We found inspiration here. We were ruling hearts. Once we felt the pain of Prophet (PBUH), we glorified our mosques and turned them into libraries, laboratories and universities. We got out of poverty, built defence systems, road networks and welfare systems.

But, we moved our mosques out of hearts, streets and cities. We decorated them with better stones and bold sculptures. We made them a good place to take a good photograph. We turned them into a monument, that only looks good. As we took life out of our mosques, we lost the battle. The battle to fight poverty, failures and downs. The battle to find passion, love and glory. The battle to take the wheel and drive our homes to success. Today, in year 2020, we have deformed the shape of our mosques.

Quran is only Fun / Truth & Adventure

Situ Cileunca, Indonesia by Azka Nurakli

1 Noah’s Ark was built in his life time (~ 850 years). People mocked him, ridiculed him and dragged him. He did not give up on some negative remarks.

2 Musa stood in the court of Firown. Heard the drums, the loud chains and beats. Saw the strength of a king in all its might. He was a hardened wall against all the shelling, tanks and artillery.

3 Prophet PBUH walked head down, focused and dedicated towards his goal. At times embraced criticism, other times felt the pits and mostly faced the wrath of the Meccans.

Quran is all these things. It is all about taking risks, acting adventurous and trusting your guts.

Take inspiration from Quran

Guys, if you want to succeed, become as ruthless as Nuah. If you want to crush your goals be as steadfast as Musa. If you want to live your life to your fullest, be as adventurous as Muhammad. It will let you carry yourself with style, grace and power. It will make you invincible. The crowd will love you. You will get money, the best house out there and above all, a life lasting sense of fulfilment. Following it, you will not break, have faith, not one day of your life, believe, no more depression, imagine, a life of colors.

Conclusion

Pratapgarh, India by Ronak Jain

The google headquarters, facebook spaces and the apple stores are the real Islam. Clean, Humble, Uniform and Just. Where people talk ideas, builds products and serves humanity. Our mosques are these mega factories which were once google, facebook and apple stores of Muslims. We, the king, the soldier and the weak, stood together and built nations. We wrote scripts of the next block busters. We sat here happy, shared our meals and fought like good people. We spoke truth, kept Quran in our hearts and roared. Our war cries were loved, remembered and recorded. We ruled this life like kings. Through these mosques we liberated the ugly , dull , boring disgust out of our societies.

If you say Islam is not modern. You are saying it wrong. In fact, the world is not modern enough to understand Islam.