Worth of a Human

Human by Lachlan Dempsey

Pick a sand particle from floor, look at it, zoom yourself in a little, think about its worth. It is worthless. A human being is like this sand particle, worthless.

If you look at the design, color, structure of the speck, it is complicated enough to confuse us. This is human, more beautiful than all the sciences, imaginations and creations.

We fail more, because we either consider us too small to be of a value. Or we consider ourselves too big to be of Only value. Either too humble or too proud.

Lesson from life of Prophet PBUH

Arab by Ajid Sandhu

We have symbolised our Prophet. It looks ugly and distorted. More I search about him on google, more we have blurred his message. Labelled him super natural, out of this world, majestic and un-reachable. This is not how Prophet PBUH wanted himself in 2020.

He wanted libraries, co-working spaces, laboratories, research centres inside the mosques. He did not want his name would be decorated with glittering letters and hanged on signboards.

Umar ibn al-Khattab reported:- I entered the room of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, while he was lying on his side over a mat. I sat down as he drew up his lower garment and he was not wearing anything else. The mat had left marks on his side. I looked at the Prophet’s cupboard and I saw a handful of barely in a small amount, the same of mimosa leaves in the corner, and a leather bag hanging to the side. My eyes started to tear up, and the Prophet said, “What makes you weep, son of Khattab?” I said, “O Prophet of Allah, why should I not cry that this mat has left marks on your side and I see little in this cupboard? Caesar and Khosrau live among fruits and springs, while you are the Messenger of Allah and His chosen, yet this is your cupboard.” The Prophet said, “O son of Khattab, are you not pleased that they are for us in the Hereafter and for them in the world?” I said, “Of course.”
- Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1479

Look at yourself. You carry yourself in a car, sit in an office, eat from the restaurants and go on walks at night. Thinking, Islam allows luxury, freedom and a rich lifestyle.

You value yourself more than the speck on the floor. You are not humble. Not worthy of the luxury. Not the way, your Prophet PBUH would have been proud of you.

A Complicated Creature

Infinite by Cody Fitzgerald

It is not measurable, the evaluation of a human being. It is gigantic. It can think, smell, talk, write and read. It is one super powerful machine. There is nothing stopping it from reaching the moon, the sun and the stars. One day, it all will be in its reach. The human will conquer it all.

Conclusion

If you think, you are a valuable machine. You will be carried away with the notion, the pride and selfishness. If you think you are small, you will become humble, low and lifeless.

The answer lies in the book of Quran. You do not measure yourself. You do not give yourself credit. You do not tell the world it is ‘you’ the solution. You do not say ‘no’ to a problem. You just exist. There. Out in the open. All vulnerable and deadly. All small yet lively. All sanity yet crazy. All wisdom yet childly. You just exist there. Not asking, why, how and when. Just there, in between the worthiness and worthlessness.