In the connotation of the book Quran Muslim has a peaceful and submissive nature, it has nothing to do with his occupation, religion, skill, race, gender, dress, eating habits or his ability to make peace with others or to stop fights between two persons or groups.
Islam or Muslim has more to do with peace within than outside. If our internal immune system is strong no outside force or disease can harm us. Peaceful mind in all circumstances is a blessing, which only few can achieve. Outside turmoil must not destabilise our inner peace.
A dishonest person, a selfish person, a person with arrogance, ego, dishonesty, pride cannot be a Muslim even if he/she has contributed to the world.
In the context of the book Quran, muslim is one who breaks all the idols, hindrances, disputes, conflicts, rivalries, fears, greed, jealousy, anxiety developing in his/ her own mind and subdue them to peace and is harmony in alignment with masjid haram (sacred humbleness). Filthy thoughts (mushrik) are not allowed to enter in masjid i haram (our own sacred mind). 9:28
Masjid i Haram is our own sacred house (bayat al-haram) our own Qibla (accepted direction) built in our own mind for those who want to repair (hajj) themselves with the guidance from al-kitab our inherent script.
We all have unique scripts. To each is assigned roles but to fulfill any role first we need to cleanse our house and have have peace within. Bayat in the context of the book Quran is our house of thoughts where we use our intellect to bring peace and security to our agitated mind (naas).
People ask me if everything is within (batin) us then what is outside (zahir). Deen begins from inside (batin) then gradually manifests (Zahir) outside. Growth always take place from hidden (batin) then appeared or demonstrated outside. Work must first begin silently from within, let your success emit sound. I am not debunking the value of facade or outside appearance but top priority must be given to interior substance. Deen is contribution and if we are hollow from inside how will we contribute.
I am just a simple translator of the book Quran, I can bring peace with my exegesis, you must be a honest businessman, you can bring peace by your contributions, Scientists can bring inventions, Doctors can treat, Engineers, Lawyers, labour, employee everyone can contribute for better tomorrow but first they must have peace within. We can offer our cup of peace to others only when our cup is full with peace.
Our respective scripts will automatically push us towards peace only if we are following the inherent script (al-kitab) sincerely.
Peace is the basic requirement, even outside peace won't affect us if we are internally disturbed and continuously facing our battles within.
So the topmost priority is given to internal peace by the book Quran. The word muslim is an active participle and belong to form iv category of verb.
The purpose of Hajj is to repair our mind from internal fights and achieve sound and peaceful mind (Islam / Muslim).
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