READ – The first of all commands

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Once upon a time, a young noble man was about to be commissioned with an assignment by the Lord of the Worlds, that will eradicate all the evil vices that has taken ground on Earth 

 He was meant to deliver this divine message to the world at large which also entails (the unseen agents JINNS). You will agree with me that, this is the highest and most difficult assignment in the history of mankind.

The most interesting fact about this is, on the night when this young man was commissioned with this task, he was commanded as follows; READ! READ! READ in the name of your Lord.

This has always caught my attention and got me asking questions. How can the first command towards such a hectic task be to be READ?

After a deep rumination and sampling of opinions about this, I got to realize that the idea behind that command was for the young man to seek knowledge before embarking on such hectic task.

He did as he was commanded and guess what? He was able to successfully accomplish the assignment that was saddled to him, even though there were lots of obstacles. But because of the knowledge he had accumulated, he was able to navigate himself through all his hurdles.

I make bold to say that up till this day, this command is still very relevant. In fact it’s one of the reasons why the vast majority of folks out there have failed to achieve a particular task at hand.

We complain most times that we fail in the pursuit of our aspirations, even though we have the necessary potentials and passion required to successfully achieve them.

The young man cited earlier also had the potentials needed to be a leader, and the passion to eradicate immorality on earth. But because The One who commissioned him with that assignment knew that the first and most important thing needed by this young man was to first seek knowledge about the task at hand.

The same thing applies with every one of us. When we aim at successfully achieving something, the first thing we must do is to gather all necessary information and knowledge that are directly attached to those aspirations. Then your potentials and passion will help enhance you more into the successful achievement of those aspirations.

So, like it was commanded in the beginning to READ, you should also make it incumbent upon yourself to READ each time you have an aspiration you want to pursue, and trust me – it will be a success.

Note: The man cited in the example is the one and only beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW). In him lies the perfect example that can be imitated.

SANNI WAHAB OLANREWAJU

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