In the Shade of the Green Dome

Preface We talk of being logical and sensible.

In daily life, being illogical is a strong criticism as this means you are confused and muddled. Despite this, at times we fall prey to irrationality. While often this is inadvertent, not infrequently we are presented with arguments that appear to be logical and rational on surface. A deeper analysis however, reveals either a lack of full appreciation or misunderstanding of the evidence, or occasionally a wilful intent of misguiding. The two prime examples of this are politics and religion.

Whereas the dynamics of politics are in constant flux, religion with a rock hard foundation in the Scripture, is deeply embedded in our lives and thus a lot more difficult to uproot. However, saturating the mind with a constant bleating of one view so much so that the true voice is completely drowned in the cacophony can slowly erode the face of religion. In recent times the core beliefs of our religion have been targeted utilising a myriad of techniques. This change is being made through an apparently logical interpretation of the fundamentals of beliefs with quotes from the Holy Qur’an and hadith. However, the evidence presented is only partial and adapted to draw certain conclusions; with a bit of digging it does not take much effort to unveil the hypocrisy behind this, bringing out the true and glorious teachings.

At its heart, the writing of this book has the devotional love for Allah and His beloved Prophet ‫ﷺ‬. But the love of Allah is the love of the Unimaginable, as truly whatever comes to one’s mind Allah is otherwise. At the same time the love for the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬has more personal relevance. We are told by the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬,