Mother Earth’s Lament
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Mother Earth’s Lament

Hundreds and thousands of species are known to me, but, man is the only creature who forgets his benefactor and bestower

Post by on Sunday, October 17, 2021

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An old but awe-inspiring lady, standing next to me in the queue, very humbly introduced herself and said, " Oh, the Lord of all lords, I am mother earth ! See, how your viceroy has bruised and maimed me. Values, morals and ethics are at a discount across his world. I am witness to his roguery and wickedness. I am fed up with his unruly ways of living. He has rebelled and revolted so viciously, that I couldn't resist my urge to register a complaint against him, in your divine tribunal. O Lord ! He has floated his own set of rules and regulations, in place of yours, to govern the world." I was wonder-struck, and forgot my plight for a while, because I was eager to know the predicament of it. It exclaimed further, 

"O Allah (SWT), your deputy has subjected my bosom to atrocities, violence, ferocity and brutality. Thy dearly loved religion is confined to sermons and books. He has become an apostate. Though he has erected grandeur mosques, temples, churches and shrines on my chest; but, he seldom visits these places of worship, repentance, penitence and forgiveness. And those who attend these places hardly receive any good from them, because the prime motive behind their rituals is mere showoff. They only brag and boast about their ibadah. Sincerity of intention, your true love (Ishq illahai) and love of Thy creation is missing in their apparently virtuous and good deeds. Alas ! He ( Ibni-Adam ) is seeking peace and tranquility in bizarre and hazy things. Luxurious rooms and air-conditioned vehicles hardly solace and calm a roasted and parched heart. I know many, whom velvety and comfortable mattresses bring no sleep.  

Contrary to the great traditions of his ancestors, he ill-treats his neighbors and near ones. His tall fences have ceased his ears to hear the sobs of his ailing next-door neighbor. He can't behold a hungry child who is craving for a few morsels of bread. Jealousy and hatred has ignited the fire of duality in his heart. He has no respect and value for uterine relationships. He seldom visits the home of his married sister, despite the fact that he has grabbed her ancestral property share illegitimately and devilishly. He has abandoned even his own old parents. He has constructed old age homes to imprison his parents and grandparents there. His myopic vision has delusioned him to the extent, that he is unable to see his own feet being axed. I regret his blind passion for materialism.

He wrangles, fights and incites violence on my chest. Instead of sharing love and peace, he is spilling human blood, like water. I fail to understand, if different constitutions of the world have any relevance, reverence and awe, in contemporary times. These sanctum sanctorum pages have become mere sheets of paper and ink; and have lost the glory and majesty attributed to them. Alas! the founder of these constitutional structures has refuted and violated his own rules and regulations. He has already mocked the divine constitution of Yours, O Allah ! Even UN charter has miserably failed to uphold the basic human rights and values. I very often curse Ibni-Adam for his idiocy and insanity. I pity his ambitious outlook.

Binti-Hawa is facing the tantrums of his pseudo masculinity. True men used to down their gaze, would never look at women with malicious and lusty eyes, but, Ibni-Adam roams parallel to wild wolves to tear the chastity of Binti-Hawa. He either kills her in the womb of her mother or sets her ablaze in the name of inadequate dowry. I am witness to hundreds and thousands of barbaric and inhuman acts against women. She not only suffers on physical and sexual fronts, but, is subjected to emotional and psychological abuse as well. Ibni-Adam treats her as his slave and servant.  

O Lord ! You had admonished and prohibited Ibni-Adam to keep away from liquor, because it is believed to be the mother of all evils. But, no, Ibni-Adam flouted Your divine constitution. The Liquor is sold and bought as if it is antidote and potion for ailing bodies and sweltering hearts. Man has become the wildest creature of the world. He has become the trader of these filthy and cheap economic trends. He has become a cannibal, a vampire who sucks the blood of innocents. He has sold his faith to some mere bucks.  

Instead of trading compassion, kindness, brotherhood, empathy and the sentiment of help ; he has become the ambassador of demoniac and devilish traits. He beats the trumpet of humanity, but, I know, that thing ( humanity ) is gone. He spreads hatred, malice, fear, pain and misery. He should be brought to book, because he has become an eyesore for me. I can't bear his follies anymore.

Satan and his disciples are ashamed of Ibni-Adam's deeds. He (Satan) very often talks about the declining moral standards of Ibni-Adam. Though the Satan and his disciples are making merry of it, but, he too feels that Ibni-Adam has crossed the limits. A slave whom his Master has bestowed with innumerable and infinite favours, can't be so ungrateful and disloyal to Him. Hundreds and thousands of species are known to me, but, man is the only creature who forgets his benefactor and bestower. Even beasts of woods never betray their masters, but, the king of all creations has lost his senses, and is behaving like mean and cheap fellow.

Man has disturbed and disintegrated the ecological balance of my different components of environment. Somewhere, he resorts to excessive deforestation, and somewhere he fiddles with clear crystal water bodies to turn them stinky and contaminated. Dense jungles have become barren and deserted. Greenery of woods has evaporated. Seasonal and climatic changes have drastically reduced crop productivity, because Ibni-Adam often trifles with different components of environment viz atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere." 

This marathon lamentation and protestation of mother earth made me to bow my head down. I couldn't gather courage to look into the eyes of the lady. Somehow, I tried to wish her. But, I couldn't, because the Azaan from the loudspeaker of our mosque broke my sleep, and I found myself wrapped in a thick quilt. I haven't had such a terrible dream before.
(Author is a Teacher and Rising Kashmir Columnist. He can be reached at mushtaqhurra143@gmail.com)
 

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