Jinns invade our campuses!

[Anjul]

Re: Jinns invade our campuses!

@muqawwee123

You have raised very difficult question. In a society, where due to lack of health facilities, people get used to visit pirs for ‘dum kia pani’ for diseases as severe as cancer, hepatitis,etc this is a very difficult ( and in a way rude) question.

I was recently reading a book ‘God’s Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science’ and there is a whole chapter on why people in 13th century Europe, preferred local healers and witch doctors for their health issues. It was all about lack of health facilities and affordability.

You will find people quoting ‘waza’if’ that reading this verse or that name of Allah (this much time after every namaz) will bring solution to problem. The punchline ‘khuda ke naam aur kalaam main barkat hai’ can’t be denied. But no one want to visit or try to ask references for such wazaif from original sources like Quran or Hadeeth. I mean its okay if you are advised to recite ‘Ma’oozatein’ or ‘Ayat ul Kursi’ for getting refuge of evil things. But while we got voluminous literature on Tibb e Nabvi, I never came across with authentic sources (ahadees and quran verses) where verses were suggested for healing purposes.

I think the holy verses are to provide moral or mental strength as human beings are guided by emotions. Some poets wrote motivational sher for instance Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal wrote “khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdir se pahle, khuda bande se khud poochhe bata teri raza kya hai” Dr. Rahat Indori wrote " bahut naaz hai dariya ko apne hone par, jo meri pyaas se uljhe toh dhazziya udd jayein". So I think holy verses do the same thing. Again this is what I think and not based on any data and fact or any scientific analysis.