Jahiliyyah
Imagine when you were 15
And absolutely ignorant.
Like really really dumb.
You did stupid things, drove your dads car really fast, snuck out to drink and smoke, all that fun stuff.
Okay then you turn 30, and look back and think: damn i could’ve been a professional tennis player.
In this sense, you could say you were dumb, and un-knowledgable.
In previous texts I’ve stated that the human being is like a rolling stone. And the only things that can really, truly, change him is to be shown
- A Vision of the Good 2) a way there
In Islam, they call this Jahiliyyah, or the time of ignorance before the Quran.
I think this is absolutely beautiful, and perfectly highlights how many of us live our lives in ignorance or ‘asleep’ to the truth.
There are other forms of awakening to the truth as well. Imagine a time before you had a car. Then you get in it and can criss-cross spain in 4 hours.
Or before AI….