One on One with Sean Ali Stone.

As now all that blood boiling situation of my brothers and sisters over the disrespectful movie about Prophet PBUH has come to an end or seems like. Here’s the interview I took a couple of days back by the famous and controversial William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946. An American film director, screenwriter, and producer)’s son Christopher Sean Ali Stone (born in New York City on December 29, 1984) who in early 2012 embraced Islam in Iran.

One on One with Sean Ali Stone. 

Q1. Not by a common view; like merits and demerits of a religion, but by a personal view. What turned your heart to religion Islam? We see people embracing different religions, but what was that point that turned your heart completely?

Islam means submission. In a moment in Isfahan, I saw myself bowing in prayer to the one God. So I realized then that I would accept Mohammed (PBUH) as a prophet, and thus say to the world what I believed in my heart already.

Q2. It’s not an easy thing to convert to some other religion and it surely takes a long time. Since when you started feeling that turning within your subsistence about conversion to Islam when there’s not a so-good picture of the same on common grounds?

I have always said, I did not 'convert' because I have always worshiped the one God, the creator of all men and all thing. But to accept the prophet is to accept the continuation of the living word of God from Judaism through Jesus Christ (Isa) to Mohammed (PBUH).

Q3. When we want to do something alike, we research for it and you too did that for sure. Which main point of religion Islam amazed you and it develops which sense of feeling within you?

I love the feeling in Islam that God is with you always, in every moment of struggle and silence, as well as in your success. There is a feeling of total devotion to God which I believe to be the only truth of life. Any religion that asks you to pray five times a day is making a good point to remember God constantly.

Q4. Everyone sets a role model in their life, after embracing Islam or in between the struggle for same. Which personality you set as your role model and which particular thing attracted you the most of the same personality?

Around the time of accepting Islam, I was amazed by Mohammed Ali, the great boxing champion. He really inspired me in his courage to embrace Islam, as well as denounce America's imperialism in the Vietnam War, and still become the greatest fighter in the world at that time. He is not my only role model, for in truth, Imam Ali is a role model in Islam whom I find more and more fascinating as I learn more about him.

Q5. You surely did read different books to research for the same, which book; other than Koran helped you most and which describes Islam to you the best?

I would especially recommend the "Peak of Eloquence" (Nahjal Balagha) byImam Ali.

Q6. You embraced Islam in Iran. Did you go to the Holy Shrines located there? If yes, then how did you feel going there and what good thing you find in Iranian Islamic culture?

I went to Joshua's tomb in Isfahanjust before converting; I felt the legacy of the prophets of Judaism at that moment, and that helped me make the decision to embrace Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).

Q7. I saw your pictures in which you’re wearing a locket of Zulfiqar (Holy sword of Imam Ali), in reference to the same how much do you know about this personality of Islam and about Zulfiqar?

I am always learning more, but I very much admire Imam Ali's humility. If the Zulfiqar was indeed given to Ali by the archangel, then there are few men greater than Imam Ali.

Q8. When you decided finally about choosing Islam for your life and what was your family’s reaction on this conversion?

My family accepts who I am and my faith in God. They have no ill-feeling toward Islam.

Q9. What troubles you gained in common by your family, friends and Hollywood industry and by what you contented them? 

I do not feel discriminated against now; at the time there was some concern perhaps, but I do not fear the enemies of Islam; even within Islam I may have enemies, as there are Muslims who hate Shias for example.  You cannot be afraid of any humans; God uses humans as he wills.

Q10. Allah surely is kind to you so He gifted you this opportunity. Which Islamic principle contents you the most?

I feel very close to God in my heart. I believe that is the most important thing in life.

Q11. When we see in public, we see hundred faces with hundred words. On your conversion to Islam, your statement “I am a Jewish Christian Muslim” created a hassle between a sect and two. Will you please clarify this and announce your identity just as a Muslim?

To understand Islam is to know that you are actually a Jew and a Christian. What is the Koran if not the continuation of the Jewish holy book? Did Mohammed (PBUH) not refer to Abraham, Moses, and the other Jewish prophets as prophets of God? Was Isa not a prophet of God? So to be a Muslim is to embrace and respect all the brothers of the Book (the Bible), while also embracing the last prophet Mohammed (PBUH).

Q12. If you consider the current position of Muslims in the world and the tactics Jews and a sect are playing against Islam and Muslims. What in your view is the best answer to you aiming your own experience of being a controversial mortal?

Humans worry too much about naming themselves. I do not like labels; and because of that, I suppose I am controversial.  But I know that God created all things, so he created differences in colors, just like he created differences in humans. What matters is if we can laugh and joke at the differences rather than trying to fight about them. Most of these wars are a waste of time and energy that can be used toward raising our brothers up and creating a better future.

Sean Ali Stone about the Mahdi:

"The Qur'an is a beautiful text and the hadiths, you know, they will, insha'Allah, prove that Mahdi is here on earth, he's coming with an army of Light, Light from God, Allah, and it will transform the world, insha'Allah, this year, these coming years, the next century will be a tremendous time to live; I'm very excited to be alive in this time."

Violent Riots.

What and Why?

On the current issue of my religion, “Innocence of Muslims” creating hassles all over the world with a complete success. Every other Muslim country is protesting at it’s fullest against this movie including Pakistan, but there is something wrong in this protest. It’s the “aggression, hatred and violence” which is contradictory to our Islāmic teachings. Our religion is all about peace and love, but it simply doesn’t allows any space for the disrespect of any Prophet and Hazrat Muhammad PBUH is top off them all, but there are ways that our same Prophet PBUH our introduced, but are now been neglected by the protestors round the globe. The man who directed this movie wanted to exploit Islam’s image as a violent and cruel religion and pointing to the riots and disturbance as a result he proved his point of view whole correct. In my opinion, what I want to convey is that you’re not puppets who unintentionally acts upon their script that you are actually doing now. The cause of all this annoyance is a-not-defined-path-and-goal by our leaders and Islāmic scholars. Peaceful rallies and processions are all good until they are of any positive goal or achieving something. Breaking and lightening up public assets or disrespecting any religion or someone in return is not what Islam teaches. Even an important point, you don’t even realize when you burn a vehicle or anything or disrespect or kill someone in return, about the intention you have had that time. Maybe your personal anger or any personal aggression mixed up with it and the real motive of killing or doing bad will flew away somewhere.

Examples from Islāmic History:

It has been written in every schooling book and is specially read to our children to create the feeling of forgiveness and pardon.

1. Muhammad PBUH used to pass by a street where a woman (who belongs to other religion) throws litter/garbage over Muhammad PBUH due to her hatred for Islam that made all of Muhammad’s PBUH clothes dirty and stained, but Muhammad PBUH never said or did anything harsh and even not changed his route because he was aware that one day the woman will feel guilty and shamefaced over her wrongdoings. One day Muhammad PBUH was passing by the same street when he noticed that the woman did not throw garbage over him, he seemed concerned. Then Muhammad PBUH went upstairs to that lady’s house and come to know about her illness. She perplexed on the arrival of Muhammad PBUH and expecting something bad from him, but Muhammad PBUH greeted her happily and prayed for her good health to Allah swt that turned the lady’s heart and she embraced Islam.
2. In the battle of Khyber, Marhab (the non follower of Islam and came to fight against Islam) come to Ali AS’s opponent, he was so angry and heated by Islam and its followers and wanted to kill Ali AS, after some fight when Ali AS settled on Marhab’s chest to kill him, he spit on Ali AS that bring Ali AS to anger, but he did not kill him that time, he stood up from Marhab’s chest and started walking at the side and after few minutes came again to fight against him and cut Marhab’s body into two halves.  

Later on, people watching this asked Ali AS that why didn’t you kill Marhab when you was on his chest? So he replied that, I was there to defend Islam and when I sat over his chest he spit over me where my personal anger involved in killing him so I stood up and calm myself, then killed him afterwards for the honor of Allah swt purely.

What to do?

The man launched a part of his movie on the internet that becomes a cause of all this riots and disturbance. What you suppose to do is use the same manifesto to tell the world that the man is whole wrong and we are eligible enough to protest by sharing the good and peaceful Islam and its teachings. Make documentaries or search for them and you’ll find them on the same platform where all this wrongdoing is. Share them with everyone, share them everywhere. To all the non-Muslims, to every religious sects and bring a change by words not hands.

Problems:

What the problem is, in our country or in we Muslims this reason is so rare to put the good things overboard and there is still a need to send a good and positive thinking of using this internet as your shield to protect your religion and this is not just by sharing hate speech content and putting protesting DP's on Facebook or Twitter, but to share Islāmic teachings and your role in this PEACEFUL WEB BASED WORLD PROTEST. Maybe anywhere in the corner of this world reads your point of view and it affects their mentality.

Appeal:

By the length of this article not even my Muslim friends will read this, since it is an important part by me in this peaceful protest to guide and teach the people who is still unaware. Therefore I ask your kind honors to please read and learn from this and share this with any and everyone as much as you can.

Hurmat-e-Rasool s.a.w.w par Jaan bhi Qurban hay *Beshak*

Lekin

Kya Hurmat-e-Rasool s.a.w.w par Aqal bhi Qurban hay?

9/11/1948

How does it feel? (URDU)

کیسا محسوس ہوتا ہے جب آپ کو کوئ پتھر مارے؟ کوئ ایسا آپ کو دھتکارے جو آپ کا سب کچھ ہو؟ جسے آپ اپنی زندگی تصور کر بیٹھے ہوں؟ میں بتاوِٓں؟ بہت تکلیف ہوتی ہے۔

جاننا چاہتی ہو تو کبھی بہتے سمندر کے کنارے اپنے کس عزیز، اپنے ہمدم یا اپنے ہمسفر کے ساتھ ننگے پاوٓں چلنا، اسکا ہاتھ اپنے ہاتھ میں ڈال کر اپنی زندگی کے ان حسین لمحات کو یاد کرنا جو کبھی نہ کبھی تمھاری مسکراھٹ کا سبب بنے ہوں یا ان تلخ حقیقتوں پر نظر ڈالنا جنھوں نے تمھاری روح کو دبوچا ہو اور تمھیں ازیت پہنچائ ہو،تصور کرنا کہ اب تمھارا ساتھی،تمھارا یار،تممھارا کُل اب آگے بڑھ گیا ہے اور تمھاری ایڑھی میں کوئ نُوکیلا پتھر چبھ جاےٓ اب تم تکلیف اور کرب میں اسقدرگھِر چکی ہو کہ تم چیخ رہی ہواور درد کی شدت سے آہ و بکا کی کیفیت میں ہو لیکن تمھارد مدد کے لیے کوئ آگے نہیں آتا اور آہستہ آہستہ وہاں سے سب چلے جاتے ہیں مگر تم، تمھاری نظریں اب بھی اپنے ہمسفر کے وجود پر ٹکی ہوئ ہیں تم اب بھی اسے پکار رہی ہو لیکن اُسے سمندر کے ساحل پر کوئ دوسری شے نے اپنی خوبصورتی کا اسیر کر لیا ہے اور وہ بنا تمھارے خیال کے اُس شے کی جانب بڑھتا جارہا ہے اور یہ سب تمھاری نظروں کے سامنے ہورہا ہے لیکن تمھارے زخم کی شدت اس درجہ ہے کہ تم اُس کا پیچھا نہیں کر پارہیں اور دیکھتے ہی دیکھتے وہ تمھاری نظروں سے اوجھل ہوگیا اور تمھارے پاس سوا اس درد اور زخم کو ساتھ لیے واپس جانے کے کوئ چارا نہیں۔ تم کسی طرح اپنے زخمی وجود کو سنبھالے گاڑی کا رُخ کرتی ہو،اب تمھارے درد کی شدت میں بےانتہا اضافہ ہوچکا ہے اور تمھارا پیار اب غصے میں تبدیل ہوگیا ہے تم اُسکے لوٹنے پر بہت بحث کرتی ہو اُسے اسکی غلطی اور بے رُخی کا احساس دلاتی ہو مگر وہ اس چیز اس واقعے کو مرہونِ خاطر نہیں لاتا اور اپنی دھُن میں مست گاڑی چلاتا رہتا ہےمگر وہ دل ہی دل میں تمھارے اس رویے سے نالاں ضرور ہے جو تمھیں اسکے خفا اور غصیلے انداز میں چند ہی روز میں دکھ جاتا ہے۔تم اُس سے ایک بار پھر الجھتی ہو اسے اسکے غلط ہونے کا احساس کروانا چاھتی ہو مگر وہ جوں کا توں نہیں ہوتا بلکہ اب تو تم پر ہی برس جاتا ہے تم اسے اپنی محبت کے دعوے،چند حسین خواب،اپنے عشق کے افسانوں کو سنا سنا کے اسکی دہایاں دیتی ہو مگر وہ فقط ایک جملے سے تمھارا برہم، تمھارا مان چکنا چور کردیتا ہے کہ اس نے تمھیں یہ سب کرنے کے لیے نہیں کہا۔ بعد از تمھیں احساس ہوتا ہے کہ گو اُسنے کچھ غلط بھی نہیں کہا۔ تم نے خود اسکی زات کو اپنے لیے خُدا بنایا ہوا ہےـ

واقعی اسِ خیال سے، اس چند منٹ کی سوچ سے سے تم ایک اور خُدا بنانے سے بچ جاوٓگی۔ بہت تکلیف ہوتی ہے جب کوئ اپنا یوں اپنی نظروں سے گرادے۔ ہم کسی کے دل میں اپنے لیے محبت تلاش تو شاید کرسکتے ہوں مگر کسے کو اپنا گرویدہ نہیں بنا سکتے کیونکہ جب کسی کی نظروں سے گرو تو کوئ دنیاوی طاقت تمھیں اُسی شخص کے سامنے دوبارہ کھڑا نہیں کر سکتی۔ یہ ایک تلخ حقیقت ہے مگر بہت لوگوں کو اسکی سمجھ اپنے وجود کے ٹکڑے ہو جانے کے بعد ہی ہوتا ہے۔ کبھی  کسی ریشم کے کپڑے کوکانٹوں پر ڈال کر بےدردی سے کھینچنا، یہ وہ درد ہے جو کسی اپنے کے دُھتکارے جانے،کسی ہمسفر کی نظروں سے گرِجانے پر ہوتا ہے۔

Etiquette! Etiquette!

Mom (sitting on the sofa and showing his son a beautiful piece of cloth she just embroidered): Look son! This is how your grandma taught me to stitch and embroidery different things, I was 14 when I first did this after that most of the bed sheets that I brought with me after wedding were all embroidered by me, look! Isn’t it good? Son?
Son (busy using his cell phone): Ohh mom! When will you come? You said something to me?
Mom (with an embarrass smile returned): No son! You carry on!

 
Nowadays everyone out in this moving society the so-called developed society has turned out this way. Unethical, Immoral, or Unprincipled in a way or other, but what is more disastrous has come into our view is dishonorable usage of cell phones in public or among your family. I am totally not an anti-cell phone-usage, but with a sight of etiquette usage of the same.
We have seen many people using cell phones with a nature of immorality and most involved is our youth. We try being cool or sophisticated buying a new cell phone or an innovative gadget at the market, but later we forget the ethical and sophisticated usage of it. Whether we are in public or in a family gathering, we go deaf using cell phone and in this way we hurt the feelings of those people who actually were talking to us that time. We complain if one cannot text back or respond to us while texting, but did we ever think of the person’s complaint that did not get our respond while we are texting?

I was a victim of the same disease back days when I started using this gadget and did hurt many people that time, but after realizing I quit using cell phones when someone engaged talking to me and that is just to make someone realize that s/he means to me a bit.
We simply try to start looking upon this escalating mess in our society first by hindering ourselves from it and second instructing others to do so. May be we’ll get some ethical, moral and righteous youth as a result.

"Ethics is not definable, is not implementable, because it is not conscious; it involves not only our thinking, but also our feeling." Valdemar W. Setzer. 

 

Love! R.I.P

Once you recollect your life’s memoirs leaning on an armchair relaxing with a cup of hot coffee and feeling the breeze of air that is blowing your hair up and you’re trying to mesmerize your past and setting your fringes at once. You get in nostalgia that there are many people in our lives whom we loved and admired, with whom we lived a certain period, with whom we cherished memories and some of them are still at the place where they were since some left, but what we gather in our hands are memories and habits.
Likewise there was an important ingredient of my life that always enhanced my personality and that I loved wholeheartedly, but that is more a part of my past. I always wanted to write something on it, but didn’t know that I’ll start ignoring it. Short and small, black or white, rich or poor, common or king I feel no one on this entire planet not love it, but the difference could be of the ratio of their fondness to it. Yes I am talking about “Chocolate” the all time favorite choice of all and no one deny its importance in their lives. Some loves it or some just like it, but no one hates it I believe, but sometimes incidents take place in your life that changes your consideration over a thing. Happened with me too, not actually going in the details, but just sharing my inner angst over this yummilicious thing that is no more my first priority due to the bad incidents attached to it and gifted to me by dear ones.
This post is just to relate my feelings with yours that not only me, but various people likes and dislikes stuff according to their experience glued with them. I was a chocolate lover and I may say I was able to survive just on chocolates, but now just a small piece is enough to fill my craving though I miss its presence in my life, but no more chocolate-fever. 

Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food. Michael Levine