Saifadin_Qutuz
Nemesis of Decadence
Salam my noble brothers and sisters. I am 19 years old, majoring in history and International studies at university, and thus, i have a great fascination with history.
Why I believe history is important, and without it, we cannot prevail.
WHy one needs to look to the past, and examine it. I have this in my chest and need to share it. I have thought of the idea that if someone comes and tells me or you , "Unlike you, I think of the future" I figure I would have answered this way:
=2
I know, your thinking "huh?? whats =2??" =2 is the present, lets take "1+1" for example. > 1+1=2 , aha! So you see, the "1+1" was like the past, and the "=2" is the present. This means, that in order to understand and appreciate the present, we have to understand the past. In order to predict the future, we have to console the past. There is no future without past, but there is past without future. You only think of the future?? whats the point of only thinking about "=2" "=2" "=2" ?? 1+1=2
Second. History and past in sense are there for us to learn from, it serves as a lesson, examples and messages. We learn from the past . Say for example your parents punished you a terrible punishment, then after that in the comming days, will you try to do the same problem? or will you learn from your past?
Also, there are stories and tales from the past, and those we try to learn from. When you were younger or maybe even now, dont you like stories? Stories are basically history. hiSTORY.
If you go to a hospital, dont they ask for your file or something that has your past health records? Same goes in for police, they will look to you criminal record. Past ofcourse. All this is because they try to make sense of the present, and have an idea of the future.
Then, you cannot completely forget the past and your ancestors. If you die, do you want your relatives and close friends to simply forget you?? or do you want to be in their memories? dont you want them to atleast pay their respects and visit your grave?
Last, the Qur'an. It has a big deal of history. Stories and stories told in it, and God in the Qur'an says that people should learn from the past, and not fall into the same mistake. Some verses also mention that there are certain peoples and tribes that didnt try to avoid the same mistakes the people before them comottied.. so Allah got angry with them, and punished them.
Your comments and thoughts are welcomed
May we emerge victorious
Why I believe history is important, and without it, we cannot prevail.
WHy one needs to look to the past, and examine it. I have this in my chest and need to share it. I have thought of the idea that if someone comes and tells me or you , "Unlike you, I think of the future" I figure I would have answered this way:
=2
I know, your thinking "huh?? whats =2??" =2 is the present, lets take "1+1" for example. > 1+1=2 , aha! So you see, the "1+1" was like the past, and the "=2" is the present. This means, that in order to understand and appreciate the present, we have to understand the past. In order to predict the future, we have to console the past. There is no future without past, but there is past without future. You only think of the future?? whats the point of only thinking about "=2" "=2" "=2" ?? 1+1=2
Second. History and past in sense are there for us to learn from, it serves as a lesson, examples and messages. We learn from the past . Say for example your parents punished you a terrible punishment, then after that in the comming days, will you try to do the same problem? or will you learn from your past?
Also, there are stories and tales from the past, and those we try to learn from. When you were younger or maybe even now, dont you like stories? Stories are basically history. hiSTORY.
If you go to a hospital, dont they ask for your file or something that has your past health records? Same goes in for police, they will look to you criminal record. Past ofcourse. All this is because they try to make sense of the present, and have an idea of the future.
Then, you cannot completely forget the past and your ancestors. If you die, do you want your relatives and close friends to simply forget you?? or do you want to be in their memories? dont you want them to atleast pay their respects and visit your grave?
Last, the Qur'an. It has a big deal of history. Stories and stories told in it, and God in the Qur'an says that people should learn from the past, and not fall into the same mistake. Some verses also mention that there are certain peoples and tribes that didnt try to avoid the same mistakes the people before them comottied.. so Allah got angry with them, and punished them.
Your comments and thoughts are welcomed
May we emerge victorious 
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