The Tawaf of Creation

Everything moves around its center, while at the same time moving around itself. This is the dance and the natural worship of creation. I believe the Arabic term for this movement is 'Tawaf'. The way we Muslims do around the Ka'abah. And so the English term for this should be 'Circumambulation'.

In Surah Yaaseen Ayat 40, the Qur'an says:

"Each flows in its own orbit."

In the atomic level, these movements of entire creation are exactly the same as electrons rotating around its nucleus.

When we talk about atoms, we really cannot help but talk about Quarks. This is called the Sub-atomic level. Electrons in this level behave either wave or particle. It could no longer be described as solid. It's an empty space after an empty space. It has no reality except in perception. The Qur'an says it clearer in Suratur Rahmaan ayat 26-27:

"All that is on earth will perish," "But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour."

In the sub-atomic level, quarks are found inside the protons and neutrons. Each of this has 3 quarks. There's this theory called the String Theory suggesting that electrons and quarks are tiny loops of vibrating string. This string is what connects atoms together. Therefore it is what is holding everything together. If we may follow up this String Theory with Qur'anic idea, we find that it commanded us to "hold together the Rope of Allah".  (Qur’an 3:103)

String or rope in this sense is what gives us the realization of truth. Outside of this Rope of Allah, we are lost. Outside this rope, there is no existence. And within this rope, there is only one reality.

This one reality is what gives creation its true face. It is the beauty behind everything. The Qur'an describes it as:

"To Allah belong the east and the West: Whithersoever ye turn, there is the presence of Allah. For Allah is all-Pervading, all-Knowing." (Qur'an 2:115)

The remaining question here would be "Who am I" and not "What am I".

But my father advised me to take no answer except what is given by the Prophet (s.a.w) who calls himself "Abdullah" in its truest sense.

Allah knows best.

Atoms

Atoms are the ones that make up matter. They are the ones that make up our skins, organs, tissues, and cells.

An atom has three parts: Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons. Protons are positively charged, while Electrons are negatively charged. Neutrons however are neutral. A kind of cosmic glue called ‘The Atom's binding force’ sticks the Protons and Neutrons of an atom to each other.

Once the cosmic glue loosens, the atom will crumble… It can be called the Mercy of Allah covering all things.

Scientists have been studying atoms for years… And they found out that although atoms are composed of Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons, an atom is an empty space. Therefore everything is nothing but an empty space since atoms make up everything in the Universe. This means, the Earth is an empty space. It means that our body is just an empty space. So who are we? And who am I?

When I asked my father about this question, it turned into a special class. He satisfied my inquiries. He also told me a story of someone who said "I am not, only Allah is." long time ago. Then he explained to me the verse below:

Allah S.W.T. said in the Qur’an.

“Everything will perish except His Face.” (Surah 28:88)

Allah is the Absolute Truth. And the whole existence of all creation every moment is totally dependent on Him alone.

Me and My Math (FRACTIONS)

Before I was home-schooled, mathematics has always been a mind-bugging and nose-bleeding subject. It was not until one morning during our semester break 6 years ago when my father gave me and my siblings a focus on the basic math operations and some simple fractions that my interest on this topic sprang out of the blue. After that semester where the days my brother, younger sister and I started to excel more in mathematics. But things didn't end with that, there were lots more to be learned.

When our parents decided to homeschool the 5 of us, the first thing they focused on teaching us was MATH! Our father taught us how to draw a borderline. He was very specific about the measurements of one line from the other. He would leave for the office every morning leaving with our Mother and Auntie our assignments for the day. And when he arrives home at night, the first thing he asked us was, "How was you borderline assignment?". This went on for months for neither among the 5 of us could make it perfectly.

After some time, we, the Arsad siblings thought our days of hard math were gone. Our parents had changed the math topic on focus by then. But we were only greeted by an actually much more complicated topic... FRACTIONS!

Knowing our Dad has already taught us about it, we thought things would go on smoothly. But things did not turn out quite well with the way we ought it would. Our parents gave us a higher level of fractions.

Everyday, we would do our 10 items quiz of fractions before we start reading and answering our recommended books.

14 1/5 + 18 6/9 = ?, those things appeared like hieroglyphics on the blackboard. It was like solving and unlocking another mystery inside the Egyptian Pyramids... It took us almost 2 years to master the rules and ways of the mysterious Fractions before we got to move on...

After "quite" some time, those hieroglyphics started to turn into ABCD's... But we still got confused at times...
I'd say we should always practice our math skills regularly as not to forget them... Just like practising how to read the Egyptian symbols regularly as not to get confused with them..

Wassalam...