A Converse of Wisdom

By Abdullah al Andalusi

A Skeptic said, “What if you are wrong?”
I said, “What if I am right?”

An Atheist said, “How is there a Creator?”
I said, “How is there a Creation?”

A Christian said, “Love God and worship Jesus”
I said, “Love Jesus and worship God”

A Jew said, “God will be true to his covenant with us”
I said, “But have you been true to your covenant with God?”

A Buddhist said, “The purpose of life is to discover Enlightenment”
I said, “Enlightenment means to discover the purpose of life”

A Polytheist said, “I worship many gods that hear and intercede for me with the almighty God”
I said, “I worship one God that’s almighty enough to hear me without an intercessor”

A Secularist said, “Wars and killing for religious reasons are bad”
I said, “Wars and killing for materialistic reasons are evil”

An Evolutionist said, “The universe created life by itself, without needing God”
I said, “Did the universe create itself without needing God?”

A Democrat said, “The majority must rule”
I said, “But what will rule the majority?”

A Nationalist said, “The Nation comes first, before God”
I said, “God was first, before the Nation”

A Conservative (Republican) said, “Why don’t Muslims assimilate into our culture?”
I said, “Because your culture demands assimilation”

A Patriot said, “I support my country, right or wrong”
I said, “A country has no right to be supported in wrong”

A Liberal said, “What vanity prevents you from adopting Liberal values?”
I said, “What Liberal value isn’t based on vanity?”

A Zionist said, “Palestinians impose their demands for justice onto others”
I said, “Zionists impose their religious demands onto Palestinians”

A Neo-Conservative said, “I believe we are the superior Civilization”
I said, “That’s what makes you an inferior Civilisation”

An American politician said, “We resist against those who use terrorism and violence”
I said, “You use violence to terrorise those who resist”

A French Politician said, “We have banned wearing the Niqab to free women”
I said, “You have banned women's freedom to wear the Niqab”

An Islamophobe said, “I hate Islam, and fear for my safety from Muslims”
I said, “I fear for the safety of Muslims, from those who hate Islam”

A Pacifist said, “The just way is to be peaceful”
I said, “To be peaceful to the unjust, is injustice to the peaceful”

A Pragmatist said, “Always choose the lesser of two evils”
I said, “Then your choices will always be evil”

An Ascetic said, “Leave worldly affairs, and seek God”
I said, “Seek God in your worldly affairs”

A Conspiracy Theorist said, “I believe that ‘They’ control the World”
I said, “That belief controls your world”

A ‘Moderate Muslim’ said, “Ideally, you should embrace compromise”
I said, “You should embrace an uncompromisable Ideal”

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