Don't Play That Blame Game

While Humanity Moans

I see the Muslim world in turmoil.

There is wide spread suffering everywhere!

Media is making money on footage after footage of horrific stories but no one is really doing anything to stop this reality show!

I learn about the protectors killing their own dependents.

I witness the humanity's humiliation at the hands of humans and I think of who is to blame?

My heart says that the main source of all evil is Satan.

So, I think of him!

Satan asked God for respite to allure as many humans as he could till the Doomsday. Even Satan acknowledged the sovereignty of Almighty God. The most Merciful God granted him the respite and clearly told him that many would follow his footsteps in the world and would burn in hellfire with him in the hereafter but there would be those who would resist all temptations and follow the righteous path and these would be the ones who would find eternal bliss in the Heaven. 

Of course there would be some who would give into their weaknesses and would wander off from their straight paths in the direction of his allures. Some of them would stay on the misleading path forever and join Satan's group while there would be others who would repent and correct their mistakes. The latter would join their brethren in Paradise.

Satan knows his fate. He is simply given respite. There is no turning back for him. The fires of hell await him. He did not ask forgiveness, instead he asked for respite. His insolent self wanted to take revenge on humanity, wanted the cause of his fall to suffer along with him.

Humans were warned by the Messengers chosen by God what awaits them depending upon their actions. Choice is entirely theirs. No one can carry any one else's burden. Each will be rewarded or punished according to personal deeds and conduct. The judgement will be so just that every body part of that human will bear witness to the act it was involved in and the human will be absolutely convinced of the justice. 

On the day of Judgement, Satan will not be punished for the sins of other, though they performed those acts under his influence. They all knew, along with Satan himself, that Satan's final destination was Hell. The sinners will be punished for acting upon their wrong choices they deliberately made ignoring all those warnings sent by the loving God. They chose to follow Satan in life and that's what they will have to do in the hereafter...follow him into the fires. They will not be punished for Satan's acts but for their own sins.

The humans who restrained themselves, paid attention and strived to live lives according to the laws set by their Creator, which basically means avoiding Satan's temptations with every living breath, will be rewarded accordingly for their individual efforts and deeds.

This is what Islam teaches us and all Muslims believe.

If so, then I do not see any room for the blame game.

No matter who allures who, or who acts on whose behalf or who is whose puppet, the bottom line is that everyone is free to make their own personal choices and thus responsible and accountable for those choices and accompanying actions.