Skin Speech

If this is the case with vibrations that cause sound speech, then it is clearly true of the vibrations that cause skin speech also. The vibrations are also preserved in the atmosphere. Man, even in this world possesses the ability to play back sounds recorded on a disc or tape, should have no difficulty in understanding this power being extended by God in the next world to cover all vibrations, whether of sound or skin speech, which have been imprinted in the atmosphere in the form of waves. Man is being tested in this world. No scientific discovery reveals the exact nature of divine truth for, were it to do so, man would have no choice but to accept it: there would be no test involved. However, advances in the field of science do make it easier for us to understand certain concepts, such as skin speech, which was difficult to fathom in the past. If the fast-accumulating evidence in support of truths expounded in the Quran is not sufficient to make man take heed, then he will have to wait for actual occurrences before he will come to his senses. But then it will be too late; for then there will be no choice but to listen to the evidence of everything—even our skins—and accept the fate to which it condemns us. No Paradise without giving up self and possessions Bashir Ibn Khasasiya came to the Prophet to swear allegiance. “To what am I swearing allegiance?” he asked the Prophet. The Prophet stretched out his hand and said: “Bear witness that there is no other god with Allah, and that Mohammad is His servant and Prophet. Pray the five prayers, at their proper times. Pay the poordue. Fast in Ramadhan, and perform the pilgrimage to Makkah, and struggle for the cause of God.” “I will do all this, Messenger of God,” Bashir replied, “but two things are beyond me. Zakat is one. To tell you the truth, I only have ten she-camels. My family lives off them. They provide us with milk, bear our burdens and carry us. Secondly jihad. I am a nervous person. People say that he who retreats from the battle-field earns the rage of God. I am afraid that if I have to engage in battle, I will panic and flee, thus deserving the rage of God.” The Prophet said: “Bashir, without charity and jihad, how will you enter paradise?”