وَمَا الۡحَيٰوةُ الدُّنۡيَاۤ اِلَّا مَتَاعُ الۡغُرُوۡرِ 57:20
“Whereas the life of this world is no more than the delusion of enjoyment”.
Held this Ayah as my belief, the moment I understood it but it never appeared as clear a sign as it did today while watching first AI actress Tilly Hollywood’s interview at Piers Morgan. My jaw kept dropping by the second the interview progressed. It augurs a massive change in our lifetimes and a massive party of delusion of enjoyment just begins.
Everything I knew to be true apart from my faith is falling apart or should we say the delusion of enjoyment is withering away like a defogger clears away your windscreen in cold winter mornings.
I loved my sports but they have become so corrupted that it stinks eg most beautiful game of football is molested by its own governing body in FIFA WC 26.
I can’t mention enough - murderer of my romantic self - filming of Titanic in a pool.
Nationalism is a hoax.
State has become bigger than God. We claim Allah as The Sovereign and pass legislations that suit us.
Democracy is smoke and mirrors. Abraham Lincoln’s famous line reads as govt of the elite, by the elite and for the elite. And elite interests are ransom to corporations.
Geo-politics is a sham. Everything revolves around power & profit. Whole drama of US-Iran war is like a fixed match. US killed Iranian supreme leader and 168 girls in Minab. On talking table, Iran asked for relief in sanctions, release of frozen assets and trade permissions. Choked Hormuz and asked for toll. It didn’t work out so they activated Houthis to choke Bab ul Mandeb. KSA is staging false flag on Harmain to give sufficient reason to its Muslim brothers AKA Hired Guns to fight its war. POTUS is making billions from stocks and oil price fluctuations through his (un) Truth Social statements.
Diamond neckless was fake and jet fuel was paid.
Religion across the board is a political tool of rulers, a mask of rich, a cover up of middle class, emotional ‘go to’ tactic of poor and a bread winner of clergy. They all believe in one God - material gain. Which is being replaced by a new god - AI.
Our house is on fire but we saving the world with our diplomatic gymnastics.
Lots of scaremongering taking place in developed world on AI that it might exterminate our civilisation in less than a decade.
I’m old enough to tell you that demand is created by narrative of fear and supplies are always ready to meet these demands. Masses spend and corporates thrive.
I learnt this from real state agents. They play with your inherent desire to grow wealth. They create demand by invoking fear of losing an opportunity to invest and profit. They implore you to take the deal there and then otherwise next morning or week the prices shall increase. And most people take the bait.
Last century, the best selling fear was nuclear Armageddon. Defence industrial complexes/ contractors across the globe filled their coffers and counting.
The fear of communism where interestingly enough Lenin and Bolshevik Revolution was funded by The Wall Street - the jugular of capitalism.
Fear narrative of Soviets reaching out to warm waters of Arabian Sea created the demand of jehad in Afghanistan. This reminds me of another fear of being found out. Months before the Ojhri Camp “accidental fire”, the US had discovered FIM-92 Stinger missiles in Iran.
New century. New fears. Fear of Islamic terrorism. Guess who created Al Qaeda. Who installed Jolani in Syria.
Fear of pandemic- COVID 19. Created demand for vaccines and pharmas made hay while sun of COVID fear was shinning across the world.
Lastly, AI going rogue. Whistleblower Jacob Coxon takes the world by storm and the CEO of Antropics casually endorses the idea, hence more fear. A need to harness and regulate AI. Creates demand for more investments which shall make open source AI an extremely profitable IPO.
A lot to write but let’s wrap this piece up with where it started. It would be more profitable to fear from and pin hopes with Allah or this delusion of enjoyment shall continue to consume us like a candle burning from both ends.
Have a thoughtful weekend.
