Spot the real iPhone

My dad often says I give too many examples to convey my point. I usually don't reply specifically to this but think in my mind, if a doctor informs a patient using medical jargon, patients may not understand. A doctor has to use easily understandable terms to explain their management of the condition. It may be the too simple for some patients or they may have some understanding of the medical terms already , but in principle, it's still reasonable and probably good practice to explain using plain language. I usually apply the same principle when talking to people in general about day to day matters trying to explain my point of view in any discussion. I have used same approach here.

When I came to the UK, I was almost a grown up kid . My exposure to the outside world was limited. Coming to the point (as its 11pm on a Sunday night at the time of writing this blog), I was at Heathrow airport and wanted to offer Esha (night time obligatory) prayers. I was trying to find a place and all of a sudden found a multi-faith sign board. I was delighted to see that. In my mind, I was thinking, wow, this is real respect for other faiths. I had all praise for the "British" culture. I went in there. There was a place for ablution (wuddu). I was happier and happier as I moved into the room. I did ablution (wuddu) and went onto to the muslim prayer area. I came out full of praise and satisfaction that I didn't have to sit at a random place to pray but found a room specifically kept for prayers. Moving on, I realised that hospitals and may places in the UK had Chapels or multi-faith rooms where you could go and say prayers. Many a times, I will see the multi-faith managers coming into the area and cleaning or organising the space for any of the faith which needed doing. I realised that having a faith or not having one was equal in the UK. Some would say "all faiths are rubbish", some would say "all are the same or have similarity". It was almost like having a mobile. You go and pick the one you want, or don't have one if you don't like any.

Now here I go into my habit of giving examples. Take it as an example to understand the concept and not in literal sense. Suppose you go into a shop of mobile phones. The shop keeper is dishonest and shows you bunch of fake or refurbished iPhones selling as new. You look at one which looked refurbished, you looked at the next and its screen was broken. There was one phone which was new and genuine but didn't catch your eye. You leave the shop thinking, "oh all mobile phones are rubbish" and "they all look the same".

The next customer comes and takes a refurbished one, it doesn't last long. He starts believing NONE of the mobile phones last long.

The true religion is like the real iPhone surrounded by the refurbished or the fake ones. You may follow a non-genuine one and end up rubbishing all of them, or your chosen one may not inspire you leading you to believe, "all are rubbish" or "all are the same".

Do your research. There is a real new iPhone in there. They are not the same. Do not take anyone's advice or get influenced by what media tells you or what you read yesterday or your friend told you about it. Research and explore yourself and you will find the real genuine iPhone. Don't miss out. Once you found it, I promise you won't regret it.

Signing off

Ahsan Mughal