Professor Nightingale put forward an opinion, "O my brothers and sisters! You'd better make sure to love the reality, as it is always different from idea. Dreaming, allows you to imagine possibilities, and let your heart lead you to beautiful new corners of your mind. Ideas, as well as dreaming, are beautiful, but, if you want to be creative, you have to pay attention to the reality adapted from your ideas. Recognize what is in front of your eyes, not a sight that’s stranded in your mind.To make a distinction between idea and reality, you should arive at conclusion whether you accept as an axiom, that there is a “reality,” work in certain ways, regardless of your expectations or wishes. If not, say welcome to Solipsism. Next, find bases of reality that accurately size up the outcome of various actions, as a conclusion from reason, born from conciousness of how it does behave. You need a direction to test analysis, if you need to be ready to tell more proper predictions from less perfect ones. Then, by trying over after using the models, to predict the outcomes, ideally, you do this by doing experiments.If that’s non-acceptable or absurd, the next best thing is an anticipation of what you will see, when you look at something you have never seen before. All this testing is exhausting and in the end, inconclusive, but it’s all you’ve got. Most people don’t make an effort, and are content with unproven but glamor ideas.Most people have fears about how things will happen, how the macrocosm is, what the order of the long and binding road are, and what is supposed to happen in most conditions. Let’s say these expectations, your ideas. You encounter to a constant battle between idea and reality. On the other hand, many people are too confident that their ideas can be implemented. But most often, reality brings out to be different.Take notice to this apologue,Long ago, in a land called Ridiculam-terram, the mice were doomed to misfortune. For the past two years, their numbers grievously thinned. Many mice died or suddenly disappeared, and the mortality statistics soared. The mice tried to overcome this, by erasing the death statistics in their land. However, these efforts had not shown any results.The mice learned that the cause of all this, was a certain Cat lived—or could be, bred—in the land, was so vigilant and active. This must be stopped. So, the mice held a council, with closed doors, to consider what they had best do. Surprisingly, according to the name of the land, although the mice are getting slimmer, but the coalition of mice, was getting fatter, there was a newcomer but senile, in the coalition. Was it gentle as a dove or induction?Before the meeting started, there was a small talk from the stakeholders about a booster vaccine, injected so that the stakeholders were potent against the Cat. Later, it was discovered, the booster vaccine was only intended for the medical workers. So, the talk was deleted from the council notes. But there's something weird turned up. For every single died mouse, there was an incentive for the respective related officials. What a ridiculous world. Anyway, many plans had been started and dismissed in the council. Probably!Professor Nightingale inserted, "O my brothers and sisters! In Islamic history, a powerful government official, minister, or ruler, was called Dewan, or Diwan, or sometimes spelled Devan or Divan. Different from the Senate, the Dewan, was set up to maintain the rights of the authorities under the Sultan, regarding public works, finance and those employed in these authorities. So, if you assume that a member of the Dewan, a senator, it seems, not quite right.There are two interpretations of the name 'Diwan,' the first, is that one day, Chosroes caught sight of the scribes of his Diwan settling the accounts among themselves and he said, “ diwaneh,” meaning “mad persons,” and thus this name came to be attached to this place; then the “eh” was omitted through continual use and it became abbreviated to Diwan.The second, is that “Diwan” is the Persian for “demons” and the scribes were so called, because of their cunningness in affairs, and their capacity to make something public or keep it secret and to place together things which are different or separate - and so the place where they worked came to have the same name as themselves, namely, Diwan.The first person to set up a Diwan in the Islamic era was ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, radhiyallahu 'anhu. There is a difference of opinion as to why he set it up. Some say that the reason for it, was that Abu Hurairah, radhiyallahu 'anhu, came to him with wealth from Bahrain and ‘Umar asked him what he had come with. When he replied, “500,000 dirhams” ‘Umar thought the amount was rather large and said, “Do you realise what you are saying?” He replied, “ Yes, five times a hundred thousand.”‘Umar then said, “Is that good?” to which the other replied, “I do not know.” Then ‘Umar mounted the mimbar and after praising and extolling Allah, he said, “O people, a great amount of wealth has come to us and we shall either weigh it or count it, as you wish.” Then a man stood up and approached him saying: “ O Amir of the Believers, I have seen the non-Arabs set up Diwans for themselves, so set one up for us.”Others say that the reason was that ‘Umar was sending off a party amongst whom was Hurmuzan, who said to him, “You have given expenses to this party: if one of the men stays behind and remains at home, how then will your companion in charge know this? So set up a Diwan for them!” ‘Umar then asked him about this and he explained what it was.The diwan of the Sultan, may be divided into four divisions: the first, is specific to the army, the assignment of its posts and its expenditure; the second, to the various provinces and their taxes and claims; the third, to the provinces with respect to their officials, that is, their appointment and their dismissal; the fourth, to the Bait al-Mal, that is, its income and expenditure.These four divisions are governed by the relevant laws of the shari’ah, although the details relative to each individual Diwan department are often better known by its scribes."Then the professor went on to the story,"The council kept going on. Some said this, and some said that, but at last, a mouse, who appeared to be an advisor to the stakeholders, got up and said he had a proposal to make, which he thought would meet the case. “You will all agree,” said he, "That our chief danger consists in the sly and treacherous manner in which the enemy approaches us. If the Cat wore around his neck a little bell, every step he took, would make it tinkle; then, ever forewarned of his approach, we should have time to reach our holes. By this simple means, we should live in safety, and defy his power." The speaker resumed his seat with a complacent air, opened his arms, stretched them out, shouted, "Aura!" and a murmur of applause arose from the audience.An old grey Mouse, with a merry twinkle in his eye, now got up. Respecting that the plan of the last speaker was an admirable one; but he feared it had one drawback. "It was all very well, but ... who should put the bell around the Cat's neck?”The mice looked at one another, and nobody, voluntarily, showing forefinger."Professor Nightingale concluded with, "In all matters, where the good of the community is at stake, new projects should be carefully examined in all their bearings, that the ruinous consequences which might follow them, may be avoided. Many projects based on solely the persona, become stalled and not benefiting the whole community. Staying away from those rash and ignorant politicians, who are always foisting their schemes upon the public, without looking beneath the surface, or considering whether they may be realized and worthwhile, or otherwise, bring great loss to the community as a whole, is a wise move. So, you should be able to choose and sort out between wishful thinking and reality. Don't sacrifice your future just by accepting fame, fascination, and sheet after sheet of paper money soon disappeared. If not, then ignorance rejoice in euphoria! And Allah knows best."
References :
- Abul Hassan Al-Mawardi, Al-Ahkam As-Sultaniyyah, translated by Asadullah Yate Phd, Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd
- JB Rundell & Ernest Griset, Aesop's Fables, Cassel, Peter and Galpin
