ON THE LIGHTER SIDE -
By Nizar al Musalmy -
Among several functions, a mouth also serve as an articulation of sound and speech by human beings. It plays a significant role in communication. With two eyes, you are expected to see twice. Two ears — hear twice. With two parts of the heart and two sides of the brains you ought to internalize information twice. Going by this logic, having one mouth means we should speak only once. Or perhaps we should try to think twice before we open our mouths to speak.
If a man uses his seeing, hearing and his feelings properly, by the time the tongue says anything, it will be the right thing to say. That part of the body that is between the mouth which moves on the floor of the mouth — one which is used for tasting, swallowing and speaking can have power to do destruction against mankind. That is why there are no spares when it comes to tongues.
Amazingly enough, It is one organ for many of us that never rests. For some it gets used even when they are asleep. Thank God a tongue is a unique type of muscle. Imagine how many muscle pulls there would be had it been just like any normal muscle. Visualise the quantity of deep heat or those kind of medicinal rubefacient you would need to massage it due to the amount of work it does.
When it comes to fasting, cutting back on unnecessary talk is crucial. Because, as you restrain from food and drink and try to sanctify yourself for the sake of the Almighty and to recover you inner beauty, the tongue can go out of hand and spoil everything, effectively turning your fast into a simple hunger strike. A fasting person should be slower to speak and exercise wisdom. Don’t let that lack of judgment and wisdom put you off and deprive you from earning the blessings of fasting.
This tongue puts us in trouble and sometimes acts against ourselves. Not just with how we testify, but also through gossip, negative confessions, anger expression, backbiting, lies and what have you. We must learn how to guard it. Knowing how to shut our lips at certain occasions or on certain times is esteemed a high quality of understanding. Arguments are connected series of statements intended to establish a definite proposition. But It can result in failure of getting good points across thus hurting one another in the process.
Verbal expression is great, but don’t use just the tongue. Engage the brain, the heart, the ears and the eyes too. Then speak. Speaking the right words at the right time can mean the difference between success and failure. The application of God’s principles on this subject will greatly improve your ability to get along with others and help you develop further friendships. So think about it before you move your lips to say anything. Some beans are better left unspilled.
