To Commit , Be Committed To , Commitment

Bismillahirahmanirahim

As per said in the title, It's a huge word when and can vary in all means and situations. But first, let us go and see the literal meaning of the three words. The listed literal meaning was taken from the Oxford Dictionary Online. 

1. To Commit 

- Pledge or bind (a person or an organization) to a certain course or policy.

- Perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act)

2. Be Committed To 

- Be dedicated to (something)

- Be in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone)

3. Commitment

- The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.

- An engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action.

Human and Commitment

As per said in the title, human and commitment are vital and interrelated to each other. Human is as we know God creations and commitment is the task given by God to Human. Living the life given by the Creator means to obey Him and obeying Him is a continuous effort that ones must abide by. The concept is living in the world as mentioned in the Quran is as below;

“And the life of this world is nothing but play and amusement. But far better is the house in the hereafter for those who are Al-Muttaqun (the pious). Will you not then understand?” (Quran, Al-An’aam: 32)

Little do we understand that life in this world is short. For living in this world means to gain the blessing from Allah SWT. For that we shall uphold on two important guides to life; The Quran and Sunnah. For both will lead us to the right path before we go forward to the hereafter. As a human, we started our journey to life with guidance from our parents, the teacher then nurturing oneself before the cycle started back to where our parents do. It is by nature we will be given the commitment for us to bring our life to another level. 

I still remember a camp I participated back in 2010. It reminds us of the sole purpose of Human on earth which is to be Caliphate for mankind. We were told to fulfill the task and understand the purpose for we shall not be astray. The duty is not easy but always to remember to hold onto the two guidelines Allah has equipt us with and we shall be fine. When we talk about caliph, it sounds so heavy and important of course it is but bare in mind it doesn't mean that you need to straight away go for an election and contest to be the leader but the best to start following the stairs accordingly. Kick off with improving oneself, then another step up the family, next society, district, nation and lastly the world. 

Why must we be committed?

We by nature love to have goals and task. If we accomplished the task we will fill the excitement in it. The satisfaction of success and happiness. For that to happen we put in the sense of commitment and be committed to it. The key to success often said was to be committed. Let's say if we were given a task but we sit and not doing it will it be done on time? With some motivation and consistent we shall complete it. Putting our heart and effort is another key point to it. If and if we decide to not perpetrate we will stay in the same place and what we will gain is only stress due to unfulfilled wishes and task. This lead to stress and depression. 

“Man is like an island set in isolation in a fathomless sea enveloped by darkness, saying that the loneliness his self knows is so utterly absolute because even he knows not his self completely.” 
― Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Islam and Secularism

A wise quote by a Professor I dearly adore of his work. From where it is said we shall not understand one epistemology on life and whats not for we ourself is yet to understand us. For that being said, we should walk our way to fulfillment for we can bring another level of serenity to life. Commitments are powerful because they influence how you think, how you sound, and how you act. Be wise and drive yourself on the right path.

Single out your commitment 

To close this topic I would like to ask you a question, are you able to list the important people and task in your life? If not I challenge you to do so. For it will reflect on us and lead us to see how far we are in the relationship and completing the task. Is it about time we refresh on the work we are up to?