What is Metaverse? It may sound like something out of this world,
but in fact, it’s right in your hand. Just a virtual world.
A 3D social connection where we do things like hang out in a park, play a game, see a
concert or have a work meeting. After all the destruction by social media,
this is the future of the internet.
But is it really that simple? Here’s a verse from Quran to start with:
When they saw the fanfare along with the caravan, they flocked to it, leaving you
behind on the pulpit. (QURAN 62:11)
This Ayat is a reference to an event where the Muslims
left the Prophet’s PBUH sermon and got attracted by this caravan that had all the songs and
festivities going on. This is the power of indulgence. It distracts
from what is right, important, and real. Google, Facebook, Instagram, in fact the
whole Metaverse, that has now come with its name ‘Meta’ as
well. These applications and websites are nothing but a form of intense
indulgence. You can scroll on social media. And you see,
how hard it is to put your phone down and do something worthwhile. This is
because they are showing you exactly what you desire to watch.
And that’s why they say Google and Facebook have an algorithm that knows you
better than you yourself!
Talking about indulgence here’s an eleven years old news:
South Korean police have arrested a couple for starving their three-month-old daughter
to death while they devoted hours
to playing a computer game that involved raising a virtual character of a young girl.
When we become too detached from reality and immersed in this space,
will the real world’s problems be solved all of a sudden? Will
widespread disease and starvation stop? There’s something else about this Metaverse
and its indulgence that you should know. That how it makes
us forget Allah and Quran. And this is nowhere even close
to its end. In fact, they are planning to bring more for you, to capitalize
on your escape from truth and reality. Remember that caravan:
Metaverse is that caravan. An addiction that is bringing destruction to our lives
and society in the sweetest form. This is how Quran tells Muhammad
PBUH to tell us Muslims regarding such indulgences and distractions:
‘Say, what is with Allah is far better than amusement and merchandise’
Quran repeatedly mentions that hidayat and guidance is for those who have
their minds alive and those who listen, and those who see.
With the 3D Virtual world, we are going to live in future, with no
connections with the real world whatsoever, this seems impossible.
That is basically why Muslim scholars have come to call Metaverse a true Fitnah.
Mainly for Muslims, but generally for all mankind.
May Allah protect us from this fitnah and all its forms.
May He grant us the ability to distinguish right from wrong. May Allah guide us all to get
out of that caravan and come back to Allah because what is
with Allah is far better than amusement and merchandise.