When we say civilization, we can look at it from a lot of different perspectives. One of most common ways of understanding is that it is a value of kindness and compassion towards other beings. If you look back at history, you will find many acts of cruelty by humans but at same time, there are also numerous acts of civilisation.  This article on civilisation will take us through its meaning and importance. Being human does not mean that an individual possesses civilisation.

If you want to understand quality of civilisation in an individual take note of what he does for people who give noting back in return to favour they have offered.

It is unsatisfactory to see that civilisation as a value has become rare in our life. Human beings are slowly turning inhumane in utmost haunting ways. There are many actions performed by humans themselves that have turned them into nothing more than mere animals. World we live in today is divided by borders but reach we can have is boundless. We are lucky enough to have freedom to travel anywhere and experience anything we wish for. A lot of nations fight constantly to acquire land which results in loss of many innocent lives.

Likewise, other humanitarian crisis like ones in Yemen, Syria, Myanmar and more costs lives of more than millions of people. Situation is not resolving anytime soon, thus we need civilisation for this. Civilisation is an important part of life which tells that to help others, try to understand other and realise people problems with our own eyes and try to help them. Showing civilisation one don’t need to be a rich person, even a poor person can spread civilisation by helping someone or sharing his or her food, etc. Being a human does not mean that an individual has civilisation. Civilisation leads to care for others whenever possible. Civilisation means to help others whenever they required that help most, civilisation means to forget selfishness when helping needy because Allah gives poor as well as rich. In our lives when we get an opportunity of helping others, we should help them without any differences in religion, caste and nationality. Whether they are black or white we should help them equally.

Phenomenon we are facing daily is ‘lack of civilisation’, which is causing problems for whole world. World we know today has many troubles and issues of economic, political and social nature. However, root cause of all these issues seems to be a lack of civilisation. These issues can be resolved once people realise benefits and reputation of civilisation.

One of factors of civilisation is to be tolerant towards those who share different opinions and backgrounds. When we tolerate differences, there is less chaos in world and less chaos means lack of destruction and establishment of peace. It is a fact that civilisation also means moral values of ethical behaviour. We call humane behaviour as ethical behaviour many times. Many institutes and organisations develop an ethical code of conduct for their employees. Improved civilisation can eliminate issues of moral values and ethics from society. Increase in number of crimes in today’s world is mainly because of civilisation. Yes, there are some times when criminal is forced to commit a crime because of whatever circumstances life has put. But, root cause remains lack of civilisation. If we look at history, even just a couple of decades back, we shall notice numerous wars in different parts of world. Syria, Afghanistan, Lebonan, and many other countries have been facing worse situations because of proxy wars between some countries. Moreover, there countries like India and Pakistan, which are in a war or war-like situation and have tensions of military nature between them. These wars are a result of poor judgment from governments and authorities from both countries and a lack of civilisation.

In year 2020 and now in 2022, world is facing worse situations due to endemic. Unexpected hit of Covid-19 has shaken world and system. A large number of casualties are seen. Health care system from almost all of countries collapsed during Coronavirus. There are several reasons why these situations can be linked to civilisation. One of major reasons is that countries spend more on military and arms than health and education sector.

There is a deep relationship between religions and civilisation. No matter that religion you follow, it preaches us status of civilisation and urges us to follow path of civilisation. Therefore, many people call civilisation biggest religion. But unfortunately human beings have become materialistic for wealth and power and therefore have worked to a great extent to achieve so, to such extremes that include hurting another human being in worst possible ways. We have started using each other to satisfy our needs, treating anyone who is beyond our understanding with disregard and hate. We judge people by their appearance and stand in society and let that be how they should be treated, with civilisation or not. Everything has become about getting something in return, we’ve become so selfish that we tend to run away from any opportunity that might force us into helping someone selflessly.

Importance of civilisation is a matter of concern. Topic is much needed in world more than ever. Nobody can deny influence of civilisation in world. By practicing civilisation, world can become a healthier place for everyone. However, it requires our efforts to practice civilisation, as it may not always seem easy choice but it is only right choice that humans can make. World would have been a nice place to live if there is civilisation among us and if civilisation is encouraged by others.

Published in The Daily National Courier, February, 04 2023

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