Initially, we had our ancestors who lived in caves. Their lives were determined by the alternation of day and night, floods, low tides, wildlife migration, cold and warm seasons, and vicissitudes of weather. He formed for these an attitude, a set of rules and a tradition, that is in Arabic the Sunnah.

Then he realized the benefits and dangers of the fire and made his days longer because the fire transformed part of the night into day. This prolonged the period he had taken away from his relaxation and tranquility.

And made your sleep for rest, (Quran 78:9)

And made the night as a covering, (Quran 78:10)

The darkness of the night is as a covering. Just as a covering protects us from exposure to cold or heat, so this covering gives us spiritual respite from the buffets of the material world, and from the tiring activities of our own inner exertions.

And made the day as a means of subsistence? (Quran 78:11)

He populated the earth, communicated, provided information and collected information. He learned, developed himself, wrote, read, and by incorporating external information constantly formed himself. Fewer and fewer remained of the person inside himself, who he was. He integrated already numerous other persons beyond his own personality and he lived, understood, systematized and solved situations based on their knowledge. Among the many external persons there were good and bad, from whom he absorbed knowledge, opinion and insight to the world. As the evil accumulated in him, the age of prophecy came and God helped through His messengers to get back to his own real personality where he had his home-feeling. This is the world of surrender in Him. For this, the Divine Order of Legitimacy (Sharia) and Tradition (Sunnah) were created.

Man moved on and has developed communication to a mass level. He realized that communication was power. He operated TV, radio, and then came the era of computer and internet which is a quality-leap. Virtual cloud has been created which is the repository of human knowledge and it has wedged between God and man. There is good and bad in it. Then man considers that what is not available in the cloud it does not exists. And things that exist are just the way as they are in the cloud. Even God exists in this way, covered and defined by the cloud.

If I break out of this and I express a different opinion, I will be in a minority and the community will reject me. As a self-defense reaction, I automatically follow the flock. This is where the basic question comes from: am I the one who I am really or somebody else is speaking from me? You can ask yourself, too.

Our physical world has also changed. Artificial organs, engines, others. Who knows what is going to be the original and robot part of the brain in a few years? God forbids! Please don’t misunderstand! I'm not aiming to go back to the cave, because everything was original and good! I'm talking about something else. Just how long am I Homo Sapiens, and when will I be transformed into a species of Humanoid sapiens varietas perpetuum mobile who only thinks that his mind is free, but he actually lives, judges and forms opinions according to particular programs?

It's good to retire to a secluded corner where I can call God. While He answers, inspires me, maybe I can be sure that I'm still me. Perhaps He wouldn't even give attention to a zombie or robot because it wasn't created by Him (SWT), but by a race He created, who imagines himself to be the creator.

Behold! It is not He who needs us, but we need Him. We can be human as long as we keep Him inside us. If we don't do this, we shall be extinct of ourselves and we shall not be us anymore but become something else.

And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer): but those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell - in humiliation!" (Quran 40:60)

As this life is not the end of all things, and we are to have its fulfilment in the Hereafter: we have only to pray to the Lord of the Present and the Hereafter, and He will hear us, forgive us, guide us, and make our Path smooth. But Pride will have its fall,-and its humiliating Punishment: Cf. 37:18