ŽIVJETI I OBRAZOVATI SE U DUHU VREMENA
LIFE AND EDUCATION IN THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME

Summary/Abstract: It would be wrong to say that expression “education in the spirit of the time” is new. To the contrary, from the historical perspective, the importance of awareness of the times we live in has explicitly been referred to in certain revelations to Abraham, s.a.w.s. Besides, certain sayings of the Last Prophet, s.a.w.s., could be viewed as pointing to the same as well. Four thousands years ago it was revealed to Abraham, s.a.w.s.,: “It is a duty unto a wise to know the times he lives in”. It is not by chance that this wisdom was revealed to a prophet who, for a time, lived in the north of Iraq, in Babylon, a big city with advanced civilization. It is a one’s duty to know the culture and civilization in which one functions so that his work could produce the best of results. The Prophet’s, s.a.w.s., metaphor: “when you get hold of cows’ tails and when agriculture becomes your main preoccupation” could be understood as an instruction to be informed and alert to the conditions in the society. The Prophet is in fact telling us: “Having good crops and cattle should not become your main and only preoccupation, but you should look around and monitor what is going on”.

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