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The
Muslims’ Downfall: A Review
(Part 1)
Dr
Firoz Mahboob Kamal
The treachery
The several hundred years’
downhill course of the Muslims hasn’t ended yet. Rather, has gained new speed
to take them to a new low. The ongoing deaths, rapes, destruction, occupation,
and cleansing of the native Muslims are setting new context for further decimation and humiliation
of the Ummah. A new generation of Sykes and Picot (Sykes and Picot
-the two insiders of the British and the French colonial establishment who drew
the current map of the disintegrated Middle East at the time of World War I)
are drawing up a new map for further fragmentation of the Muslim heart land to
fit into their new imperialistic agenda. Scores of Sharif Hussain (Sharif
Hussain: the Ottoman Governor of Hejaz who betrayed the khalifa and
worked with the British Army in 1917 to bring colonial occupation that caused
creation of Israel and fragmentation of the Middle East) are already working
with the new brands of Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence: a British Army
Officer, known for his deceitful role in igniting the Arabs revolt against
Osmania khilafa) to prolong the new colonial occupation of the Middle
East.
Now, the success of
the enemies is so huge that true Islam -as revealed in the holy Qur’an and
practised by the holy prophet (peace be upon him) and the early Muslim, exist
nowhere in the Muslim World. It is indeed the number one failure of about 1.5
billion Muslims. The failure is so total that one can discover only from
history book that sharia, shura, hudud, khilafa, justice based on
Qur’anic law, trans-ethnic Muslim brotherhood and jihad in the way of Almighty
Allah were the integral part of the golden early days of Islam. It is worth
noting that today’s Muslims are little concerned about such missing
fundamentals of Islam; rather show violent incongruity cum enmity against any
attempt of revival of such obligatory Islamic basics –as Islamists are facing
under the secularists’ occupation in many Muslim countries. In such a state of
abrogation of sharia, hudud, khilafa, jihad and other basics of Islam,
how a Muslim -who has an iota of love for his Almighty Allah can pass a single
day or night with mental peace and complacency. Becoming a Muslim means to be
an exclusive member of the party of Allah –the Almighty Lord. And it is a total
commitment. That implies that he must dedicate his time, energy, money and even
life so that His deen (the code of life) prevails over all the different
brands of falsehood. Therefore, how can he join the secularist, nationalist,
monarchist, socialist or imperialist camps to fight their wars against Islam?
But it is the stern reality that there exist hundreds of thousands people in
the Muslim World who are working hand in hand with the foreign infidels to
fulfil their anti-Muslim agenda. These home-grown Trojan horses are working
since the colonial era. The ongoing decline of the Muslim Ummah indeed
owes to these inimical insiders.
It is not difficult to
understand that a catalogue of causes worked together to bring down the Muslims
to the current quagmire. But the root cause is the betrayal of the core agenda
of the Muslims’ survival –prescribed by Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la in the holy
Qur’an. Here, the crime is huge; it is indeed the ugliest treachery against the
greatest transaction that has ever been made by Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la with
any people. The text of the transaction comes as follows: “Surely Allah has
purchased from the believers their life and their property for this that they
shall have the paradise; and they fight in Allah’s way, so that they kill and
get killed; a promise which has been binding on Him in the Taurat, and the
Injeel and the Qur’an; and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah?
Therefore, rejoice in the pledge which you have made (with your Lord); and that
is the greatest achievement.”–( Sura Taubah, verse 111).
The highest transaction
The value of the above
deal can’t be measured in material term. Mountains of gold can’t get near to
its worth; its value is invaluable. In the above deal, Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la
pledges to offer a house in the paradise. A house in the paradise can’t be
bought even by trillion tons of gold; can only be earned by full belief in
Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la and sacrificing the wealth and life in full practice of
His deen (the Qur’anic code of life). Thus, has been kept within in the
reach of the very poor people. The transaction between Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la
and the believers worked successfully in the days of the early Muslims; and had
the ground breaking impact. As a result, the deal could accomplish the finest
and the most remarkable revolution not only Muslims’ personal life but also in
the whole human history. The whole focus of survival of these early Muslims was
only to please Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la. Therefore, they could build the
unshakable moral force; and could raise an army of the death-defying people to
fight the evil forces. Their success was huge. Not only they could eradicate
the evil forces from a large part of the world, but also could raise the finest
civilisation on earth. Changing people’s faith, culture, ideology and the life
style is the most formidable task in any segment of history; even cow, snake or
idle worshiping paganism causes more intense and more durable addiction than
the strong narcotics. Therefore, without a strong fighting force, even the best
man on earth and his most truthful ideology can’t get any place on earth. This
is why the great Divine messenger like Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him),
Prophet Musa (peace be upon him), and Prophet Issa (peace be upon him) couldn’t
prevail over the contemporary evil forces. Whereas the most evil ideologies of
the human history like colonialism, imperialism, nationalism, racism, fascism,
communism and paganism could make history of long-lasting successes. Such
successes of the evil forces owe to the huge armies that they could raise to
support their falsehood. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) –the best model
for the mankind, could successfully demonstrate how to raise such an army to
serve the cause of the divine Truth.
The history is full of
evidences that the followers of the wicked ideologies never give any space for
Islam. To encounter them, the most humanising tool of Allah Sub’hana wa
Ta’al needs to frame its own strategy. Otherwise, how one can eradicate such
horrendous criminals? In view of such an awful situation, Allah Sub’hana wa
Ta’la has His Own strategy: He wants to punish these evil mongers by the hands
of His Own Army. Jihad in His Way thus gets so importance in Islam. Such a
strategy has been repeatedly mentioned in the holy Qur’an. And for raising
such a Divine Army, the deal between Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la and the believer
–as revealed in Sura Taubah, indeed works as a recruitment tool. Whoever
fulfils the deal, gets the promised key for the paradise. Since no man or woman
has ever seen the paradise, it is beyond humans’ ability to make a genuine
guess on the gain of a believer in the transaction. It is an exclusive domain
of All-Knowing Allah Sub’hana wa Tala; and according to Him, it is the greatest
achievement for a believer. The gain is so huge that the Almighty Lord asks
every deal-maker to celebrate it. The above verse thus makes a ground-breaking
impact on the conceptual premise of a true believer. It creates a tremendous
moral cum spiritual force in him; could even make him a moving missile into the
thick of an enemy army. Since his life and wealth are already sold-out to his
Almighty Lord, a Muslim has nothing to lose in jihad; rather gets a chance to
win a huge world of plenitude both here and in the hereafter. Thus the deal
works as a powerful incentive to drive him directly into the paradise. This is
why only three thousands Muslims could face more than one hundred thousand
Roman soldiers in the battle of Mutah. And only 17 Muslim soldiers could free
the huge state of Bengal from the kuffar occupation in early part of
13rd century.
Humans are always
moved and motivated by the prospect of better gains. Such a core element of
human character is not unknown to the All-Knowing Creator. If a man is given a
salary of 20 million instead of 20 thousands, then the most powerful incentive
comes to his heart. His devotion, dedication and love for doing the job get sky
high. He will do everything to please his paymaster. Every quality moment of
his life, every best bit of his talent and every skill under his possession
will be invested to improve the performance. In fact, all of his physical,
intellectual and professional abilities will be deployed to please his
employer. He will not leave the job at his work station; rather will carry it
in his mind even while he is in the living room, bedroom or in the kitchen.
Even while walking in the street or driving the car or taking food and drinks,
the same thought that how to excel in the job works in his mind. If needed, he
will not hesitate to sacrifice even his life. Even for a salary of few hundred
pounds, thousands of Arab, African and Indian mercenaries fought bloody wars
and even sacrificed their lives for their British, French or Italian colonial
masters -especially in the two World Wars. Due to such human nature, culture of
mercenarism flourished even in the Muslim lands. Even now, hundreds of
thousands of so-called Muslims work as mercenaries to sustain the enemy
occupation in the Muslim lands. So, what else could be worse than such
betrayal of the Divine deal?
The reward of compliance
The Muslims
attained the highest glory in the past. But such glory didn’t come as manna
and salwa. It is indeed the reward of compliance with the deal that Almighty
Lord made with the believers. They will receive more reward in the hereafter.
The worth of the deal can’t be measured by trillions of dollars or mountains of
gold; one can’t put any value on the heavenly gain. It is invaluable. A drop of
water can be compared with the water of all the seas and the oceans; because,
both are finite. But one can’t make a comparison between the worldly gains with
the gains in the hereafter. Since the gain in the hereafter is infinite, no
amount of worldly achievement is comparable to that. One can’t be a true Muslim
with an iota of doubt about the truthfulness of the transaction. Since fighting
in the way of Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la is the part of the deal, fighting spirit
in His cause comes spontaneously in Muslims’ life as the part of faith; and
jihad becomes an integral part of the Muslim culture. This is why one can’t
find a single companion of the prophet (peace be upon him) who didn’t take part
in war against the enemies. Of those who were not physically disable, the
participation in jihad was 100 per cent; and more than 70 per cent of them
became shaheed. The prophet (peace be upon him) himself led 27 wars and
he was badly wounded, too. Jihad was such an integral part of Muslim life that
it stands as common marker to identify the munafiqs from the true
Muslims. The prophet (peace be upon him) told, even a claimant of faith in
Islam is in fact a munafiq if he hasn’t taken part in jihad in the past
and doesn’t intend to do so in the future.
The history
reveals other truth, too. The believers’ investment of time, talent, wealth and
life in Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la’s cause doesn’t work alone; the Almighty Lord’s
own investment also comes very quickly to their side. The mighty angels and
other blessing of the Almighty Lord descend down to help them. In the past,
even tiny birds called ababil turned into precision bombers and the
pebbles became destructive shells to decimate King Abraha’s huge contingent of
elephants –as narrated in Sura Fil in the holy Qur’an. As a result, the
promised victory and glory came to them; and khilafa, sharia, hudud,
shura, justice and other basics of Islam could get rightly established in
the newly launched Islamic state. Hence it is clear that one can’t be a full
Muslim, nor can be the part of the Divine mission by mere participation in
rituals like 5 times prayer, fasting in Ramadan, haj or spending money for the
poor. Fighting in the way of Almighty Lord must go side by side with these
obligatory rituals –as was seen in the early days of Islam. In fact, fighting
in His way is the highest act of piety that pleases Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la the
most -as mentioned in the holy Qur’an: “Surely Allah loves those who fight in
His way in ranks as if they were a cemented wall.” –(Sura Saf, verse 4).
But today, the
Muslims live with a different brand of faith, objective, politics and culture.
Their faith doesn’t recognise any deal with Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la; nor does
incorporate any fighting in His cause. The government media, the textbooks and
the so-called ulama of the Muslim countries are busy to hide those
Qur’anic verses from the public eyes. As a result, the basics of Islam like
sharia, khilafa, hudud, trans-ethnic Muslim unity and jihad have no place in
the lives of the most of the Muslims. The betrayal of the deal is so explicit
that fighting in the way of Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la has no place in the list of
their priorities. Rather they have forged bondage with invading enemies –as
evidenced by the presence of thousands of Turkish, Afghan, Albanian and other
Muslims in the NATO forces. For certain time, one of the Turkish Generals even
hold the position of the commander of the occupying NATO forces in Afghanistan
and led the killing of Muslims there.
The Muslims have
grown only in number, but not in iman and good deeds. The Qur’anic text
of the transaction with Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la doesn’t work in their heart and
mind. Hence, they feel free from any bondage or agreement with the Almighty
Lord. Because of such detachment, they get easily closer to the enemies of
Islam; even become intimate partner in their war of occupation, death and
destruction in the Muslim lands. Thus their fake claim of iman get
easily exposed. Those who helped the kuffar invasion of Bengal in 1757
and 1971, Middle East in 1917, Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003 were not
the idol-worshipping infidels. Rather, they were the fake Muslims who possessed
no feeling or respect for the Muslims’ life, honour, interest or independence.
Because of such moral and spiritual death, hundreds of thousands of the
Arab, the African and the Indian Muslims fought in the British, French and
Italian Armies as mercenary in the 1st and 2nd World
Wars. They think, rituals like 5 times prayer, month-long fasting in Ramadan,
charity and haj are all about Islam. As if, the holy Qur’an doesn’t give any
political guidance vis-à-vis warfare and the selection of friends and foes. As
if, they are free to select even the kuffars as friend and fight with
them to kill the Muslims. Islam -as was practised by the prophet (peace be upon
him) and the early Muslims stands totally foreign to them. As a result, the
societies or the states they have built are grossly dissimilar to that of the
prophet (peace be upon him). Rather stand very similar to those of the contemporary
kuffars: with secularism, nationalism, racism, capitalism and the kuffar
law in the heart. Thus, the continuation with the gross deviation from the
Qur’anic straight path becomes the norm in the Muslim World. Hence the city
life and culture of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Cairo, Istanbul with their
pubs, clubs and casino are little different from that of London, Paris, Rome or
New
York.
The benchmark
The deal with Allah Sub’hana
wa Ta’la sets the bench mark of a true Muslim. He needs to be a full Muslim
not only in name and rituals, but also in faith, dedication and action. Because
of fake belief and treacherous acts, even five times prayer behind the prophet
(peace be upon him) in prophet’s mosque in Medina couldn’t help the hypocrites
to become true Muslim. The word “Muslim” means who fully submits to the
revealed wishes, rules, and guidance of Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la. It is a
life-long commitment. Hence, in the time of prophet (peace be upon him), a
Muslim was not only a symbol of a humble man engaged in prayer, pilgrimage,
charity and other good deeds, but also a model of steadfast fighter against the
enemies of Islam. Every word, every pledge and every declaration of Allah
Sub’hana wa Ta’la in the holy Qur’an has a serious binding on a believer. It
doesn’t need any repetition of an order again and again to make any deed
obligatory; simple announcement in the Qur’an is enough for that –as has been
the case of obligatory rituals like 5 times prayer, fasting in Ramadan,
performance of haj and deliverance of charity. To add an extra importance to
His pledge, Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la has incorporated a word “inna”
(means: certainly) in the beginning of the verse 111 of Sura Taubah. To
reinforce the pledge further, the Almighty Lord has also invoked the names of
three Divine books like Taurat, Injeel and Qur’an in the same verse. Thus the
most power deal of Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la was made public to the benefit of
the true believers.
The greatest change-maker
Only a single verse of 185,
Sura Baqara, made a month-long fasting in Ramadan obligatory; and didn’t need a
second verse to emphasize its importance. Similarly, above mentioned single
verse of Sura Taubah was enough to bring an overwhelming conceptual shift in
the Muslim mind vis-à-vis their role on earth. The pledge of Allah Sub’hana wa
Ta’ala thus worked as the greatest change-maker in the whole human history. For
any societal or civilizational change, such a ground-breaking conceptual shift
is indispensable. The earth is not flat, rather round -such a discovery of
Copernicus laid the foundation of Europe’s huge political, territorial and
material gain and gave Europe a quick global domination. Because, the new
concept of a globular shape of earth prompted Cristopher Columbus to navigate
westward to find a shorter route to India. While searching a new route for
India, he instead discovered America. Thus he opened a gateway to add enormous
material splendour to Europe. The Muslims’ glory in the past also owes to such
a huge paradigm shift. The holy Qur’an could successfully raise a new
conceptual base in the Muslim mind. The new concept brought a ground-breaking
revolution vis-à-vis humans’ understanding on the ultimate fate. It reconfirmed
the resurrection of every man and woman after the death, the accountability in
the hereafter and abode in the paradise or in the hellfire. In the new
conceptual premise, the worldly life is viewed only as a short exam period to
qualify for the paradise. And an abode in the paradise is considered the
greatest achievement in life; and hellfire comes as the punishment.
The new conceptual revolution
instilled a new set of priorities in the Muslim mind. Whatever Allah Sub’hana
wa Ta’la wishes got the topmost importance; and the personal agenda wasn’t
given any preference to that. In the deal, Allah Subhana wa Ta’la asks not only
to slay His enemies; but also ask to be slain in His way. So the companions of
the prophet (peace be upon him) showed an exceptional valour not only to kill
the enemies of Islam, but also to embrace martyrdom. Khaled bin Walid was a
great hero of Islam; he is recognised as a famous war strategist of exceptional
talent. He led Muslim Armies so many times to victory. He could kill numerous
enemies, too. But he couldn’t be killed in the cause of Islam; that very point
remained a source of his deep frustration in later years. Such a conceptual
state of the believers tells a lot about the impact of the Qur’anic deal on the
psyche of the early Muslims. Many other verses of the holy Qur’an reinforces
the same spirit. For example: “O you who believe! Shall I guide you to a trade
that will save you from a painful punishment? (It is that) you believe in Allah
and His messenger and do jihad in the way of Allah with your wealth and your
lives. That is the best for you if you could know.”-(Sura Saf, verse 10-11). It
is also revealed, “Therefore, let those fight in the way of Allah, who sell
their worldly life for the hereafter; whoever fights in the way of Allah, then
he be slain or be victorious, We shall grant him mighty reward.”-(Sura Nisa,
verse 74). Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la also asks the Muslims to examine their own
compliance with the Divine decree. Hence they are asked, “And what is (the
matter) with you that you fight not in the cause of Allah and (for) the
oppressed among men, women and the children who say, “Our Lord, take us out of
this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and
appoint for us from Yourself a helper” -(Sura Nisa, verse 74).
The deal with Satan!
Islam stands firmly on
some fundamental pillars of faith; a Muslim can’t grow up as a true Muslim with
compromises on those basics. Any amount of compromise on those basics are not
trivial; these are grave sins that reveals detachment from Allah Sub’hana wa
Ta’la. The deal with Allah Sub’hana wa Ta’la means strong attachment with the
Qur’nic roadmap and jihad in His way. The Qur’anic straight path is only one;
all other paths are the Satanic deviation. The Qur’anic straight path exists
not only in prayers, but also in politics, warfare, trade, education, culture
and all other aspects of life. Hence, there is no scope of deviation in any
arena of life; deviation means following the Satanic roadmap. Then, the journey
starts towards the hell fire. The political and military pledges with the
Satanic forces on earth are indeed the markers of such deviation. These
deviants don’t move alone; rather take other people to the hellfire, too.
Hence, in Islam, it is the greatest jihad not only to defend the geographical
frontiers of an Islamic state, but also to protect the ideological purity of
Islam and save people from Satanic truck. But the Muslims have terribly failed
on both the counts. The mission of great prophets like prophet Musa (peace be
upon him) and prophet Isa (peace be upon him) collapsed mostly due to
ideological corruption of their Divine teachings. Due to such corruption,
monotheism of prophet Isa (peace be upon him) turned to polytheism with a
deceptive façade of so-called trinity. And sharia –as delivered to prophet Musa
(peace be upon him) as Ten Commandments remains captive in the Book of Torah
and didn’t receive any chance for implementation.
The Muslims now face
the same evil strategy of the same enemy who corrupted the Divine faith of
Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) and Prophet Isa (peace be upon him). The
several-century-old war of these enemies not only aim at occupying and
exploiting the Muslim land, but also at corrupting and dismantling the core
elements of Islamic faith. As the colonial occupation got its grip on the
Muslim World, the sharia-based judiciary along with the Islamic education was
dismantled. The enemy used the whole education system as a tool of immunising
people against Islam; hence those who received education in the colonial
institutions become the hard core opponents to Islam. They easily became Trojan
horses cum political agents of their colonial masters. Because of them, growing
up as full Muslim, practising full Islam and implementation of obligatory
sharia remained impossible even in the Muslim majority countries. The colonial
occupation has ended long ago; but, because of them, the colonial legacy still
survives with greater ferocity –as seen in Islamabad (Lal Masjid, July 2007),
Dhaka (Shapla Roundabout, Dhaka, May, 2013) and Cairo (Rabaa Al-Adawiya,
August, 2013) by the secularised Army’s mass-slaughtering of unarmed Islamists.
In fact, the new occupation under these de-Islamised Trojan horses now goes
unfettered in most of the Muslim countries. Hence, more wine shops, more
brothel houses, more casinos, more obscene sea beaches, more interest-based
banking, more enforcement of kufr laws and more public shows of
vulgarity are seen under this new occupation. As a result of long
indoctrination during the colonial era, most of the Muslims have forgotten the
most basic element of iman that entails abiding by the solemn
transaction with Allah Sub’han wa Ta’la. Such deal has gone to complete
oblivion. As a result, fighting in His way is no more a part of their
political, ideological or cultural roadmap. And the very few those who still
fight have fully forgotten that fighting in His way means fighting for his
sharia, hudud, khilafa, justice and trans-ethnic Muslim civilizational
state. Such gross derailment from the Qur’anic straight path can only expedite
further disaster and downfall. And the Muslims are indeed in the midst of
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