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We were saying that with acceptance of
Islam, we became one indivisible nation and had a commanding
dignity. Mothers used to give examples of our heroes to their
children. Now the condition is such that the whole world is
after Muslims, not only that, we ourselves are chasing each
other too. We are busy in pulling each other’s legs, at times
for our own benefits and at time by becoming agents of our
enemies. It is the prophecy given in Quran that when we stop
following the Quran we will become like the people before us.
Some scholars of today call this the prophesied disaster for the
nation of Islam.
These days we cannot influence anybody to
become a Muslim, as we ourselves have become bad examples. Even
if somebody does accept Islam due to its own reality, the sects
we have divided ourselves into will confuse the covert.
One Sunday I was conducting a discussion
group in Richmond mosque when a newly converted Caucasian Muslim
came to mosque and after salutations joined the discussion
group. After the discussion I asked him that how was he doing?
He told me that he is very confused because whichever mosque he
goes to, he hears bad things about other mosques. He said that
he does not know who is right and who is wrong, and that which
mosque he should go to as each one of them quotes Quran in their
favor. He showed me the pamphlet of one group who was arguing
about the right direction to Kabba, and called every one else
non-Muslim. I explained to him what it was and how the enemies
of Islam were spreading these rumors to stop Islam from
spreading. However he was a new Muslim and he had still a lot
to learn about Islam, and knew enough verses of Quran to be able
to offer his prayers. Lots of so called Muslims among us also
fall in the same group of ignorant, who cannot even read Quran
and just follow the myths.
In the early decades of the last century,
there was a Hindu named Nwal Kishore who had a printing press
and used to publish baseless stories about Islam. I was
discussing something with a priest in Pakistan and he quoted me
from these wrong stories in support of his argument. When I
asked him about the source of this book which was he quoting in
proof his argument and he did not know that, but he said I have
faith in that book. While the book of Allah we should have
faith in is hardly ever read by us and usually sits on
mantelpieces wrapped in cloth cover, while we trust the mythical
storybooks. Result is the un-informed nation. Our salvation is
only in the fact that we should go to the real source, which is
Quran, and get our children and ourselves educated. We should
however take care that we do not become lopsided in our
education of faith and other subjects. Our education should be
balanced. If the facts are not learned from the early age, the
fiction will fill its place. So we should have worldly as well
as religious education in proper balance right from the early
age. Allah does not favor nations or individuals, and if one
becomes useless then He will bring the other one ahead. We can
take the argument that somebody else will save us. It is only
our own deeds and efforts that can save us and not our
forefathers'. We have seen in the history that when Abbasids
turned bad, Allah brought the wrath of Gengis Khan and Hulago
Khan on them. They destroyed not only Abbsi khlafat but Hasan
bin Sabbah's kingdom too which was the centre of violence for
years. Then they accepted Islam and established
Khilafat-e-Usmania. When a nation or people become bad, Allah
brings some others to straighten them out and this cycle goes
on. We have numerous examples of this in history. Allah says
that whosoever remains faithful to Him will be saved, and not
the ones who go astray. We will not be on the right path as
long as we keep on believing in the myths and fiction. We are
becoming a nation, which does not follow the teachings of the
prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and are always looking for short cuts
and in practical field we are extremists while we need to be
balanced nation, we need to know religion and modern science
side by side. some of Ahle kitab faced the wrath of ALLAH due
to starting to worship an idol when there prophet (pbuh) was
gone for a while, we can face the same consequences if we go
astray. If the people of other books started usurping other's
property by amending it, we are doing the same thing with out
making any such amendments. We have become usurpers of our
own relatives and others. We use all kinds of influence,
bribery and force to get our unfair way. If we do all this,
then how can we expect mercy from Allah? However if we repent
and adopt His ways then, He might forgive us like He did Hazrat
yunis (pbuh) because He is Benevolent and Merciful. |
