The Plight of MankindMohammed al-Amrani

Man is a unique and wonderful creature in this universe but he is physically, mentally and spiritually complex.  This complexity calls for the knowledge of a god, the wisdom of a god and guidance of a god for man to know his position and his role in this universe.  If such guidance is not available, then his entire life and his entire being will be in constant clash with itself, and all around it.  And today mankind are not in communion with themselves, their fellow men and all around them and despite ease of life - compared to earlier generations - and in spite of the massive technological and material advancements, man is not happy and in constant war with all around him and on the verge of collapse as he has practically lost the choice to pause and unless God has ordained the destruction of mankind at large, one hopes that he will pause and listen to the voice of His gracious Maker, even at the last minute.  Though man is infinitesimal and appears insignificant in this whole universe and his earth is nothing but a dot in a massive ocean of galaxies, he is of special status in the design of the universe owing in large to his inborn disposition to seek faith and accept the responsibilities and consequences of believing or rejecting God's message.  Due to this and to his innate ability for gradual and progressive knowledge, he deserved God's grace which culminated in sending him messengers and prophets and vouchsafed to him books to guide him.  But it has been centuries since man lived by the last guidance of the last book, the Qur'an, which was sent for all of mankind as a whole and Islam has practically vanished from the face of the earth and in its absence other man-made 'guidance' was invented which man is living by today.  But such man-made systems have no roots and most of them including communism, socialism, and capitalism, have almost collapsed and millions of souls were lost.

God is the truth and Islam is His final message to mankind at large sent to bring them out of the state of confusion, chaos, uncertainties, unhappiness and to make an end to the corruption of the clergy and the rulers and to end their sufferings and pain caused in main by godless systems, perceptions, and concepts.  It did for over 1,000 years and despite the deviations from the Islamic principle at some periods, it remained much better than man-made systems.  But unfortunately and because of many reasons, some have to do with the nature of the faith, and others with the inherent shortcomings of man,

it demised and a new man-made system assumed the leadership of mankind in the disguise of freedom, liberty, and science.  But obviously it is not working and has failed and will continue to fail and the period destined for its existence will be a period of mental, psychological and spiritual anguish for man.  Only Islam is capable of rendering man back into His Maker, but it must be revived from under the debris of centuries of spurious concepts, dubious perceptions and un-Islamic systems and governments.  And Alhumdillah a revival process is underway and though it is facing ruthless resistance, onslaught and cruel, despotic, and inhumane measures, it will eventually prevail.  This onslaught is led by the Judeo-Christian fear and age-seated 'hate' of Islam and unleashed in collaboration with the established political systems in the Islamic world which have nothing to do with Islam.  It is crucial this onslaught is encountered at this critical stage and it is essential that Muslims, or those who love this faith, and are conscious of their duties help according to their capabilities and means.  All will be asked and Islam is a human need and the Islamic society will be established here or there, today or tomorrow with or without the help of Muslims.

By writing, it is merely intended for Muslims to 'move.'  To 'act' and not set idle and immobile watching the on-going hideous western-led onslaught on Islam and Muslims.  As to those who carry Muslim names, have Muslim skins and are leading un-Islamic life styles, be them in the east or west, or those fascinated with western values, life style, literature or art and those spiritually and intellectually defeated before western culture, and those 'defeatists' before the 'miserable' state of the Muslim world, they ought to at least try their 'inherited' faith and not avoid spiritual commitment and their 'cure' is in the Qur'an.  Material progress answers one aspect of the human whole but it is not an aim in itself and useless in the absence of faith.  Deviation starts small, then the angle continues to enlarge and enlarge until, as it were, as the Qu'ran explicitly has warned, a seal is set upon the heart of the individual who persistently refuses to even try, so that no light goes in or out.  This complex state can easily be seen and observed worldwide.  The Qur'an refers to this state as 'death' - still it is plausible such individuals can be cured but it will be a long and painful process.

The Western hegemony of the world including the Islamic world – or the one that used to be Islamic – is almost over not because the west has grown militarily and economically weak but because it no longer

has any values allowing it to lead after it bankrupted morally and spiritually and after its democratic system has almost stifled and exposed as nothing but a system in the hands of a few businessmen, investors and corporations.  Man will come out of this Jahiliyyah to Islam, from falsehood to truth, and from spiritual, economic and material slavery to freedom.  But the road is long, full of blood, corpses, pain and tears and those who march through the vast ocean of Jahiliyyah which has encompassed the entire world should adapt to their own social order, practice spiritual seclusion, preach on one hand and 'move' on the other.  Well-organized preaching is necessary to substantiate Jihad and win the war of ideas.  By attacking the ideas behind the establishment of these Jahili societies, Muslims provide Jihad with the ideological justifications.  Without a war of ideas, Jihad would seem and look as unsubstantiated and unnecessary violence.  The revival of Islam means something 'big' and significant.  More significant than life itself.  It means the re-birth of the spiritual humanity which is more important that its first physical birth.  Paradise is looming from far … rather from near and its smell is in the horizon.