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    Posted: 24 April 2005 at 3:22am
Some Serious Surmises
There are some numerous and serious surmises that have been saved in �hard discs of minds� of most of the people and some of our intelligentsia even, which needs to be arranged accurately. I try to deal with some of them one by one.
Firstly: it is believed far and wide that Judaism and Hinduism and sometimes Christianity are also counted therewith, are the ancient most religions - and as a consequence thereof Jews, Hindus and Christians are being misconstrued as the ancient most nations. But this is a serious misperception utterly. As a matter of fact it is Islam alone, which is not only the ancient most religion (which hems-in a complete code of life) - but at the same time it is the latest most religion as well - and as such Muslim Nation is the only ancient and original most nation in the world.
Islam is the ancient most, for Islam alone is among the rest of the religions a God Given Gift and ergo is the Divine Religion, which encompasses a complete code of life and that�s why it is called �the religion� (viz Ad-Din). This was bestowed upon the first Man viz Father of the humanity, the Adam (AS) - when the latter was ordained to dwell in the earth. And thus its ancientness goes beyond the human being itself, for the there was no other religion at that time. And ergo Islam is second to none in integrity as well as antiquity. Now so far its modernity is concerned, Islam is the only latest and up-to-date religion, for it was concluded, consolidated, accomplished and made functional by Allah Almighty through His Last Prophet, Mohammad (SAW) himself in all aspects. All the Prophets were given the task to preach and establish Islam and that�s why, we the Muslims alone believe in all the Prophets because all of the Prophets, right from the first Prophet, Adam (AS) to the last Prophet Mohammad (SAW) were Muslims and were preaching Islam. And none in the world other than the Muslims believes in any Prophet in the proper and true sense of the word, for none of the Prophets were preaching any of other religions but Islam. And that�s why Christians believes in crucifixion of the Christ (viz Eesa Ibni Maryam AS) - the question is; had the then Jews or Christians been His believers or followers, would have they preferred Him (SA) to be crucified by themselves, even if their myth about the crucifixion is presumed? Likewise the erstwhile Jews had killed brutally most of the erstwhile Prophets, for the Jews were not only disbelieving them but were also defying them. And none would be able to contradict these conclusive proofs, what I want to convey - Allah Almighty says in Holy Qur�an: �MANKIND WERE ONE COMMUNITY, AND ALLAH SENT (UNTO THEM) PROPHETS AS BEARERS OF GOOD TIDINGS AND AS WARNERS, AND REVEALED THEREWITH THE SCRIPTURES WITH THE TRUTH THAT IT MIGHT JUDGE BETWEEN MANKIND CONCERNING THAT WHEREIN THEY DIFFERED CONCERNING IT, AFTER CLEAR PROOFS HAD COME UNTO THEM, THROUGH HATRED ONE OF ANOTHER. AND ALLAH BY HIS WILL GUIDED THOSE WHO BELIEVE UNTO THE TRUTH OF THAT CONCERNING WHICH THEY DIFFERED; ALLAH GUIDETH WHOM HE WILL UNTO A STRAIGHT PATH. (Surah Al-Baqarah: 2-213). Similarly Allah Almighty says in another place, �HE HATH ORDAINED FOR YOU THAT RELIGION WHICH HE COMMANDED UNTO NOAH - AND THAT WHICH WE INSPIRE IN THEE (MOHAMMAD) - AND THAT WHICH WE COMMANDED UNTO ABRAHAM, MOSES, AND JESUS, SAYING: ESTABLISH THE RELIGION, AND BE NOT DIVIDED THEREIN: DREADFUL FOR IDOLATERS IS THAT UNTO WHICH THOU CALLEST THEM. ALLAH CHOOSES FOR HIMSELF THOSE WHOM HE PLEASES, AND GUIDES TO HIMSELF THOSE WHO TURN (TOWARDS HIM)�. (Surah Ash-Shura: 42-13). Likewise Allah Almighty says in Surah Al-Nahl: �AND VERILY WE HAVE RAISED IN EVERY NATION A MESSENGER (PROCLAIMING) SERVE ALLAH AND SHUN FALSE GODS�� - (16-36). All other religions are manmade and splinters simply, given the defilement that was made with passage of time by the defying non-believers of Islam - ergo I can say with authority that all other religions are the corruption (viz altered form) of Islam and all other nations are corruption of Muslim Nation. And that�s why that all the basic notions of Islam can be viewed easily in all other religions - though in a much distorted forms. In all other manmade religions the concept of God, Prophets, Angels, Divine Scriptures and Day of Judgment subsists in one way or the other - and we must not forget that Adam (AS) was the first human being who was told about all these Sacred Realities. So the question is whether peoples other than Muslims could have acquainted with in the first instance about all those Sacred Realities, without duplicating from Islam? But since the followers of all other religions in the first instant were those who were defying Islam as well as the Muslims - therefore they were trying to craft different versions of Islam of their own choices, some of them by design and some of them by default - hence they did it in the shapes of all manmade prevailing creeds. In the resent present even so many outfits have splintered from Islam and are lying at different distances from Islam - some of them lie within the circle and some of them have skipped the circle.
Moses (AS) was also as the best Muslim as all other Prophets had been and hence he was also preaching Islam and only Islam - and he had nothing to do with Judaism - hence Moses (AS) said, �O PHARAOH, I AM A MESSENGER FROM THE LORD OF THE WORLD, INCUMBENT IN THAT I SHOULD NOT SPEAK REGARDING GOD ANYTHING EXCEPT THE TRUTH. I HAVE BROUGHT TO YOU A CLEAR PROOF FROM YOUR LORD, SO SEND FORTH WITH ME THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL�. (Surah Al-A�Raf 7-104,105). About the Jews as will as Nasara (Christians) Almighty Allah says: �THE JEWS CALL UZAIR A SON OF ALLAH AND THE NASARA CALL MESSIAH THE SON OF ALLAH. THAT IS A SAYING FROM THEIR MOUTH; (IN THIS) THEY BUT IMITATE WHAT THE UNBELIEVERS OF OLD USED TO SAY. ALLAH'S CURSE BE ON THEM: HOW THEY ARE DELUDED AWAY FROM THE TRUTH!� (Surah At-Taubah: 9-30) In addition to that Almighty Allah says: �THEY TAKEN AS LORDS BESIDES ALLAH THEIR RABBIS AND THEIR MONKS, MESSIAH THE SON OF MARY WHEN THEY WERE BIDDEN TO WORSHIP ONLY GOD THERE IS NO GOD SAVE HIM. BE HE GLORIFIED FROM ALL THAT THEY ASCRIBE AS PARTNER (UNTO HIM)�! (Surah At-Taubah 9:31). Judaism was the brainchild of the Jewish rabbis, which was crafted as a regular creed, centuries after the lifetime of the Moses (AS) - (about 1270 years after the sad demise of Moses, AS) by them during 4 & 5 BC. And that�s why Allah Almighty has addressed Jews in this way: �SAY (O MOHAMMAD): O YE WHO BECOME JEWS! IF YE CLAIM THAT YE ARE FAVORED OF ALLAH APART FROM (ALL) MANKIND, THEN LONG FOR DEATH IF YE ARE TRUTHFUL�. (Surah Al-Jumu�ah 62-6). After passing away of the Prophet Suleiman (viz Solomon, SAW) his Kingdom bisected in two parts; �Yehudia� (viz Yehuda, Judah or Judea) and Samaria. Yehudia (viz Yehuda, Judah or Judea) got its name from Judea or Judah (after the name of Prophet Jacob�s (AS) fourth son, Judah) - subsequently also applied to one of the tribes of Jews. According to Jews history Moses (AS) passed away in 1272 BC that means round about 19 centuries before when Muhammad (SAW) was chosen to be sent as the Last Prophet.        &nbs p;         &nbs p;         &nbs p;         &nbs p;
Likewise Christians do not believe in the Eesa Ibni Maryam (viz Jesus AS) - because He was as the best Muslim as all other Prophets had been. So far the terms �Christians� and �Christianity� are concerned the same did not have any existence in the lifetime of the Jesus (AS). And as evident from The Holy Qur�an, the true followers of the Jesus (SAW) were never and nowhere named as �Christians� - they were named as Muslims and/or as a relative term �Ansar-ullah� by The Allah Almighty - as The Holy Qur�an would reveal that �WHEN JESUS BECAME CONSCIOUS OF THEIR DISBELIEF, HE CRIED WHO WILL BE MY HELPERS (viz MAN ANSAR�EE) IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH (viz ILLALLAH) THE DISCIPLES SAID; WE WILL BE ALLAH�S HELPERS (ANSAR-ULLAH) - WE BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND BEAR THOU WITNESS THAT WE ARE MUSLIMS� (Surah Al-i-Imran: 3-52). In another place in the same Surah, Allah Almighty says; �AND HE (YOUR PROPHET) COMMANDED YOU NOT THAT YE SHOULD TAKE THE ANGELS AND THE PROPHETS FOR LORDS. WOULD HE (YOUR PROPHET) COMMAND YOU TO DISBELIEVE AFTER YE HAD BECOME MUSLIMS?� (Surah Al-i-Imran: 3-80). And that�s why Allah Almighty says in Holy Qur�an; �ABRAHAM WAS NEITHER A JEW, NOR A CHRISTIAN; BUT HE WAS AN UPRIGHT MUSLIM AND WHO WAS NOT OF THE IDOLATERS� (Surah Al-i-Imran: 3-67). And being non-Muslims the Christians therefore believe in Christianity - that was crafted mostly by St Paul (3-62 AD) - and likewise the nouns �Christians� and �Christianity� for the followers & the crafted creed were coined in 43/44 AD respectively, by St Paul, a Jewish convert Christian, along with others in Antakya (viz Antioch, Turkey), far after the elevation of the Jesus (AS) to the Heaven.
Here it is also worth mentioning that given their misnomer about �Nasara�, either by default or by design Christian priests misconstrued the term �Nasara� from the word �Ansar-ullah� and/or from the word �Nasra� - viz Nazareth, a city in Israel, the birth place of the Jesus (AS) and thus were using it (namely Nasara) for the followers of their religion (viz Christianity) for a longer period - whereas Allah Almighty has addressed the true followers of the Jesus in the first instance as �Ansar-ullah� with reference to the context of what they had declared on the query; viz �THE DISCIPLES SAID; WE WILL BE ALLAH�S HELPERS (ANSAR-ULLAH) - WE BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND BEAR THOU WITNESS THAT WE ARE MUSLIMS� (Surah Al-I-Imran: 3-52). But after passage of many years when there were no true followers of Prophet Jesus any longer - and the so-called followers of Jesus were in fact following the coined dogma of Christianity - consequently thenceforth they were not called �Ansar-ullah� - but they were called �Nasara� and that too in the converted sense - and that�s why Allah gives the reference in the words: �AND WITH THOSE WHO SAY; WE ARE �NASARA� WE MADE COVENANT BUT THEY FORGOT A PART OF THAT WHEREOF THEY WERE ADMONISHED� - (first part of Holy Verse No: 14 of Surah Al Ma�idah). On the other hand the then Jews used the word �Galilee� or �converted outfit of �Nasaria� as a slang for the then Christians. Whereas the term Christian was also given to them as slang by the then polytheists of Antakya - during the preaching of the new creed by St Paul in 43/44 AD. And thus finding no other name St Paul, along with others also admitted the term �Christians� and �Christianity� for the followers and the creed respectively.
Islam being the natural Religion (viz Ad-Din) has also been illustrious in its name, for its name; Islam has also been God Given, right from the day one. And that�s why that in first part of Surah Al-Hajj, Allah Almighty says; �AND STRIVES FOR ALLAH WITH THE ENDEAVOR WHICH IS HIS RIGHT. HE HAS CHOSEN YOU, AND HAS NOT LAID UPON YOU IN RELIGION HARDSHIPS; IT IS THE FAITH OF YOUR FATHER ABRAHAM. IT IS HE WHO HAS NAMED YOU MUSLIMS, BOTH BEFORE AND IN THIS (SCRIPTURE)�� (Surah Al-Hajj 22:78). Whereas the names of all other religions, being manmade, are also manmade and/or ascribed to some celebrity or region and that too in some cases centuries after the surge thereof. For instance, Jewish rabbis were the mastermind of Judaism (viz Yehudiat) - and the name of this creed was ascribed to Judea or Judah (viz Yehuda), after the name of Prophet Jacob�s (AS) fourth son, Judah viz Yehuda, centuries after the lifetime of the Moses (AS) - by the Jewish Rabbis round about during 4 & 5 BC. Likewise, St Paul (3-62 AD) had to draw upon the names of Christians & Christianity for the followers & the creed respectively in the period of his extensive three journeys during the AD 40s and 50s. Similarly Hindus had had no name or even a known founder of their so-called religion. They used to call their creed as �Sanatan Dharma� - it were the modern orientalists who crept the word Hinduism for making reference to the religion of those who were performing rituals of Sanatan Dharma or were claiming to be the followers of the creed. A renowned Hindu scholar, Nirad C. Choudhry writes in his book, �The Continent of Circe�:
"I am surprised to find how many people even among those who are well-educated think that we are Hindus because we have a religion called Hinduism and that word is comparable to 'Christian' or 'Muslim�. It had no such association for the Hindus or for their neighbors in former times. This crept in when Modern European Orientalists began to study the religions of India. They found that the Hindus had no other name for the whole complex of their religious feelings, beliefs and practices except the phrase �Sanatan Dharma or the Eternal Way. They did not have even a word of their own for religion in European sense; and so the Orientalists coined the word Hinduism to describe that complex of religion. Actually we Hindus are not Hindus because we follow a religion called or understood as Hinduism; our religion has been given the very imprecise label �Hinduism' because it is the jumble of the creeds and rites of a people known as Hindus after their country. On this analogy the Greek religion might be called Hellenism and Graecism".
Secondly: the second well nourished conjecture which is believed far and wide even amongst the Muslims is; that �People of the Book� also believe in Allah Almighty. In fact belief in Allah means the belief what & how that has been ordained exactly by Allah Almighty Himself in the Holy Qur�an. But so far faith of Jews and Christians regarding the Allah Almighty is concerned that is absolutely misbelief. To the �People of the Book� reference has been made in Holy Qur�an in the words: �THEY SAY: "BECOME JEWS OR CHRISTIANS THEN YE WILL BE RIGHTLY GUIDED. SAY THOU (O MOHAMMAD): NAY, BUT (WE FOLLOW) THE RELIGION OF ABRAHAM THE TRUE AND HE WAS NOT OF IDOLATERS." (2:135). In another place the Allah Almighty hinting towards their joining gods with Allah in this way: �THOSE WHO BELIEVE - AND THOSE WHO ARE JEWS - AND THE SABIANS AND THE CHRISTIANS - WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY, AND WORK RIGHTEOUSNESS - THERE SHALL NO FEAR UPON THEM, NOR SHALL THEY GRIEVE�. (5:69). In another place while referring to their ignorance Allah says: �THE JEWS CALL UZAIR A SON OF ALLAH AND THE CHRISTIANS CALL CHRIST THE SON OF ALLAH. THAT IS A SAYING FROM THEIR MOUTH; (IN THIS) THEY BUT IMITATE WHAT THE UNBELIEVERS OF OLD USED TO SAY. ALLAH'S CURSE BE ON THEM: HOW THEY ARE DELUDED AWAY FROM THE TRUTH�! (9:30). So the question is whether this is the meaning of belief in Allah Almighty? Similarly in another place Allah Almighty says: �O PEOPLE OF THE BOOK! COMMIT NO IMMODERATION IN YOUR RELIGION - NOR UTTER AUGHT CONCERNING ALLAH SAVE THE TRUTH. MESSIAH EESA, THE SON OF MARY WAS ONLY A MESSENGER OF ALLAH, AND HIS WORD, WHICH HE BESTOWED ON MARY, AND A SPIRIT FROM HIM - SO BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGERS. SAY NOT "TRINITY�: DESIST - IT IS BETTER FOR YOU - FOR ALLAH IS ONLY ONE ALLAH. GLORY BE TO HIM: (FAR EXALTED IS HE) ABOVE HAVING A SON. TO HIM BELONG ALL THINGS IN THE HEAVENS AND ON EARTH. AND ENOUGH IS ALLAH AS DEFENDER�. (4:171). They were even defying those parts of their scriptures which had predicted about the Prophet Mohammad (SAW). Allah Almighty says: "THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE MESSENGER, THE UNLETTERED PROPHET, WHOM THEY FIND MENTIONED IN THEIR OWN TORAH AND GOSPEL - HE COMMANDS THEM WHAT IS JUST AND FORBIDS THEM WHAT IS EVIL; HE ALLOWS THEM AS LAWFUL WHAT IS GOOD (AND PURE) AND PROHIBITS THEM FROM WHAT IS BAD (AND IMPURE); HE RELIVES THEM FROM THEIR HEAVY BURDENS AND FROM THE YOKES THAT ARE UPON THEM. SO IT IS THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM, HONOUR HIM, HELP HIM, AND FOLLOW THE LIGHT WHICH IS SENT DOWN WITH HIM - IT IS THEY WHO WILL PROSPER." [7:157]. In the same way the baseless novel notion that �universal truths� are all alike in all the religions� is in direct clash with the Holy Qur�an. God says: �THE RELIGION BEFORE ALLAH IS ISLAM (SUBMISSION TO HIS WILL): NOR DID THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK DISSENT THEREFROM EXCEPT THROUGH ENVY OF EACH OTHER, AFTER KNOWLEDGE HAD COME TO THEM. BUT IF ANY DENY THE SIGNS OF ALLAH, ALLAH IS SWIFT IN CALLING TO ACCOUNT�. (3:19). Belief in Allah Almighty means belief in Allah Almighty only in terms of the Holy Qur�an - Thus one may say only that all the universal truths and the basics of what the God�s Messengers, right from Adam (SA) to the last Prophet Mohammad (SAW) have been preaching in their respective tenures are all alike.
Thirdly: the third serious surmise, which proliferated by Muslim choral clergy is; that they alone have the right to rule the nation. And if one tries to argue with them - that overall competence is a must for a person to rule - and that limited expertise in some religious rituals is no qualification to rule a nation. They, on this will skip by saying that there was no concept of separation of state and mosque as has been done in Christianity. But this is also one of the misperceptions and has been sold wittingly by them. In Islam right from the first Prophet Adam (SAW) to our last Prophet, Mohammad (SAW) - all of them were the Highest Righteous, the Greatest Statesmen and the outstanding Highbrows Personas - and none of them were a Mullah. And likewise none of the four Caliphs the Righteous was a Mullah and similar was the case afterwards. And whose skill was restricted to performing the rituals, they had never interfered in the state affairs. So much so that �Ashab-i-Suffa� albeit they were the highest and luminous religious scholars and they had devoted, confined and spared their entire lives for learning the religious knowledge - but nonetheless none of them had ever tried either by themselves or by others to indulge in politics even in the lifetime of Mohammad (SAW) - and similar was the case afterwards in period of Caliphate the Righteous. Who else other than Allah Almighty could/can know better that governance has been inclusively a peerless art and is entirely a different assignment - and this is what, which always requires the extraordinary all-round skill and competence as prerequisite. And that�s why that all the Prophets were the most chosen adroit and practical personas of the time. Ergo in the Holy Qur�an, Allah the Almighty Order has been, �VERILY ALLAH COMMANDS THAT YOU TO MAKEOVER TRUSTS TO THOSE WORTHY OF THEM�. (Surah Nisa: 4 -58). The milieu under which this verse was revealed makes the meaning of this verse further glistening. If a Mullah can�t drive a car without learning first, how they are trying to cruise the ship of over 140 millions Muslims on board without prerequisite thereof. What is the importance of competence for he who would govern is also evident from this Holy Verse, �THEIR PROPHET (VIZ SAMUEL AS) SAID UNTO THEM: LO! ALLAH HATH RAISED UP SAUL (VIZ TALOOTH) TO BE A KING FOR YOU. THEY SAID: HOW CAN HE HAVE KINGDOM OVER US WHEN WE ARE MORE DESERVING OF THE KINGDOM THAN HE IS, SINCE HE HATH NOT BEEN GIVEN WEALTH ENOUGH? HE SAID: LO! ALLAH HATH CHOSEN HIM ABOVE YOU, AND HATH INCREASED HIM ABUNDANTLY IN WISDOM AND STATURE. ALLAH BESTOWETH HIS SOVEREIGNTY ON WHOM HE WILL. ALLAH IS ALL-EMBRACING, ALL-KNOWING� - (Surah Al-Baqarah 2-247). According to my opinion it was from the early Muslims whom �they� (most of the non-Muslims) learnt from, the worthiest secret of statecraft that by keeping their clergy (viz Church) away from the state (viz state affairs) - and to keep them away, it was necessary to keep them busy in purely religious rituals. But one must bear in mind that I don�t mean to say that religion has nothing to do with the helm of affairs of a state - rather what I mean to convey more articulately is that in Islamic polity, religion of course shall be the heart of the politics, for by doing so there will be all virtues within on one hand and no harm on the other, whatsoever. But so far the helm of affairs are concerned they shall be run by those who are worthy thereof. Meaning thereby that acquaintance which would be limited simply to religious rituals shall not be the credential to rule - and that including the Islamic Knowledge, all round competence in all the relevant and contemporary fields shall be germane for those who will be in the helm of state affairs. If say, a politician is deficient in religious knowledge, he can be compensated by a scholar consultant easily but so far Mullah�s over all deficiency is concerned it has no cure whatsoever. Our Mullah can neither understand the substance of Shariat nor the spirit thereof given the restricted origin they have come up from.
Fourthly: the fourth grave deduce of our clergy has been their allergy towards modernity. Most of our clergy are as allergic from this word as they are allergic from rationalism and reasons. They equate the word modernization to the word westernization and westernization to secularization. Of course non-believers have cramped their religion to the specific rituals - and they have done so rightly - because their religions are not more than dogmas and have nothing to do with any practical walk of life. Thus secularism was inevitable for them if they wanted to move forward in all walks of life. So the west has been rightly using the term �secularism� in the meaning of scraping their religion, for their religions were manmade and synthetic - and hence were of no practical worth. Even if they wanted to run their respective states under the principles of their religions, they would have never been able ever, for their religions are composed of only some misbelieves and some rituals and rites in the dim light thereof. It�s Islam alone, which is embracing a complete code of life - and hence in Holy Qur�an it has been declared that Islam alone is an exhaustive code of life. �LO! THE RELIGION BEFORE ALLAH IS ISLAM� (Surah Al-Imran). Now whatever meaning they might have been using in the word secularism but most of the righteous enlightened Muslim intellectuals use the term secularism in the light of what the Allah Almighty has announced in the first sentence of verse: 256 of Surah Al-Baqarah; �THERE IS NO COMPULSION IN RELIGION�. Similarly they are not using the term modernization in the meaning of westernization. And thus they want rationalism, which had been the avenue of our forefathers in Islam, as opposing to irrational sectarianism. They want advancement that had been talking imperative of Islam, as opposing to the inertia. They want tolerance, which was the hallmark of Islam, as opposing to fanaticism. They want Islam and not the Talibanism, to say in brief. For, every violent approach leads to the same violent reaction. But nevertheless on the other hand most of the Muslim clergy equate the term modernism to secularism or agnosticism (viz atheism) - and/or they use it as antonym of Islam meaning thereby that in case of modernization a Muslims State would not be run according to God Given Laws. Though in fact so far most of the Muslims are concerned they mean from modernization nothing more than the personal sovereignty of belief within the personal domain, which has been a God Given Right, right from the day one - otherwise there was no need to set the human race free for choosing the belief of his choice. And had that not been the case the Satan at least would have been executed instantly. But the firebrand clergy (viz political Mullahs) take the meaning thereof as paganism and as antonym of faithfulness - and thus they translate this innocent word so far the word its self is concerned in Urdu with �Maghribiat� (westernization) or �Ladiniat� (paganism) - which is totally incongruous. Notwithstanding the overwhelming confusion given the extremists and illiterate political clergy; Islam has never been less than a nucleus for Muslims, irrespective of the fact whether a Muslim country was/is being ruled by clergy or not. I mean to say that whosoever rules a Muslim country, he would never be able to alienate Muslims from Islam or vice versa, by and large. For, we the Muslims can�t afford to turn away from Islamic legal system. But following the Islamic legal system is poles apart from running a country according to Islam. And the biting wit has been that it is the political clergy who has damaged Islam as will as the Muslims many a times more than the non-clerical politicians.
Fifthly: the fifth and fatal misperception of Muslims in general and of the Muslims clergy in particular is the belief that a certain system of rule alone is the warranty, which determines the destiny of the success of a nation - and given this misbelieve, they have been rhyming that if Islamic System was given a chance it will resolve automatically all crisis of the Muslims. Of course Islamic System being the God Given has been the panacea and best possible amongst the rest - provided one knows the modus operandi of how to apply the former in a prevailing set of circumstances. To elaborate a little more, Pakistan is the first country in modern history of the world wherein various systems and laws of Islam viz Hudood Laws, including Law of Qisas & Diyat, Islamic Law of Inheritance, Islamic Law of Guardian & Wards, Islamic Law of Pre-emption, Muslim Family Laws, Qanoon-i-Shahadat (Evidence Act), Law of Succession, Muslims personal law etc etc have been promulgated and have been in operation since long - constitution of the country is also of course Islamic - but nonetheless, mess has been the word throughout. Now can one say that the aforementioned systems/laws have some defect? Not at all - actually the administrators of the country have been defective. Conversely, the whole developed world of the infidels is being run under manmade laws - but nevertheless they have been ruling the world since long - so can one say that manmade laws would be better than the God Given Laws, never - so then what the mystery is? The mystery simply lies in the competency of the administrators of those countries. And that�s why altogether contrasting systems have been working successfully and simultaneously right from the ancient times in the world, whenever they succeeded in finding the competent administrators for the running thereof.
Sixthly: the sixth vital surmise our leaders have been suffering from is the misconception that gaining the favor of the world or big powers in the world can be achieved simply by standing with a bowhead or by going before them by knee crawling or by hurling hollow slogans and jangling, it is totally absurd. Even a mother doesn�t like a coy son let alone others. By wining others favor one must win the esteem in his own heart, home and homeland - and that too by deeds not by words, for deeds speak loudly than words. The world would gain a message only from our actions and not from our expressions. It is Islam alone who has taught us the life minute deliberations - right from running our petty individual affairs to running the world affairs - but nevertheless most of us have even forgotten how to block the oozing drops after peeing. The way what the most of us have been doing for blocking the oozing drops - viz standing on every public path or in front of a Mosque, our Lord House, as of right, with open shalwar and one hand inside - and peeping inside very frequently and very publicly. Almighty Allah doesn�t side with those who don�t prove to be worthy thereof on merit. And that�s why Almighty Allah has announced that �VERILY NEVER WILL ALLAH CHANGE THE CONDITION OF A PEOPLE UNTIL THEY CHANGE IT THEMSELVES (WITH THEIR OWN SOULS)�- (Surah Ar-Ra�d 13-11). Thus Allah Almighty would only lend a hand to us when we prove ourselves worthy thereof.

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"...the Hindus had no other name for the whole complex of their religious feelings, beliefs and practices except the phrase �Sanatan Dharma or the Eternal Way. They did not have even a word of their own for religion in European sense; and so the Orientalists coined the word Hinduism to describe that complex of religion. Actually we Hindus are not Hindus because we follow a religion called or understood as Hinduism; our religion has been given the very imprecise label �Hinduism' because it is the jumble of the creeds and rites of a people known as Hindus after their country."

 

Yes... this is true.  'Hindu' is an Arabic word.  Even 'India' is also as new a word as 'Hindu'.

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