This
is the strange accident of history of the world which has no parallel.
The historians and research scholars of Europe have spent their
life in probing into the reasons of their prosperity but as they
did not believe in spiritualism and mission of Holy Prophet hence
they have only viewed the psychological aspect of the teaching
of the Holy Quran and got to the principles which are hidden in
this simple teaching as water is hidden in the entire system of
the tree. And in truth the basic factors of the prosperity of
Europe are the same which were of Islamic people. When the Muslims
ponder over their early history and try to find out the reasons
of their astonishing prosperity and advancement they feel the
powers of spiritualism of the Holy Prophet…….his miracle
etc.,……. and they cannot find out from psychological
point of view the hidden power in the teaching of Islam which
can make the dead alive and those alive unforgettable. In my opinion
the material prosperity as well as absence of spiritualism in
Europe is due to the fact that Europe did not study Islam from
spiritual point of view but from material angel. Similarly the
reason for the downfall of present day Muslims is that they study
the Quran in the light of spiritual performance of miracles and
not from the point of view or material prosperity.
Every nation can be divided into three sections from the point
of intellectual power; high, middle, and lower. When Allah desires
to give prosperity to any nation HE(Allah) brings forth among
them a man who is followed with heart and sold by the first section
of the people. They say yes when he says yes, and no when he says
no. they sit and get up at his command. They live with his beckoning
and die at his order. In this way a well knit and well organized
group is formed which wins the heart and respect of the whole
nation because the middle section follows this group and helps
it and the mass of the people constituting the third section joins
it as a matter of course. Thus a revolution takes place in the
entire nation.
Allah had given the leadership of the high class of the Arab society
to the Holy Prophet. On one side due to this personal piety and
high degree of moral and intellectual power, he was the most respected
man. On the other hand Almighty Allah had taught him through revelations
which were essential for the prosperity and well being and peace
and progress of not only the Arabs but the entire world. As the
Holy Prophet is the last Prophet and as the Holy Quran is the
last true Book of Allah, therefore, it consists of all the ways
and principles concerning this world as well as hereafter which
are essential for human progress in this world and salvation in
the other world. It is true that in the Holy Book only principles
have been described: detail have not been given. But the greatest
miracle of the Holy Book is this that man’s mind may reach
pinnacle of the glory or go down the abyss of degradation, wonderful
discoveries may take place; an may fly to other stars but the
principles which have been enunciated in the Holy Quran for peaceful
pursuits and life, mundane prosperity and peace and pleasure in
the other world after death will always be the guiding factors
of mankind.
Now we have to see what principles have been given in the Holy
Quran in order to achieve worldly prosperity and by following
them the group of people prospered which was organized and disciplined
by the Holy Prophet himself. In this group were only such companions
of the Holy Prophet who being close to him learnt more from him
than other. These exalted companions were hardly a few hundred
souls. But this was the selected group of the people which was
the heart and mind of the entire Arabs world. The middle class
consisted of such person who, though not perfect in faith, had
good faith and followed the Quranic order less than the first
group of people but better than the ordinary group of the people.
The ordinary group of the people consisted of three classes. First,
though they had accepted Islam with heart and soul but were weak
in faith and action; second were those who seeing the grandeur
and majesty of Islam were converted to it automatically or for
greed but became true Muslimans later on. Third were those who
were mere hypocrites and hidden enemies of Islam. But they could
do no harm to Islam till the Caliphate of Hazrat Omar and there
came into being a group which fulfilled all the requirements of
group life in every way. What were those principles? Though the
individuals of the group strictly followed and acted upon all
the orders of the Book, but I shall here deal with only those
principles which Allah has given in the Holy Quran for group life
and national prosperity. These are five principles:-
1. Faith, that is, perfect faith.
2. Unity, that is, Universal love and
3. Union, that is, organization.
4. Obedience, that is, discipline.
5. Action, that is, unlimited power to work and its use.
These give principles unless mingle together in a scattered group
of people; they cannot collect together in form or as a group.
And it is true that
