Comment on The future, Islam, and Islam's future: resisting or surrendering to secularism. by carp30mnia

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carp30mnia · 4/13/2025, 8:24:28 AM · permalink

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deletejuice · 4/13/2025, 9:47:57 AM · permalink

Yes, you are right it's meant as a test and love for the world means just that - love for materialistic things in this temporary life on Earth while disregarding the hereafter which is permanent &amp; eternal.

When Muslims were sincere, united, and submitted fully to Allah, even powerful empires feared a small army of Sahabah (followers of the Prophet SAW) and history is a testimony to this. That “fear” wasn’t just physical - it was a spiritual awe, because Muslims were seen as principled, just, and unstoppable in their belief. When that sincerity and moral strength disappears, Allah allows the enemies to lose that awe and become bold, attacking and humiliating Muslims. This is what is meant by *"Allah will remove fear of you from the hearts of your enemies..."*

*"...and will cast weakness (wahn) into your hearts"* means that when things will get hard, the people obsessed with comfort, status, and luxury will lose their will to sacrifice, to struggle for truth, and to stand for Allah. This shouldn't be seen as a "punishment" in the vengeful sense, but rather as a natural consequence and a divine wake-up call. Allah allows them to taste humiliation - not because He hates them, but to push them to return. And we know this from Quran 13:11 - *"Indeed, Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves."* Hardships, trials &amp; tribulations of life are meant to bring us closer to Allah.

Even in this decline, there’s a hidden mercy of Allah - that we are already warned ahead of time by the Prophet ﷺ. These signs are like road markers before a cliff. When we see these conditions, we’re not helpless, rather we realise they’re a call to taubah (repentance), to reform and to revive the deen (religion).

And btw, the quotes that I mentioned earlier in my reply are a part of Hadith which are the narrations of the Prophet ﷺ, which is why they are mostly in conversational form. There are many such narrations but the scholars reject most of them since they lack a valid chain of transmission (it's a part of science of hadith). So I mentioned only the authentic ones. On the other hand, Quran is the direct revelation from our creator, where Allah speaks with the reader in first person, unlike any other holy book present today.

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