Muslims' Failure to Recognize Democracy and Science

maulana, agla sawal roorkee se kiya hai sajid anwar sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, what is the root cause of muslims failure to recognize the age of democracy and the age of science? and how can they replan their activities?" dekhiye, Allah taala ne musalmanon ko iqtidaar diya. unhon ne empire banaya. woh tha kis liye? woh tha quran ki hifazat ke liye. tareekh batati hai keh pichli kitabein jo Allah ki taraf se aayin, woh mehfooz nahi rahien. is ki wajah yeh kya thi keh pichlay jo anbiya thay, jo un ke saathi thay, un ko power nahi mila, political power nahi mila.

to main aap se arz kar chuka hoon keh pichlay zamanay mein dissent allowed nahi tha. pura jo daur hai democracy ke pehlay ka, is mein dissent allowed nahi tha. is liye is ko khatam kar dete thay. woh to Allah taala ne insanon ko political power diya taakeh quran ko mehfooz kar sakein. lekin aik lambi muddat tak, yani press ka daur aanay tak baqi raha yeh. to musalman ka obsession ban gaya power. ab woh isi bare mein jee rahe hain. wohi political model, kingship model basa hua hai in ke dimagh mein.

ab in ko nai soch aana chahiye ke ab woh daur khatam ho gaya. jab quran mehfooz ho gaya to ab hamein is ki zaroorat nahi hai. to rethink jab tak nahi karenge, jab tak apni ghalti ko daryaft nahi karenge, is ki mere khayal se islaah nahi ho sakti hai. yeh ab musalmanon ko daryaft karna parega ke yeh ماضی ke obsession mein jee rahe hain. maazi ka jo model tha, is model ko ke ab zaroorat hi nahi rahi, woh model khatam ho chuka. woh ab model doosra aa gaya. kyunke hamare jitne likhne wale hain, jitne hamare bolne wale hain, unhone isi ko pakka kiya hai.

one to all, jitne bhi likhne wale hain, chahe arab se paida hue hon, india mein paida hue hon, sab isi isi model ko pakka kiye chale ja rahe hain. to awam kya karein? ab chalen, maashrat ko to aql khud khud to hoti nahi. aur jo likhne wala aur bolne wala tabqa hai, woh isi ko pakka kar raha hai, isi ko pakka kar raha hai. misal ke taur par dekhiye, ameer shirk barsaran ki kitab hai, is ka title hai ke "limaza ta'akhkhar al-muslimun wa taqaddama ghayruhu?" musalman kyun peeche reh gaye, doosre log kyun aage ho gaye?

to is mein kehte hain jihad, jihad bar qata. yeh yeh is liye ke woh jante hain, unhone yeh yahi jante hain ke main lar lar kar ek hukoomat qaim karoon. yeh jante hi nahi ke democracy mein to ladne ki zaroorat hi nahi hai. saari opportunity khuli hui hain har ek aadmi ke liye. to rethinking musalmanon mein nahi aayi, is wajah se woh kisi cheez ko daryaft nahi kar sake.

maulana, agla sawal kya hai muhammad faisal sahab ne pakistan se