People that refuse to surrender can never be enslaved . slavery is the first and foremost a state of mind. Steve biko, the anti-apartheid stuggler paid with his life but he became importalised in the mind of refusing to surrender. He had said,”the greatest weapon in the hand of the oppressor id the mind of the oppressed”. In battle, psychological defeat precedes physical factors cannot reverse the tide . the opposite is equally true : those who refuse to surrender regardless of their sisadvantage in material terms can never be defeated. Thus we know that while the afghans are no match for the firepower of the Americans and their allies, they have been able to force the Americans to admit there is no military solution to the problem in Afghanisthan . the America are now talking about a negotiate settlement. The same is true in londan unlike the Arabian regimes and their well-stocked armies, Hizbullah has refused to surrender to the Zionists. The result is clear. The Zionists have been defeated not once but twice in the last decade. The same scenario is beginning to emerge in Palestine where Hamas has refused to accept Zionist supremacy regardless of the odds.
In the rest of the Muslim world, barring Islamic iran, the ruling elites have accepted defeat and humiliation as their permanent condition. Onc can find striking lessons of such behavior related to Bani Israel described in the noble Qur’an. In one case, bani Israel confirming their mental defeat, refused to enter a territory when prophet Musa(a) asked them to do so as commanded by Allah. prophet Dawud(a), on the other hand, refused to be intimidated by size of goliath and killed him.
The Muslim ruling elites display all the characteristics of the bani Israel of old. Their commitment to Allah is superficial, not sincere. While the Muslim world is endowed with great material resources, these are not utilized to improve the condition of the people. Instead, the elites have become accustomed to an easy lifestyle and are not prepared to face the hardships that come with stuggle for truth and justice. They feel more comfortable as slaves of the west than living a dignified existence as servants of Allah, the creator and master of the universe..
How did this situation arise? Muslim did not always display such cowardice. In the early period of Islam, small number of Muslims repeatedly overwhelmed much larger enemy forces. Muslim did not do so through the superiority of weapons; what they lacked in swords and spears, they made up for in iman, secure un the knowledge that whether they survive in battle or fall fighting, they will be victorious. Such people can never be defeated…..
The mentality is the product of colonialism. While direct colonialism ended with the departure of European colonialists from Muslim lands, indirect colonialism has continued. People who assumed the reigns of power in the so-called independent Muslim societies were already mental slaves.
They had imbibed the values, culture and mannerism of the colonial masters. They adopted the mannerism of the colonial masters. They adopted the colonial master’s language and displayed the same contempt for ordinary people that the European colonialists did.
Even these may be considered minor compared to the mental slavery that is so pervasive in Muslim societies. The Muslim elite-and Pakistan is a typical example – cannot imagine life without the deathly embrace of Uncle Sam. The Pakistanis can be forgiven for such servile attitude because they do not have much wealth. How does one explain the slave mentality of the Saudis that have billions – nay trillions of dollar yet they behave as slaves of the Americans? If the Americans think jihad is bad, the Saudis immediately say “Amen”. If the Americans order removal Qur’anic passages from textbooks that condemn certain behavior, the Saudis immediately comply. They have bought into the propaganda that US is all powerful.
It is far easier to overcome physical colonization but much harder to surmount mental colonization. The mind itself must be willing to break out of such a state. A lion’s natural habitat is the jungle where it roams free. A lion in the circus, however, has accepted mental defeat. Even when let loose, it does not run away to return to the jungle. The Muslim elite behave kike circus lions jumping at the crack of the ring master’s whip. Nothing good can be accepted from such people; they are happy living in a cage to be fed dead meat.
The first step towards liberation is the process of liberating the Muslim mind.
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The Student of the new college
: "Amongst all days there are none better to engage in sole worship of Allah than in the ten days of Zul-Hijjah, To observe a fast on any of these days is equivalent to fasting throughout the year, to actively engage in prayer and worship throughout any of these nights holds such rewarding values leveling with "night of power" (Laylatul-Qadr) "Tirmizi"
