The Disease

The history, even  up to the end  of  the thirteenth century Hijriah, will  reveal that the Muslims were the  sole possessors of  honour, dignity, power and grandeur, but  when one turns his eyes away from the pages of  the history books and looks at the Muslims of  today, one sees the picture of  a people sunk in misery and  disgrace, a people who possess no real strength or power,  honour  or  dignity, brotherhood or  mutual love, and  reflects no virtues  or  moral  character worth the name. One cannot find any sign in them of those 

noble deeds which at one time used to be the symbol of each and every Muslim. Now-a-days, there can hardly be a living person who can be said to have the purity or the sincerity of conscience. On the contrary, Muslims are sunk in vice and sin. They have wandered away so much from the path  of  virtue  which at one  time used to be  their  "hall- mark",  that  the  enemies  of  Islam  talk  and  discuss  their affairs with  delight,  contempt and ridicule. Unfortunately, the matter does not end here. The Muslim youth of  the new generation, which has been affected and influenced  by  the so-called modern  trends  or  the Western way  of  life, take pleasure in laughing at the very ideals of  Islam and openly criticize the  sacred  code of  "Sharia"  as being out of  date and  impracticable.  One wonders  at  such  behaviour  and finds that a people, who once  gave  strength, happiness, honour and peace to the entire mankind, have now become completely  demoralised, apathetic, shallow  and  helpless. Those who had once taught the world the golden lessons of etiquette and culture are today found wanting in these very adornments.