Earlier Attempts Towards Improvement

For  a  long  time, some distinguished thinkers  and preachers of Islam have been seriously pondering over this unfortunate  plight of their people  and  have been striving hard to reform the Muslim society, but alas! (The treatment only aggravated the disease). The situation is fast deteriorating and the future looks darker still. Inaction and complacency on our part in these circumstances will be an unforgiveable sin and crime. But, before deciding what is to be done, it will be necessary to look closely at the root cause of this sad state of affairs. People have assigned several causes to this  degeneration and have adopted numerous measures for arresting the rot,  but  unfortunately all  efforts  so  far  have only  brought further  frustration.  Instead of improvement, despair and confusion have resulted, particularly so in the ranks' of learned preachers and ulama’. The basic truth of all this is that the root cause of the real disease has not been diagnosed. Until this is done, no proper treatment can be prescribed or administered, hence no cure or improvement can be expected.  Any step lacking proper diagnosis and correct treatment would amount to making a chronic situation more chronic, and further increase confusion and despair