Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem



Errors of the Kuffar:

Part 2 - The Kaffir Errors of Civilization and Progress


All Praise and All Thanks are for Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to whom we shall all return to be judged on The Last Day.


Continuing our study of the errors of the kuffar, let us  consider here  "civilization", and progress, according to the understanding of the kuffar and according to Deen Al-Islam.
 

The Kaffir Error Regarding Civilization:

1) The View of the Kuffar

According to the current head of the infidels, civilization is "the way of life enjoyed by free nations". (Speech by Bush on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Jumaadi Al-Thaani attacks.) That is, the kuffar now define civilization so that "civilization" applies to them, but not to those they are currently fighting (the Muslims) because these Muslims, according to this particular kaffir and his lackeys such as Blair, "hate and despise and want to destroy" these so-called "free nations" and the so-called "freedom" which the kuffar insist they represent.
 
Furthermore, implicit in this kaffir definition of civilization is arrogance and bigotry - the assumption that the kuffar, and their civilization are superior, and have some kind of moral duty to "civilize" other people - to bring civilization and "freedom" to such people (such as the Muslims).

In addition, this kaffir definition implies the kaffir concept of "nation-State" which concept has been responsible for appalling death, suffering and conflict in the last one hundred and fifty years. In their arrogance and bigotry, the kuffar brought this concept to Muslim lands and imposed it upon Muslims by force, by war, by invasion, by economic blackmail. Now, the kuffar are fighting Muslims to keep the nation-States - such as Iraq - they have manufactured in places like Al-Sham. The death toll - caused by the West in the last hundred and fifty years or so - amounts to well over 160 million people.

In their arrogance and bigotry, the kuffar also decide what is, or is not, an acceptable nation-State; what is, or is not, a so-called "legitimate State". That is, the kuffar have given to themselves, and their manufactured organizations, the right to "recognize" a nation-State and reward it, or to not "recognize" it, and to threaten, like a bully, and impose sanctions upon, and starve the population of, or invade, any nation-State it does not recognize or does not like. Furthermore, they manufacture laws - and have their manufactured organizations, such as the so-called United Nations, manufacture laws - to give this arrogance and bigotry of theirs the appearance of law.

Thus, the kuffar - in their supreme arrogance and bigotry - decide what civilization is, as they impose, by force, blackmail, sanctions, and the kaffir-law of kaffir-organizations, the concept of the nation-State upon others, and then determine, in their effort to keep their dominance over such nation-States, when, if and on what terms such nation-States can be recognized. Should any new, or old, manufactured nation-State not "play the game" by the rules manufactured by the West - should they want freedom from Western domination and influence - then the West will invade that nation-State, impose sanctions upon it (or have its lackey-organizations impose sanctions on it), use political and economic blackmail (and "aid") to bring it back-into-line, or set about "regime-change" in that nation-State so that a ruler, or government, subservient to the West can take, or achieve, power. After invasion, after sanctions, after regime-change - after the devastation and destruction they cause and their lackeys and helpers cause - the West will begin "rebuilding and development projects" in an attempt to win over "the natives", in an attempt to win "hearts and minds".

In effect, the West behaves like a bully to get its own way, and to impose its values, its concepts, its "civilization", upon others, believing in its arrogance, insolence and bigotry that its way of life, its peoples, are superior. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says:

"Do not walk on the Earth with insolence." 17: 37 Interpretation of meaning

The utter hypocrisy and arrogance and bigotry of the kuffar is shown by the fact that it is they who also deem who is and who is not a soldier and who therefore gets the protection of their manufactured law if and when these enemy soldiers are captured. Those the kuffar deem are not soldiers, they call "enemy combatants" - or something - and treat them outside of their own law. That is, they basically get to decide what is and what is not legal, how people should be treated - as they can make terms up, and manufacture new laws to "legalise" their actions and their treatment of people.

Thus, they can kidnap, imprison, torture and keep detained for months and years thousands upon thousands of Muslims - according to some estimates detaining as many as 14,000 Muslims from places like Afghanistan and Iraq in a world-wide network of secret camps and prisons.

In effect, the kuffar - in their arrogance and bigotry - believe they are "above the law" just as they, in their utter hypocrisy, will manufacture some new law, or change some existing law of theirs, or have their lackey organizations manufacture some new law, to give their actions the appearance of legitimacy, at least in their eyes and in the eyes of their savants and lackeys.

This is the truth about Western "civilization" - the truth concerning its arrogance, bigotry and hypocrisy; the truth about the suffering and deaths it has caused, world-wide, for well over a hundred years, in its pursuit of imposing its manufactured nation-State, and its values, and its way of life, upon others



2) The Way of Life of the West

What is this "way of life of the West" that the kuffar are so proud of, which they enjoy, and which they insist on exporting to others? Basically, it is the way of materialism, of sexual license; of personal indulgence; of manufactured laws fashioned according to abstract political ideas; the way of the rule of corruption and the way of hypocrisy, arrogance, pride and bigotry. It is the way that regards nothing as sacred - except the pursuit of power, wealth and influence and the use of power and influence in pursuit of personal and/or manufactured goals.

It is the way of the bully, exemplified by Amerika whose government, armed forces and people strut about in their arrogance, pride and conceit. It is the way of an artificial, manufactured, "progress" which sets up abstract goals - such as "modernization" - and which uses its armed forces, its propaganda, and its wealth, to impose this "modernization" upon others. This is the bully that bleats about the "terror" of Muslims killing nearly three thousand people in the Jumaadi Al-Thaani attacks and yet which kills, in just three months of bombing, over four thousand civilians in Afghanistan in 1422 AH, which starved an estimated one hundred thousand children to death in Iraq due to its pre-invasion sanctions, and which is responsible for the killing of at least three thousand Muslims during the seize, bombardment and destruction of Falluja in 1425 AH. This is the bully that holds tearful operatic-type commemorations of the few thousand killed during the Jumaadi Al-Thaani attacks and which ignores the deaths of the hundreds of thousands of Muslims which it, in its arrogance and through its sanctions and invasions and occupations, has caused.

The way of the West is the way that trains its military personnel to be full of pride and arrogance - as was so evident in their brutal treatment of Muslim men, old and young, which they rounded up in Iraq and which they forced to their knees, or to lie on the ground with an Amerikan boot on their necks, and which Muslims they then  hooded and took away for interrogation and which Muslims they often held, without trial for months or even years. A pride and arrogance so evident in the humiliation of Muslims by Amerikans in Bagram, in Guantanamo Bay, in Abu Gharib and elsewhere.

The way of the West is the way that trains its military personnel to obey without question an abstract, manufactured "chain of command" - which trains them to kill some abstract enemy in an insensitive way, as when troops were filmed in Afghanistan shooting Muslims from a helicopter as if it was some video game. This is the way which trains its military personnel, and its people, to have pride in its military, economic and technological accomplishments, and which exalts the might of the individual, the achievements of the individual, the pride of the individual - the pride, the achievement, of the artificial nation it has manufactured through oppression, exploitation, injustice.

True, the West has material wealth and some superiority in terms of military hardware. But for all its wealth, arrogance, pride and military hardware it has not been able - Alhamdulillah - to defeat a few thousand Mujahideen in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. True, the West has technology and the power of global Media to spread its message, its propaganda and its lies - but for all this technology and for all its Media and for all its money it has not been able to persuade or manipulate or brainwash hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Muslims, world-wide, to support it or to renounce their belief in Jihad and in the authentic Islam of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jammah. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says:

"You who believe! If anyone turns away from this Deen, then Allah will replace that person with many whom He loves, who love Him - those who are loyal to the Believers, stern toward the kuffar, who fight in the Way of Allah, and who do not heed the criticism of their critics. For this is the honour that He bestows upon whomsoever He wills - for Allah is The All-Knowing, The Infinite One. In truth, your champions are Allah, His Messenger, and the Believers - those who undertake As-Salat, who give Zakat and who submit [in loyalty to Allah]. For whomsoever has Allah, His Messenger, and Believers as their Champion, are the ones who will achieve victory."   5: 54-56 Interpretation of Meaning



3) The View of Deen Al-Islam

What is the view of Deen Al-Islam in respect of civilization, as defined by the kaffir Bush, above, and in respect of the various, different and sometimes diverse, definitions of civilization given by other kuffar? First, we need to understand that the various and sometimes diverse definitions of civilization, given by the kuffar, are irrelevant for us because such definitions (see Note 1) represent their view, their perspective, based as these are upon their subjective and manufactured ideas, concepts and values. All such things are, for us, kufr - a concealment of the reality of the simple and perfect submission and obedience which is the essence of Unity, of Tawheed, and which express our true nature, our fitrah, as human beings, and which guide us toward the true purpose of our mortal lives, which is Jannah. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says:


"And this (Islam and the Quran) is the straight path of your Rabb. For those who take heed of Our clear revelations there shall be that dwelling which is peace (Jannah). 6:126-7 Interpretation of Meaning

The difference between us is that the kuffar manufacture subjective and abstract concepts, categories, theories and ideas which they use to understand or interpret things. That is, they create divisions, where none existed or should exist, and they project these manufactured divisions onto people and the categories they have invented. Thus, their manufacture of the idea of the nation-State - and of the division between State and what they call religion, as well as, of course, the manufactured concepts of "religion", and "philosophy". They then manufacture an idealized concept called "democracy" which they consider as the best, the superior, way for their nation-State.

In contrast, for Deen Al-Islam there is only Tawheed or Kufr. That is, only At-Talazum or division, for Deen Al-Islam makes no distinction, for instance, between Shariah and Aqeedah; between what the kufr would call "the laws of the State" and what they would call "religion". For Muslims, Shariah and Aqeedah are both aspects of submission, of Islam: for they are joined, inseparable, and cannot be divorced from each other as the kuffar desire us to divorce them. To separate them, would be kufr, and nullify one's Islam.

"Allah does not forgive that partners should be set up with Him to be obeyed, even though - if He pleases - He forgives whom He pleases everything else, for whomsoever sets up partners with Allah in obedience, has most certainly manufactured a grievous error. " 4: 48 Interpretation of Meaning

The conflict between the arrogance, the pride, of the West, and between Muslims who submit in obedience to only Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala is a conflict between division and unity; between reverence of the sacred, and profanity; between pride and submission; between honour and arrogance. Thus, in contrast to the military personnel of the West - of the kuffar - the Mujahideen seek to humbly and simply do their duty to Allah  Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and His Messenger (salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam), as they give their bayah, their allegiance, only to those who act according to the the Quran and Sunnah: who follow Adab Al-Islam. That is, who strive to be honourable, courageous, modest and humble - those who bow down in complete submission to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, as do the Mujahideen themselves. This contrast between the humble, devout - the pure - Mujahideen, acting out of love for Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and His Messenger (salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam), is in stark contrast to the brutal, prideful, arrogance of Amerikan, and other kaffir, soldiers, and simply and beautifully shows the difference between the way of the West and Deen Al-Islam: between the true civilization which arises from and because of Deen Al-Islam, and the false civilization which the kuffar claim for themselves.

According to Islam what is civilized arises from obedience to Allah; from Adab Al-Islam; from Shariah; from observing the limits set by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says:     
      
"And He [Allah] has set up the balance [of Justice and Honour] in order that you may not transgress this balance. So observe this balance with honour - do not stop short of this measure." 55: 7-9 Interpretation of Meaning


"Allah is with those who restrain themselves and those who do what is honourable."16:128 Interpretation of Meaning

The kuffar know no limits; they have no honour. They respect no limits other than those which they manufacture in their own interest and which they can and do change when it suits them, and which they can and do ignore, when its suits them, and which they then lie about. The kuffar bleat about "freedom", and about the "freedom" they claim to uphold, yet lie again and again about what they do - as they lied about the bombing of Khanabad near Kunduz and as they lied about the bombing of Falluja and the use of white phosphorous in Falluja - and when caught out they amend their story, or use propaganda and Media manipulation or shyster-speak in an attempt to cover their tracks, or explain away their conduct, as they did about the killing of Zaid Imad Ghazal Ibrahim al-Ruba`i and Tamir Alber Kasira in al-Mansur, and the killing Muhammad Subhi Hassan al-Qubaisi in Hay al-Jihad, and the killing of many, many others in many other places. The kuffar bleat about this "freedom" of theirs, yet have to have tame, "embedded" journalists cover their invasions and their battles and their skirmishes, as they seek to shut down, or bomb, or severely restrict alternative sources, or even jail a person for daring to show television pictures they did not want shown, as they did in the case of Javed Iqbal. In truth, they act like the totalitarians they claim, in their double-speak, their shyster-speak, their kaffir-speak, to despise.

All this arises from their lack of humility, from a lack of morals - from a lack of Adab; from a failure to know, understand and respect the sacred, the divine. Instead of knowing their weakness, their fallibility, their fitrah, they consider themselves superior, right, just, and place their trust in their weapons, in the power and influence of their Media; they place their trust in their wealth; in their armed forces, in the Taghut of their manufactured nation-States which they bow down to, which they obey, and to which they give their loyalty and their obedience. In brief, they are not only uncivilized; they are uncultured; uncouth, mere barbarians.

In contrast, Muslims who submit to only Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala represent civilization and culture because, as Muslims, they know their fallibility, their weakness, as they know that whatever they achieve is not due to their own individual prowess or ability - but due to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. For the simple truth about civilization is that it arises from manners, from Adab, from honour - from observing limits (hudood). It is about personal and social behaviour; about humility; about knowing that one day we will be judged and held accountable by a Supreme Being for what we do, and say, and for what we did not do or did not say. Civilization is not about the manufactured kaffir concept, the myth, of "freedom". It is not about progress, or wealth, or material luxury or personal indulgence. It is about the sacred, the numinous, about God - about Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala - and about having the humility, the wisdom, the honour, to know and acknowledge our true place, our fitrah. It is about respecting what is sacred.

Deen Al-Islam provides us with the best, the perfect, guides to how to behave - it sets limits for us, in public and in private, through Adab Al-Islam and Shariah. It restores us to our natural state, our natural being, to our fitrah - which is to know, to submit to, our Rabb. It enables us to dis-cover that which each and every Taghut conceals. It restores us to The Unity, and liberates us from the manufactured divisions of Jahiliyyah, of kufr.

In brief, Islam is civilized; the West is barbaric. But of course the kuffar in their delusion, in their ignorance, in their pride, cannot and will not accept this. But their actions these last hundred years - and especially since the Jumaadi Al-Thaani attacks - have revealed their true nature, despite their attempts to hide this by their lies, their deceit, their Media manipulation; despite their attempts to intimidate people; despite their attempts to gain lackeys and influence by throwing their money about; despite their attempts to silence their opponents by imprisoning them, killing them, and invading their lands.



The Kaffir Error of Progress:

Another of the fundamental errors of the kuffar - one more sign of their ignorance, their pride, their refusal to see the Unity of Tawheed behind the illusion of their manufactured divisions - is the error, the Taghut, of progress, and the "modernization" that is part of this.

The kuffar, in their ignorance, consider that we human beings, individually and collectively, should strive for "progress" and that this involves advancement, toward some abstract, or mythical - some manufactured - ideal or toward some state of being.

According to the kuffar, true progress primarily involves two things: (1) advancement toward their manufactured concept of "freedom" ( see Errors of the Kuffar, Part 1: The Kaffir Error of Freedom) and (2) the acquisition of material wealth and material luxury. Some of the kuffar would add that progress also involves advancement toward, and the acquisition of, reason. Thus, according to the kuffar, people and their way of life can and should be judged by this kaffir criteria of progress - by the move from what they would call a more "primitive way of living" to what they would call a more "enlightened/civilized/material/prosperous" way of living. To achieve this, people must "modernize", as their ways of life must be "modernized".

The basis of this manufactured concept, this idea of the kuffar, is that life can, or should be, "better" - that there is, has been, should be, or could be, a movement, a change, toward this "better", defined as this "better" is by various assumptions concerning what is important about life, by assumptions about the meaning of human life itself.

The fundamental error here is the error regarding the meaning, the purpose, of our mortal life. For Muslims, the meaning of our life is to know, to submit to, to obey, our Rabb, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. The purpose of our lives is to strive for Jannah - to strive to attain the eternal life which can be ours in the Gardens of Paradise. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says:


"What your heart desires and your eyes delight in will be there in that Garden of Paradise you can inherit through your deeds in your life in this world." 43:71-72 Interpretation of Meaning

Unlike the kuffar, we do not view human existence in terms of "history" and "civilizations" (as defined by them) and thus as something causal, or linear, as some kind of struggle upward, or progress toward some idealized society, or struggle toward some ideal (such as "freedom") or toward some personal state of being. Rather, we view human existence in relation to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala - in relation to Jannah.


This is a fundamental difference between us and the kuffar - and it is a difference which the kuffar do not understand, and which some Muslims, it seems, also do not understand, given their acceptance of the kaffir desire to "modernize Islam". For the kuffar desire us - even demand of us - that we adhere to their Taghut of progress; that we modernize Islam; that we accept their assumptions about life; that we accept their perspective, and use their terms, which use of such terms amounts to thinking like them, being like them, imitating them.

To be Muslim, is to reject the Taghut of "progress" - it is to reject the answers which the kuffar have manufactured in their attempts to explain the meaning and purpose of life. To be Muslim is to be concerned about Jannah - to be concerned about the Judgement of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. To be Muslim, is to obey only Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. To be a kaffir is to be concerned about manufactured concepts, ideals, and ideas; to view people, and life, through the divisions which these create. To be kaffir is to reject Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and to reject our true, Muslim, nature.


"Those who seek dignity and honour should know that they derive from Allah (alone)." 35:10 Interpretation of Meaning



May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala protect us from all forms of Al-asabiyyah Al-Jahiliyyah, forgive us for our mistakes, and guide us to and keep us on the Right Path.
 

Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt
25 Shaban 1427





Notes:

 (1) These other definitions, by the kuffar, depend on notions, and concepts, such as "culture", social complexity, and division of labour.