The Ideological challenge

There is so much to moan about, to express dissatisfaction. Everyone can sense the problem, the issues, the fact that something is missing...but what is it?

What I have studied about Ideological nations vs. non-ideological nations now makes complete sense. A person must have a purpose in life and so, does a nation. That purpose has to be something concrete about what life is about and what we want to achieve from it.

Today, we have so many ideas and visions...to be 'developed', to progress, to have the tallest buildings and biggest shopping centres in the world but what message do we want to send out to the world, what vision do we have for the world and what is the basis of that vision? Fighting for race and country is not enough. We need an ideology but what form of ideology?

Do we embrace Capitalism? Secularise ourselves, separating God from our worldly life as if we have two hearts in one body? Do we abandon some parts of the Qur'an that talks about hudood, jihad, social, economic and political system and just take the bits we want such as personal ibaadah and rituals? Do we really want to view this world with Capitalist eyes, as a place of complete enjoyment, exploitation and fulfilment of all of our desires? Do we want to exploit this world for our own profit at the expense of other people's lives and the environment? Do we really believe that is the meaning of success and that we can do all that without facing any consequences in the Akhirah?

Allah swt says in surah 33:4

مَّا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ۬ مِّن قَلۡبَيۡنِ فِى جَوۡفِهِۦ‌ۚ
"Allah has not made for any man two hearts in his (one) body:"

Allah swt says in surah Al-Baqarah: 85
"...Then is it only a part of the Book that ye believe in, and do ye reject the rest? but what is the reward for those among you who behave like this but disgrace in this life?- and on the Day of Judgment they shall be consigned to the most grievous penalty. For Allah is not unmindful of what ye do."

No person with Iman in Allah and the Last day can do all that without feeling a tiny bit of fear or doubt or regret. We cannot adopt an alien ideology and then think that we can compete with those who truly embrace it. We need to find our own way with our own ideolgy. An ideology that states that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger. An ideology that has produced a state that was feared for 1400 years, not for being a rogue state but for being the empire of the world, the leading nation far greater than the Byzantine nor the Persian and definitely, greater than the pathetic leading nation of today.

We need the Khilafah state.

NB picture above is inside Aya Sofia in Istanbul.