Does Islamic Civilisation Means Backwardness?

Allah (swt) has sent us in this world only to worship Him alone without associating any partners with Him in any form. Allah (swt) stated in Quran :

“I did not create the Jinn and Mankind except for my Ebadah (complete obedience)” Adh-Dhaariyaat 56.

Meaning of Ebadah here is not confined in matters of rituals of worship only, it means obedience to everything we do until the day of judgment. Our objective of life is to observe complete submission to Allah's commands. Some of these commands has to be enacted as an individual and the rest has to be enacted as a community (one Ummah). Our obligation doesn't end just at fulfilling individual obligations. We as an Ummah of Mohammad (saw) have been ordained to enact the collective obligations as well. And this is our mission to achieve as one Ummah in this world.

The Qur’an describes the Prophet Muhammad's (saw) mission in the following verses:

“We have not sent you (0 Muhammad) not but as a Mercy for Al Ameen (mankind, jinns and all that exists).” (Al Anbiyya 21: 107)

“He it is Who has sent His Messenger with the Guidance and the Deen of Truth, to make it victorious over all (other) Deens even though the Mushrikeen (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah and in His Messenger) hate it.” (As-Saff 61:9)

“He it is Who has sent His Messenger with the Guidance and the Deen of Truth, that He may make it (Islam) superior over all religions. And Allah suffices as a Witness.” (A1-Fath 48:28)

“He it is Who has sent His Messenger with the Guidance and Deen of Truth, to make it victorious over all (other) Deens even though the Mushrikeen (polytheists, pagans,idolaters, and disbelievers in the One-ness of Allah and in His Messenger) hate it.” (At-Tauba 9:33)

“0 Prophet (Muhammad)! Verily, We have sent you as witness, and a bearer of glad tidings, and a Warner. And as the one who invites to Allah by His Leave, and as a lamp spreading light (through your instructions from the Qur’an and Sunnah).” (Al- Ahzab 33: 45-46)

"And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and worshiping of others along with Allah) and (all and every kind of) worship is for Allah (Alone)..." (Al Baqarah 2: 193)

The above ayats, among many others, make it clear that Rasulullah (saw) was sent as guide to mankind to establish Allah’s Deen eradicating all kinds of misguidance and batil forces and to make Islam victorious and dominant over all the way of life. He (saw) was not sent for mere spiritual conversion of individuals to Islam while allowing man to satisfy his instincts and build his life based on laws taken from a sovereign other than Allah (swt).

Allah swt says in the Quran:

“The Hukm (command) rests with none but Allah: He declares the Truth, and He is the best of judges.” (6:57)

[‘Hukm' (command) here means sovereignty ]

Rasulullah (saw) strove all his prophetic life to establish “La Ilaha IllAllah" (No One is worthy of worship except Allah) means that the society cannot refer to anyone or anything but Him. The Prophet’s (saw) call to mankind at large was to invite them to accept Allah’s authority without any partner in His Sovereignty. This was the mission with which Rasulullah(saw) was sent and this is the mission for us as well and that is to establish the soveregnty of Allah on earth.

But the sovereignty of Allah can't be established if the society keeps its systems, values and laws based on man-made systems. Keep in mind that a society cannot be subjected to two sovereigns. So establishing the sovereignty of Allah means uprooting the sovereignty of man which exists in the current world in the form of democracy, capitalism, communism and so on. In other words our mission as one Ummah is to work to uproot all ideas, practices, traditions, systems which emanate from sources other than Allah and replace it with only Islam all over the world. And surely this is going to happen as Rasulullah (saw) said:

“This matter is as the day and night; Allah will make this Deen enter into every house of every inhabitant of the deserts, of villages, of towns, of cities, with either glory or disgrace. Allah will give glory to Islam, and Allah will bring disgrace upon disbelief (kufr).” (Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Al Tabarani)



[compiled from the book "Selections from the Seerah of Muhammad (saw)" - Alkhiafah Publications.]