Taghyeer (change) by Mahmoud Abdul-Kareem Hasan

Since the dawn of Islaam the struggle and clash between Kufr and Imaan has been at its severest. It has not ceased for a day and it will never stop whether the striking of the swords or the sounds of aircraft are heard or not heard.

Indeed the struggle between the Haqq and the Baatil began and became severe from the time that Allah (swt) created Aadam (as) and taught, commanded and forbade him. The command of Allah and his forbidding represented the Haqq and everything that was in opposition to it or diverted away from it represented the Baatil.

Allah (swt) created Aadam (as) and his wife and said to them both:

However the chief of misguidance and falsehood whispered to them and said:

This therefore represented the very first act of deception and misguidance and Allah (swt) had warned and taught Aadam (as) that Shaytaan was his enemy:

Indeed the Da’wah of the Haqq and Imaan is established upon revealing the Haqaa’iq (truths) and upholding them and it is established upon distinguishing the right from the wrong in every issue and case. The Haqaa’iq (triuths) of matters and things is what leads to the Imaan and it is for this reason that many Aayaat have come demanding from the human to examine and think about all what has been created so that he can know the Haqaa’iq, stick to them and uphold them. The Haqaa’iq (truths) of matters is what leads to knowing the truth, what is correct and protects from falling into error and mistake and what results from that in terms of following the paths of Shaytaan.

Allah (swt) said:

In addition to these there are many other Aayaat that call and invite the human being to examine, think, ponder and reflect.

The one who makes the Haqaa’iq (truths/facts) the basis of his thought and builds upon that in a sound manner then Allah will give him the Tawfeeq to arrive to the truth. Calling and inviting to the Haqq (truth) increases in firmness and certainty as long as matters have been made clear and manifest upon their true reality. When Islaam demanded from the people to have Imaan it did not demand from them to have Imaan in any matter that contradicted with the Haqaa’iq or was not built upon them in a sound manner.

Allah (swt) commanded the people to believe in the Malaa’ikah (angels), the Kutub (books), the Rusul (Messengers), the Day of Judgment and Al-Jannah (paradise) and the Naar (fire of hell) which are all matters that the mind cannot affirm and prove. Therefore belief in these was not demanded until after He (swt) had sent a Messenger to inform them about these Haqaa’iq (truths/facts) which do not fall within the scope of the senses and as such they cannot fall under the area of thought and examination.

And when Allah (swt) sent His Nabi Muhammad (saw) and all of His Anbiyaa (prophets), peace and prayers upon them all, to inform the people of the Haqaa’iq (truths) that cannot possibly be arrived at by way of the mind and to inform them of his commands and prohibitions, He (swt) did not send a man like any other man in respect to his susceptibility to truth, lying, forgetfulness or mistake.

Rather he sent along with each of his Prophets and Messengers that which indicated and guided to the fact that they were Anbiyaa’ and Rusul. He (swt) sent them with that which would enable the mind to arrive to the conclusion about the impossibility of mistake and forgetfulness in respect to them in regards to what they conveyed to the people from Allah (swt). So He (swt) sent along with them signs that could be sensed that established Haqaa’iq (truths/facts) that made it impossible for them to be other than truthful. Haqaa’iq which if comprehended leads to knowing the Haqq (truth) whilst upholding and committing to them leads to Imaan and to conduct upon the path of truth. He (swt) sent along with ‘Eesaa (as) miracles that could be sensed by those he was inviting and which precluded the possibility of him (as) not being supported and assisted by Allah (swt). He brought the dead to life and healed blindness and leprosy by the permission of Allah in addition to other signs that he came with.

It was the same in respect to Sayyidunaa Musaa (as) when Allah (swt)

sent along with him many signs like the transformation of the staff into a snake, the splitting of the sea, the bursting forth of springs of water and his hand that would come out of his pocket completely white without harm or disease, all of which occurred by the permission of Allah Ta’Aalaa.

This was also what happened in respect to our Nabi Muhammad (saw) who was also provided with many miracles, including the eternal miracle (Al-Mu’jizah Al-Khaalidah), Al-Qur’aan Al-Kareem, which challenged mankind until the Day of Judgement to come up with a Soorah that was similar or comparable to it. They were completely incapable of meeting this challenge at the beginning and have continued to be so. This indicates and guides to the decisive and definite negation of the possibility of the absence of truthfulness or what resembles it (i.e. it affirms the truthfulness of the Messenger (saw) and all that he brought).

These miracles occur within the realm of the senses and examination and thought in respect to them leads to decisiveness in respect to belief and ascertaining truthfulness. Therefore it is rationally necessary and obliged to believe in everything that the Anbiyaa’ have come with including all that they came with in terms of the unseen matters (Ghaib) which cannot be subjected to a rational or intellectual study.

In this way the Aayaat addressed the mind inviting it to have reliance upon the Haqaa’iq (truths/facts). It invited those who were stubborn with clear proofs (Baraaheen) after having invited them to examine the sensed Haqaa’iq and realities.

Allah (swt) said:

Therefore the Qur’aan invites study of the reality of the creation and to comprehend its Haqaa’iq (truths) so that the truth and right understandings for every issue and case can be arrived at built upon it. It has established the Haqaa’iq in an absolute manner:

Allah (swt) says:

The basis which the people of Imaan and the Haqq rely upon in the struggle between the Haqq and the Baatil (truth and falsehood) is the Haqaa’iq related to the creation (universe), the human and the life in addition to the Haqaa’iq of the Deen of Islaam.

The Da’wah to the Haqq is concerned with the explanation of things, matters and realities upon their true reality (Haqeeqah). The Da’wah to Baatil (falsehood) on the other hand concerns itself with blinding people from the Haqaa’iq (true realities), inserting false concepts within them so that the senses are deceived or so that the correct view and sound thought is corrupted or so that the Baatil is imagined to be the Haqq or the Haqq imagined to be Baatil. Its Da’wah’s main concern is to adorn the Baatil, beautify it and entice towards it so that it becomes accepted.

This has been illustrated in the following Noble Aayah:

This therefore is what Iblees did when he sought to cause Aadam (as) to slip (up):

Indeed the clear true reality which summarizes the essence of the struggle between the truth and the falsehood is that the people of Baatil (falsehood) will beautify the falsehoods, misconceptions and misguidance whilst insisting and maintaining that they represent the truths and facts. They claim that they represent the Sunan (natural recurring laws) of the creation and life, the Sunan of progress, development and revival, and they represent the aims, hope and means to salvation. At the same time they approach the real Haqaa’iq (truths/facts) and distort them portraying them as falsehoods and deceptions or that they are impossible matters, illusionary and a mirage whilst deceiving the people in respect to their own claims and pretences.

From amongst the most prominent and dangerous signs of the decline, whether this applies to individuals or groups, is the holding on to the errors, delusions and falsehoods whilst believing them to be Haqaa’iq (truths) and adopting them as concepts (Mafaaheem). If they were to become concepts, thoughts would then be built upon them, which the behaviour, conduct and actions in turn are built upon. The adoption of these erroneous thoughts would then lead to despair, failure and a partnership with the enemy. This is the real loss and it generates confusion, bewilderment and surrender in addition to increased deterioration and decline.

Example: Take the Arab peoples and Muslim peoples in the lands of the Islamic world who have believed their leaders, their lies and their deceptions when they claimed that they were working towards Arab or Islamic unity, to expel colonialism, liberate the lands and its people and when they claimed that they will deal decisively with underdevelopment and with the State of the Yahood.

The Ummah and her people did not comprehend at that time that their rulers were enemies to them and to their Deen. They are not a part of the Ummah and are merely liars and deceivers but the Ummah did not fully comprehend this but rather they believed them and even applauded them. We notice that the results are the opposite of the objectives as the levels of underdevelopment and poverty increased whilst division and fragmentation intensified and the lands have become even more prone to increased divisions and fragmentation. Instead of expelling the colonialist, the colonial States established many military bases and focused its grip over the Muslim lands with greater precision. The major States dominated the lands and their people with their companies, force and legislations. And instead of liberating Palestine they completed the recognition of the State of the Yahood in addition to their peaceful right of existence.

The scope of the occupation increased and expanded whilst everyone from amongst the sons of the Ummah is made to feel on a daily basis that his dignity is being challenged in addition to his submission to the enemy.

Indeed it is a serious and major matter to appoint a ruler over yourself and to then give him your leadership and trust whilst in reality and truth he is your enemy. For this reason it is important to comprehend the true reality of these pretenders and to become aware of the convictions and concepts which are used to measure men and their actions. If these convictions and concepts are false and incorrect then this will lead to confidence and trust being given to those who are corrupt and their followers upon misguidance. If they were correct then this would lead to exposing them and their actions.

However the Ummah did believe and take in these delusions, nonsense and deceptions and as a result this led to her reaching the level of weakness, lowness and humiliation that she is currently in.

What is necessary now is for the Ummah to fully comprehend and realise the Haqaa’iq through the study and examination of matters, realities and their characteristics or attributes. In addition the Ummah has to comprehend the Haqaa’iq of objectives, goals and slogans that have been raised, and the Haqaa’iq (true realities) of the positions, stances and actions that are occurring and have been undertaken.

This should not be done however by examining the results that have been reached by delving into the experiences of being led by some men or the experiences of following certain thoughts. This is because this would take the Ummah from defeat and deliver her to an even greater defeat and from being led by a crafty and conspiring enemy to being led by an even more crafty and conspiring enemy.

Allah (swt) says:

The tyrants, agents and traitors have hidden their true hideous reality and covered it up with beautiful statements and adorned slogans. At the same time they target those who aim to expose their forgery and reveal their fake slogans and bases of thought. So they work to muffle the voices and silence the tongues so that the true reality is not revealed. He will spread false accusations against them whilst dealing with them with fire and iron, imprisonment and murder. This also represents one of the Haqaa’iq (truths) or Sunan (natural recurring laws) in respect to the struggle between the Haqq and the Baatil. The leaders of Kufr and falsehood accused the Messenger of Allah (saw) of being a poet, soothsayer, magician, that he was taught by a human and that he merely related the stories and legends of old.

They tortured him (saw) and they tortured his Sahaabah (rah) whilst the chiefs of the disbelievers from every tribe pounced upon those who had embraced Islaam from their tribes, torturing them and attempting to take them away from their Deen. Indeed this is a Sunnah from amongst the Sunan of the struggle between Al-Haqq and Al-Baatil.

One of the deceptions that has come from the Shayaaten of men and Jinn is that they have painted the picture that revival depends upon being attached to them and taking their intellectual and cultural programmes and curricula. The agent rulers and the media in its different forms have assisted them in this. They also educated those who had been dazzled by them from amongst the sons of the Ummah. In this way the disbelieving colonialist became the highest example for those who were colonised. There are even those who strive to reinforce and strengthen the colonialists hold and grip over them and their lands whilst they are being deluded to believe that they are actually fighting it. For example: They say that the condition for revival, progress and development is economic stability and that this is measured by the average individual’s income whilst a dignified human’s living is measured by this income which they use to lay out for him a minimum (fitting) level. Also, to realise economic stability, it is necessary to diversify in the sources of revenue or income, or by undertaking specific projects. In this way the followers of Iblees and his progeny were able to implement their deceptions and misguidance upon the lands and its inhabitants. Its tools in respect to this were the rulers and their agents whom they had bedazzled who came from the ranks of the secularists and those who had been corrupted. They provide and aim their advice towards every land or group in a manner that preserves their interests whilst they strip our Ummah of her Aqeedah and her Deen.

In the political dictionary complied by Ahmad ‘Atiyatullah it states:

Due to these thoughts, corrupt definitions and deception the problem of the Muslims or their objective was no longer the liberation of their lands from Kufr, the application of their Deen and carrying its Da’wah to mankind, and it was no longer confronting the colonial disbeliever and expelling him, but rather it had become confined to economic development. When the Muslims believed this, it then became obligatory upon them to seek assistance and reliance upon the colonialist because he is an expert and economically progressed. They then provided the plans for them and provided their advice.

For example: A State like Saudi has inclined, by way of instruction from its rulers, towards the Americans amongst other disbelievers.

They advised them that they must diversify or multiply the sources of income in order to revive and that it is incorrect for them to rely on oil and petrol alone. Then when we want to diversify and increase the sources of income in Saudi, instead of aiming to establish and develop modern and advanced manufacturing and industry, the Shaytaan advises us (out of his deep care and concern for us) that the beginnings of progress and development must start with agriculture. And so it was, Saudi established with the assistance of the people of deception, projects aimed at reclaiming the Sahara, utilising it for agriculture and growing wheat. The result of this was the production of wheat at a cost exceeding its market price and value many times over. However, because this was essential for the sake of revival, the State continued to encourage this agricultural project and provided the incentive to the people by saying that they would purchase their produce from them at even higher prices than their already incredibly high costs. The people then went about importing it, or smuggling it or buying it from the markets at its usual price before then selling it to the State. So what kind of intellect is it that can be convinced of this planning and that it represents the path towards revival? Is this not an example of the hearing, sight and mind not functioning?

As for other lands which are suitable and viable for agricultural production like Sudan, Iraq and Syria amongst others, then their lands remain barren wastelands. For the sake of progress and revival they must undertake other projects related to building infrastructure or erasing illiteracy or provision of business services. They are advised by the people of deceit and deception, in accordance to their expertise, to undertake costly projects that require the taking of loans whilst putting down plans that will go on for years. These years will then pass by and all of these projects will be failures and sources of loss whilst the peoples are overwhelmed under the burden of paying the interest upon the loans. The Shayaateen from amongst the men and Jinn and their followers then come to you swearing to you that they are from amongst the sincere advisors and saying that their plans are ones of success and are guaranteed but have not been fruitful due to some other reason. This reason is population growth and if we want to be successful in respect to the plans for development and revival then this rests upon decreasing the birth rates. In this way the people are lead astray and enter into another cycle from amongst the cycles of misguidance and deterioration whilst going about expending their efforts and wealth for the purpose being successful in respect to limiting the number of births.

Included within the plans of diversifying the sources of revenue and raising the level of the economy they activate the areas of tourism and services. It then becomes necessary for us to promote arts, undertake arts festivals, theatre productions, dancing and all types of debauchery. We then promote investment in the coasts and beaches and promote immorality whilst escaping the nurturing of the noble virtues and morals, all under the pretext of development and progress. On this basis we return to the issue of infrastructure by laying down legislations and laws that guarantee the foreigners rights and encourage them to make investments.

In order to keep the process of deception going and to continue to keep the people blinded from the true reality of their rulers and their plans. This is especially after the Ummah has begun to feel the signs of revival and to sense its true reality, and the Islamic awakening has begun to manifest and spread. As such the Shayaateen from amongst men and Jinn aimed at distorting the thoughts of Islaam and its concepts whilst justifying the Kufr, its legislations and laws by misguided and misguiding Fataawaa. For this reason we have witnessed some of the rulers attempting to be characterised by the attributes of Imaan and Islaam. In this attempt they utilise those socalled ‘Ulamaa who have sold their Deen for their Dunyaa. They also employ the media apparatus to justify the Kufr and adorn it. At the same time as the prisons are full of ‘Ulamaa and those who invite to Islaam whilst hoping to attain Allah’s pleasure, we witness the ‘Ulamaa of the Salaateen (people in authority) and their preachers upon the television screens on national and satellite programmes and attending all special occasions involving the rulers pledging their loyalty to these agents of the disbelievers. They direct and urge the people to accept these systems and its policies and plans. They practice deception upon the Muslims away from the true Islamic aim or thought whilst legitimising and justifying to them the reality of division and fragmentation. They give Fataawaa (verdicts) for truces and peace with the usurping Jewish State whilst promoting and circulating that which works to distract the Ummah from that which will allow her to achieve her Islamic objective. They divert them by way of their spoken thoughts and boring sermons acting like a pick axe to demolish the Ummah. They make the Ummah picture that the accomplishment of the Islamic objective and the establishment of the Khilafah is a matter which is far out of possible reach, or that the current time we are living in has pardoned it or that it is a blessing that will come from Allah without any need for working for it, or that it will not possibly happen without the return of Imaam Al-Mahdi.

As such there is nothing necessary from the Muslims except conciliation with the rulers, being satisfied and content with them and pleasing them until the coming of the Mahdi. As for those who expose their true reality and the reality of their masters (the colonialist), then in regards to them they (the rulers, their ‘Ulamaa and supporters) circulate that those undertaking these acts of exposing are ignorant, terrorists, agents or people who are seeking the fulfilment of personal gains and ambitions.

The Ummah must comprehend and realise the reality of these agents (‘Ulamaa) today and their likes including the Muftis and preachers of the people of authority just like it must realises the true reality of the rulers who utilise and employ them. Even if the Islamic awakening has put pressure upon the disbelievers and their agents to provide a share of the media and allowed some of the ‘Ulamaa to become famous and well known, then this has only been permitted to distort Islaam, to change its concepts and to spread its misguidance in the name of Islaam. Those who are made to shine are the ‘Ulamaa who are most naive, ignorant, cowardly and misguided whilst those who are sincere represent a danger that must be dealt with. These examples merely represent the tip of the iceberg and all we have to do today is look at the results. The lands are from the richest lands but their people are from the most impoverished of people.

The inhabitants of these lands carry the greatest thought that exists upon this entire Dunyaa, it is the only correct thought and yet they plead for legislations from the people of Baatil whilst singing the praises of their culture and traditions. The educated and those holding higher level certifications are in their millions and yet they are unemployed. She is an Ummah in excess of over a billion and a third, one single Ummah, whose natural condition is as one State and yet finds herself today exceeding fifty States. Her differences and struggles overwhelm her whilst the referees and supervisors over all of this are represented in America, France and Britain i.e. the Shayaateen from amongst men. There is fertile land that can feed the world multiple times over and yet it remains unused and out of service. The educated, scientists and minds in their thousands or even millions seek employment or entry into America, Sweden or Germany amongst other lands. Wealth in the billions and gold in large quantities and yet all of it rests in the banks of Kufr whilst the followers of Iblees and his progeny take enjoyment and benefit from it. ‘Ulamaa, Imaams and worshippers that are too many to be counted and yet they amount to know more than the froth on the sea.

Yes this is the inevitable result of disabling the thought and embracing the Haqaa’iq (truths) from the people of Baatil (falsehood).

All of this deception is combined with blinding people from the truths because the leaders of falsehood are extremely guarded and attentive in respect to the Muslims not awakening to the true reality of revival and the manner by which it is realised. For this reason they are dedicated to preventing the Muslims from paying attention to her Aqeedah and her Sharee’ah. Her Aqeedah is the only valid and true explainer of matters and the main factor for her unity and her greatness. And her Sharee’ah is the source of all solutions for all of her problems and is also one of the most important factors of her unity. It is what directs the people to the correct judgement, unifies their viewpoints and specifies for them their enemies and friends, that which is good and that which is objectionable, and it commands them to stick and bind to the Haqaa’iq (truths) as they are.

The huge number of Muslims today, their wide and expansive lands, their endless natural resources and treasures and their billions in wealth have been a curse and source of indignation upon them rather than a blessing. This is because revival does not occur by way of wealth, natural resources, treasures and the economy just as it is not the result of having great numbers of ‘Ulamaa’.

When the Muslims used to carry their Aqeedah in an intellectual and political manner they were capable of becoming the greatest and biggest Ummah in the world within a very short period of time and to take the position of the world’s number one State. This guides us to the significance and importance of the existence of the fundamental thought from which a System emanates or systems and laws which treat and solve all the problems and needs that arise within the person and the reality. This is the case of Islaam where the thought is truthful, correct and in conformity with the true realities of matters and realities.

The path towards change and revival begins by study and thought about the Haqaa’iq (true realities) of the universe, the human and the life. It therefore occurs by way of an intellectual awareness and by holding fast and adhering to the truths whilst being attentive to the misconceptions that divert from these Haqaa’iq and make one fall into misguidance. This adherence to the Haqaa’iq represents the path towards Imaan and the path, after that, towards comprehending all realities according to their true realities (Al-Haqaa’iq). It is the measure for all people, for all situations and for all propositions.

May Allah’s mercy be granted to Ash-Sheikh Taqiy ud Deen AnNabhaani due to his statement: ‘It is necessary to correct the concepts about matters amongst the people as a whole’. (At-Takattul Al-Hizbiy p20). And he said: ‘It is necessary to bring the attention to two matters: The first: The misconceptions that have occurred in respect to the Haqaa’iq. Secondly: The misconceptions that divert away from the Haqaa’iq.... For that reason it is necessary to pay attention to the misconceptions and it is also necessary to adhere to the Haqaa’iq and to take hold of them with an iron grip, and it is necessary to have depth in the thought and sincerity in the thinking to arrive at the Haqaa’iq (truths/true realities). (At-Tafkeer p88).

The Muslims must therefore pay attention to the thoughts, opinions, methodologies, plans and definitions that are being propagated amongst them and they must examine, critique and sift through them so as to get rid of the errors and falsehoods that exist within them.

Allah (swt) said: