9.3 Mu Ne Na Ƙarshe Kuma Mafi Girma (Shahararrun Kalmomin Ƙarshe)
9.3 We Are The Latest And Greatest (famous Last Words)
Zamani da Alkur'ani
Modernity and the Quran
Ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ke tura ci gaban ɗabi'a na zamani (moral progressivism) shi ne imani da ci gaban kimiyya. Idan ilimin kimiyya da fasaha ya ci gaba ƙwarai a zamanin nan, to ya dace a ce mu a matsayinmu na al'umma mun ci gaba a ɗabi'a, cewa ilimin ɗabi'armu ya fi na mutanen da suka gabata. Wannan hujja ba sabuwa ba ce. Dukkan manyan wayewar kai sun yi imani da irin wannan game da kansu, kuma wannan tunani ne da Alƙur'ani ya saɓa da shi sarai, a lokacin da Allah ya umarce mu mu duba ragowa da kufan al'ummomin da suka gabata, waɗanda duk da manyan nasarorinsu na fasaha, aka hallaka su saboda girman kai da tawaye ga Allah da manzanninsa. Har ma Alƙur'ani ya wuce haka, yana cewa ba kawai kuna kuskure ba ne don girman kai da kuke yi, kuna tunanin cewa ƙarfinku da nasarorin fasahar ku suna nufin adalci da fifikon ɗabi'a, amma kuna kuskure har ma da tunanin cewa ku ne al'umma mafi ƙarfi kuma mafi ci gaba a fasaha a tarihi. Akwai wasu da suka fi ku ƙarfi, da yawa, da tasiri a kan duniya.
One of the main drivers of moral progressivism is the belief in scientific progress. If our knowledge of science and technology has advanced so much in the modern era, then it stands to reason that we as a civilization have also advanced morally, that our moral knowledge also is superior to that of peoples in the past. This line of reasoning is not new. It is something all major civilizations have believed of themselves, and it is a mindset that is directly opposed in the Quran when Allah tells us to look at the remnants and ruins of past civilizations who, despite their great technical achievements, were destroyed for their arrogance and rebellion against God and His messengers. In fact, the Quran goes further than this by saying, not only are you wrong for being arrogant in thinking that your strength and technical achievement translates to rectitude and moral superiority, but you are also wrong for thinking that you are the strongest and most technically advanced civilization of history. There were others greater in strength, numbers, and impact on the land.
Shin ba su yi tafiya a cikin ƙasa ba, su ga yadda ƙarshen waɗanda suka gabace su ya kasance? Kuma su sun fi su ƙarfi.
“Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? And they were greater than them in power.”
Fatir (Q35:44)
Fatir (Q35:44)
Shin ba su yi tafiya a cikin ƙasa ba, su ga yadda ƙarshen waɗanda suka gabace su ya kasance? Sun fi su ƙarfi kuma sun fi su barin tasiri a ƙasa, amma Allah ya kama su saboda zunubansu. Kuma ba su da wani mai kāre su daga Allah.
“Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those who were before them? They were greater than them in strength and in impression on the land, but Allah seized them for their sins. And they had not from Allah any protector.”
Ghafir (Q40:21)
Ghafir (Q40:21)
Shin ba su yi tafiya a cikin ƙasa ba, su duba yadda ƙarshen waɗanda suka gabace su ya kasance? Sun kasance sun fi su yawa, sun fi su ƙarfi, kuma sun fi su barin alama a ƙasa, amma abin da suke tarawa bai amfane su ba.
“Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? They were more numerous than themselves and greater in strength and in impression on the land, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.”
Ghafir (Q40:82)
Ghafir (Q40:82)
Shin ba su yi tafiya a cikin duniya ba, su duba yaya ƙarshen waɗanda suka gabace su yake? Sun fi su ƙarfi, sun noma ƙasa kuma sun gina ta fiye da yadda suka gina ta, kuma manzanninsu sun zo musu da hujjoji bayyananne. Allah kuwa ba zai taɓa zalunce su ba, amma su suna zalunci kansu.
“Have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? They were greater than them in power, and they plowed the earth and built it up more than they have built it up, and their messengers came to them with clear evidences. And Allah would not ever have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.”
Ar-Rum (Q30:9)
Ar-Rum (Q30:9)
"Muna ɗaukaka darajar wanda Muna so, amma bisa kowane mai ilimi akwai wani mai ilimi fiye da shi."
“We raise in degrees whom We will, but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.”
Yusuf (Q12:76)
Yusuf (Q12:76)
Muna iya yin tunani ko akwai wayewar al'ummomin da suka shude waɗanda suka fi mu ci gaba a fannin fasaha a yau. Allah kaɗai ne ya sani. Bai kamata mu ɗauka da sauri cewa babu ba. Abin da ya fi muhimmanci kuma, bai kamata mu auna dabi'un wata al'umma da yadda take da "zamani" ba, sai dai da yadda suka dace sosai da abin da Manzo na ƙarshe ﷺ ya zo da shi.
We might wonder whether there were past civilizations that were more technically advanced than ours today. Only Allah knows. We shouldn’t automatically assume that there weren’t. More importantly, we should not judge a people’s values by how “modern” they are but by how completely they accord with what the last Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم has brought.