Mapambano makali kati ya fikra za Kiislamu na fikra za Kufr, na kati ya Waislamu na makafiri, yamekuwa yakiendelea kwa nguvu tangu alfajiri ya Uislamu. Mtume wa Allah ﷺ alipotumwa, mapambano hayo yalikuwa ya kifikra tu, wala hayakuhusishwa na mapambano yoyote ya kimwili. Hali hii iliendelea hadi Dola ya Kiislamu ilipoanzishwa Madinah, ambapo jeshi na mamlaka vikaanzishwa. Tangu wakati huo, Mtume wa Allah ﷺ

The fierce struggle between the Islamic thoughts and the Kufr thoughts, and between the Muslims and the Kuffar, has been intense ever since the dawn of Islam. When the Messenger of Allah (saw) was sent, the struggle was only an intellectual one, and was not associated with any material struggle. This status quo continued until the Islamic State was established in Madinah, whereupon the army and the authority were established and since then, the Messenger of Allah (saw)

Aliunganisha mapambano ya kimwili na mapambano ya kiakili. Aya za Jihadi zilipoteremshwa, mapambano yaliendelea. Yataendelea hivi – mapambano ya umwagaji damu sambamba na mapambano ya kiakili – hadi Saa itakapokuja na Allah (SWT) atarithi Ardhi na walio juu yake. Hii ndiyo sababu Kufr ni adui wa Uislamu, na hii ndiyo sababu makafiri watakuwa maadui wa Waislamu muda wote kutakapokuwepo Uislamu na Kufr duniani, Waislamu na makafiri, hadi wote watakapofufuliwa. Hii ni hakika ya wazi na ya kudumu. Kwa hiyo, ufahamu wake unapaswa kubaki wazi kwa Waislamu wakati wote wa maisha yao, na unapaswa kuchukuliwa kama kipimo cha kuhukumu mahusiano kati ya Uislamu na Kufr, na kati ya Waislamu na makafiri.

combined the material struggle with the intellectual struggle. The verses of Jihad were revealed and the struggle went on. It will continue in this way - a bloody struggle alongside the intellectual struggle - until the Hour comes and Allah (swt) inherits the Earth and those on it. This is why Kufr is an enemy of Islam, and this is why the Kuffar will be the enemies of the Muslims as long as there is Islam and Kufr in this world, Muslims and Kuffar, until all are resurrected. This is a decisive and a constant fact. Hence the understanding of it should remain clear to the Muslims at all times throughout the whole of their life, and it should be taken as a criterion to judge the relationships between Islam and Kufr and between the Muslims and the Kuffar.

Mapambano safi ya kifikra yaliendelea kwa miaka kumi na mitatu. Yalikuwa ni mapambano magumu kabisa na makali zaidi. Hatimaye mawazo ya Kiislamu yaliyashinda mawazo ya Kufr, na Allah (SWT) akaifanya Uislamu kuwa mshindi. Dola ambayo inalinda heshima ya Waislamu, ni ngao ya Uislamu, na inaeneza uongofu miongoni mwa watu kwa njia ya Jihadi, ilianzishwa Madinah.

The pure intellectual struggle continued for thirteen years. It was the harshest and most ferocious of struggles. Eventually the Islamic thoughts vanquished the Kufr thoughts, and Allah (swt) made Islam triumphant. The State that protects the honour of the Muslims and is the shield of Islam and spreads the guidance amongst people by way of Jihad, was established in Madinah.

Vita vikali na vya kikatili zaidi kati ya Uislamu na Ukafiri, na kati ya majeshi ya Waislamu na majeshi ya makafiri, vilizuka katika mfululizo wa mapigano. Ushindi katika vita hivyo vyote ulikuwa upande wa Waislamu. Ingawa Waislamu walishindwa katika baadhi ya mapigano, daima walishinda vita, na hawakupoteza vita kwa karne sita, badala yake walibaki washindi katika vita vyao vyote katika kipindi hicho. Dola ya Kiislamu ilibaki kuwa taifa kiongozi katika kipindi chote hicho. Mbali na Waislamu, jambo hili halijawahi kutokea kwa wanadamu, bali limekuwa la kipekee kwa Dola ya Kiislamu. Hata hivyo, makafiri, hasa mataifa ya Ulaya, walikuwa wakiuangalia Uislamu kwa tahadhari, kwani walitaka kuushambulia, na walikuwa wakiwaangalia Waislamu kwa tahadhari, kwani walitaka kuiangamiza dola yao. Walijaribu kuwashambulia au kula njama dhidi ya Waislamu kila fursa ilipojitokeza.

The fiercest and harshest of wars between Islam and Kufr and between the Muslim and the Kuffar armies broke out in successive battles. Victory in all these wars was to the Muslims. Although the Muslims were defeated in some of the battles, they however always won the war, and they did not lose a war for six centuries, rather remaining victorious in all of their wars during that time. The Islamic State remained the leading nation throughout the whole of that period. Apart from the Muslims, this has never happened to mankind, rather it has been exclusive to the Islamic State. However the disbelievers, especially the European states, had been mindful of Islam, for they wanted to attack it, and they had been mindful of the Muslims, for they wanted to destroy their entity. They attempted to attack or conspire against the Muslims whenever the opportunity arose.

Kati ya mwisho wa karne ya sita Hijria (karne ya kumi na moja Miladia) na mwanzo wa karne ya saba Hijria (karne ya kumi na mbili Miladia), nchi za Ulaya zilitambua hali ambayo mfumo wa utawala katika Dola ya Kiislamu ulikuwa umefikia kuhusu kumegeka kwa Wilaya (majimbo) kutoka katika mwili wa dola, na kujitegemea kwa baadhi ya Walii (magavana).

Between the end of the sixth century Hijri (eleventh century CE) and the beginning of the seventh century Hijri (twelfth century CE), the European countries sensed the condition that the ruling system in the Islamic State had reached regarding the fragmentation of the Wilayahs (provinces) from the body of the state, and the independence of some Walis (governors)

katika maeneo muhimu yanayohusu sera za ndani kama vile jeshi, fedha, mamlaka na mengineyo. Kwa kweli, walikuwa wamegeuka kuwa kama shirikisho la mataifa badala ya dola moja iliyoungana. Mamlaka ya Khalifa yalikuwa yamepunguzwa katika baadhi ya Wilaya hadi kubaki kwenye kumuombea dua juu ya minara ya mimbari, kupiga sarafu zenye jina lake, na kumtumia kiasi cha fedha kutoka kwenye Kharaj. Mataifa ya Ulaya yalilihisi hili, hivyo yakatuma Vita vya Msalaba dhidi ya Waislamu, na vita vikazuka. Waislamu walishindwa katika vita hivi, na makafiri wakateka Al-Sham yote.

in key areas concerning the internal policy such as the armed forces, finance, authority and the like. In fact, they had become more like a federation of states rather than a single united state. The Khaleefah’s authority had been reduced in some Wilayahs to the supplication for him on the pulpits, minting coins bearing his name and sending him an amount of money from the Kharaj. The European states had sensed this, hence they dispatched the crusades against the Muslims, and war broke out. The Muslims were defeated in this war and the Kuffar captured the whole of Al-Sham :

Palestina, Lebanon na Syria. Walitawala maeneo haya kwa miongo kadhaa, na hata kuyashikilia baadhi ya maeneo kama Tripoli kwa miaka mia moja.

Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. They occupied these territories for decades, even keeping some areas such as Tripoli for a hundred years.

Ingawa mapigano yaliyotokea kati ya Wakristo wa Msalaba na Waislamu yalikuwa ya kuendelea katika kipindi chote cha miaka mia moja, na ingawa juhudi za Waislamu za kurejesha ardhi walizoshindwa na Wakristo wa Msalaba hazikukoma, vita hivi hata hivyo viliitikisa Ummah wa Kiislamu, na vilipunguza hadhi ya Dola ya Kiislamu. Waislamu walipoteza vita na walishindwa na makafiri. Ushindi katika vita ulikuwa wa makafiri dhidi ya Waislamu. Ingawa ushindi wa ukafiri dhidi ya Uislamu haukutimia, si kiakili wala kiroho, aibu na udhalilifu uliowapata Waislamu ulikuwa zaidi ya kufikirika. Hivyo, enzi ya Vita vya Msalaba inachukuliwa kuwa enzi ya kushindwa kwa Waislamu, kwani licha ya ushindi wao hatimaye dhidi ya Wakristo wa Msalaba kwa kuwafukuza kutoka Al-Sham, hawakufuatilia ushindi na vita dhidi ya makafiri. Vita vya Msalaba vilipomalizika tu, Wamongolia walifika, na mauaji ya Baghdad yakatokea. Janga hili lilifuatiwa na kuanguka kwa Dameski mikononi mwa Wamongolia katika mwaka uo huo, (656

Although the battles which took place between the crusaders and the Muslims were continuous throughout the hundred years, and although the Muslims’ attempts at recapturing the lands over which the crusaders defeated them did not subside, these wars did however unsettle the Islamic Ummah, and they lowered the status of the Islamic State. The Muslims lost the war and they were defeated by the Kuffar. Victory in the war was to the Kuffar against the Muslims. Although the victory of Kufr against Islam never materialised, neither intellectually nor spiritually, the shame and humiliation which befell the Muslims was beyond imagination. Thus, the era of the crusades, is considered an era of defeat for the Muslims, for despite their victory in the end against the crusaders with their expulsion from Al-Sham, they did not pursue the conquests and the wars with the disbelievers. No sooner had the crusades ended, the Mongols arrived, and the massacre of Baghdad took place. This setback was followed by the fall of Damascus at the hands of the Mongols in the same year, (656

AH, 1258 CE). Kisha ikafuata vita vya Ayn Jaloot tarehe 3 Septemba 1260, ambapo Wamongoli waliangamizwa. Baada ya kuangamizwa kwa Wamongoli, hisia za Jihadi ziliamshwa katika nyoyo za Waislamu, nao wakahisi haja ya kuendeleza kubeba Da'wah ulimwenguni. Hivyo, ushindi wa Waislamu dhidi ya Makafiri ulianza tena, na Jihadi dhidi ya Wabyzantine ikaendelezwa. Mapigano yalizuka, na ushindi mfululizo ukafuata. Ilikuwa karibu karne ya saba ya Hijrah (karne ya 13 CE) ambapo Ummah wa Kiislamu ulianza tena ushindi. Vita viliendelea, na mapigano kadhaa mfululizo yalifanyika, na Waislamu daima walitoka washindi, kwani ingawa Waislamu walishindwa katika baadhi ya mapigano, walikuwa wakishinda vita na kuteka ardhi. Dola ya Kiislamu ilikuwa taifa kiongozi, nayo iliendelea kushika nafasi ya juu kwa karne nne, hadi katikati ya karne ya 12 AH (karne ya 18 CE). Kisha mapinduzi ya viwanda yalijitokeza barani Ulaya kwa namna ya ajabu, na kuathiri sana nguvu za mataifa. Waislamu walisimama bila kujali na wakichanganyikiwa mbele ya mapinduzi haya, hivyo usawa wa nguvu duniani ukabadilika, na dola ya Kiislamu ikaanza kuteleza kutoka nafasi yake ya uongozi polepole, hadi hatimaye ikawa shabaha inayotamaniwa na wenye tamaa. Hivyo, ikaanza kuviacha ardhi ilizokuwa imezitwaa na ardhi zilizokuwa chini ya mamlaka yake hapo awali. Nchi za kikafiri zikaanza kunyakua kutoka kwake ardhi ya Uislamu kipande kwa kipande, na hili likaashiria mwanzo wa kupungua kwa Waislamu na mwisho wa wimbi lao. Tangu hapo, nchi za Ulaya zikaanza kulenga kuiondoa Dola ya Kiislamu kutoka jukwaa la kimataifa, na kuondoa kabisa Uislamu katika mambo ya maisha na katika mahusiano baina ya watu. Kwa maneno mengine, wakaanza kufikiria kampeni mpya ya vita vya Msalaba. Hata hivyo, tofauti na Vita vya Msalaba vya mwanzo, Vita vipya vya Msalaba havikuwa tu uvamizi wa kijeshi wa kuwashinda Waislamu na kuiangamiza Dola ya Kiislamu. Vita vipya vya Msalaba vilikuwa vya kutisha zaidi na vilikuwa na matokeo makubwa zaidi. Vilibuniwa ili kung'oa Dola ya Kiislamu kabisa, ili asibaki hata chembe yake, na ili hakuna mzizi hata mmoja uweze kuota tena. Vilibuniwa pia ili kung'oa Uislamu kutoka nyoyoni mwa Waislamu, ili lisibaki jambo lolote isipokuwa mkusanyiko wa taratibu za kikasisi na ibada za kiroho tu.

AH, 1258 CE). Then came the battle of Ayn Jaloot on 3rd September 1260 where the Mongols were destroyed. In the wake of the destruction of the Mongols, the emotions of Jihad were aroused in the souls of the Muslims, and they sensed the need for a resumption of carrying the Da’awah to the world. Hence, the Muslim conquests of the Kuffar began once again, and Jihad against the Byzantines was resumed. Battles broke out and successive victories followed. It was around the seventh century of Hijrah (the 13th century CE) when the Islamic Ummah resumed the conquests. The wars continued and several successive battles took place, and the Muslims always emerged as the victorious, for although the Muslims were beaten in some battles, they used to win the wars and conquer the lands. The Islamic State was the leading nation and she continued to occupy the premier position for four centuries, until the mid 12th century AH (the 18th century CE). Then the industrial revolution in Europe emerged in a remarkable manner that had a profound impact on the states’ powers. Muslims stood idle and confused by this revolution, hence the balance of power in the world changed and the Islamic state began her slide from the leading spot gradually, until eventually she became the coveted object of the greedy. Hence, she started evacuating the lands she had conquered and the lands which had been previously under her authority. The disbelieving countries started usurping from her the land of Islam piece by piece, and this marked the start of the ebb and the end of the tide for the Muslims. Since then, the European countries started to focus upon the removal of the Islamic State from the international scene, and upon the complete removal of Islam from life’s affairs and from the relationships between people. In other words, they started thinking about a new campaign of crusades. However unlike the first crusades, the new crusades were to be more than just a military invasion to defeat the Muslims and vanquish the Islamic State. The new crusades were more horrific and had more profound consequences. They were designed to uproot the Islamic State so that no trace of it would be left, and so that not one single root would be able to grow again. They were designed also to uproot Islam from the souls of the Muslims so that nothing could remain except a host of clerical rites and spiritual rituals.