Ulimwengu wa Kiislamu umekuwa na sifa ya kushindwa, mgawanyiko, umwagaji damu, dhulma na kurudi nyuma. Kwa sasa, hakuna nchi ya Kiislamu duniani inayoweza kwa haki kudai kuwa kiongozi katika fani yoyote ya shughuli za binadamu. Kwa hakika, wasio Waislamu wa Mashariki na Magharibi sasa ndio wanaoamua ajenda ya kijamii, kiuchumi na kisiasa kwa Umma wa Kiislamu.

The Muslim world has been characterised by failure, disunity, bloodshed, oppression and backwardness. At present, no Muslim country in the world can rightly claim to be a leader in any field of human activity. Indeed, the non-Muslims of the East and the West now dictate the social, economic and political agenda for the Muslim Ummah.

Zaidi ya hayo, Waislamu hujitambulisha kuwa ni Waturuki, Waarabu, Waafrika na Wapakistani.

Furthermore, the Muslims identify themselves as Turkish, Arab, African and Pakistani.

Ikiwa hili halitoshi, Waislamu wanagawanywa zaidi ndani ya kila nchi au bara.

If this is not enough, Muslims are further sub-divided within each country or continent.

Kwa mfano, nchini Pakistani watu wanagawanywa katika makundi ya Wapunjabi, Wasindhi, Wabalauchi na Wapathani.

For example, in Pakistan people are classed as Punjabis, Sindhis, Balauchis and Pathans.

Ummah ya Kiislamu haijawahi kukabiliwa na kitendawili kama hiki huko nyuma wakati wa utawala wa Kiislamu. Haikuwahi kuteseka kwa mgawanyiko, dhulma iliyoenea, kudumaa kwa sayansi na teknolojia, na hakika si kwa migogoro ya ndani tuliyoishuhudia karne hii, kama vile vita vya Iran na Iraq. Kwa hiyo, ni nini kimeenda vibaya kwa Waislamu karne hii?

The Muslim Ummah was never faced with such a dilemma in the past during Islamic rule. They never suffered from disunity, widespread oppression, stagnation in science and technology and certainly not from the internal conflicts that we have witnessed this century like the Iran-Iraq war. So what has gone wrong with the Muslims this century?

Sijui ni kina gani "wao" unaowarejelea, kwa kuwa hakuna maandishi ya kutafsiri hapa. Tafadhali bandika maandishi ya Kiingereza unayotaka nitafsiri kwa Kiswahili.

Why are there so many feuds between them and why are they seen to be fighting each other? What has caused their weakness and how will they ever recover from the present stagnation?

Kuna sababu nyingi zilizochangia hali ilivyo sasa, lakini kuu ni kuachwa kwa lugha ya Kiarabu kama lugha ya kuelewa Uislamu kwa usahihi na kufanya ijtihad, kunyonywa kwa tamaduni za kigeni kama falsafa za Wagiriki, Waajemi na Wahindi, kupotea taratibu kwa mamlaka kuu juu ya baadhi ya majimbo, na kuibuka kwa utaifa tangu karne ya 19.

There are many factors that contributed to the present state of affairs, but the main ones are the abandoning of the Arabic language as the language of understanding Islam correctly and performing ijtihad, the absorption of foreign cultures such as the philosophies of the Greeks, Persian and the Hindus, the gradual loss of central authority over some of the provinces, and the rise of nationalism since the 19th Century.

Kitabu hiki kinalenga asili ya utaifa katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu. Utaifa haukuibuka kiasili katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu, wala haukutokea kama jibu la matatizo yoyote waliyokumbana nayo watu, wala kutokana na kufadhaika walikohisi Ulaya ilipoanza kutawala dunia baada ya mapinduzi ya viwanda. Badala yake, utaifa ulipandikizwa katika akili za Waislamu kupitia mpango ulioandaliwa kwa makini na mataifa ya Ulaya, baada ya kushindwa kwao kuliangamiza Dola ya Kiislamu kwa nguvu. Kitabu pia kinawasilisha hukumu ya Kiislamu kuhusu utaifa, pamoja na hatua za kivitendo zinazoweza kuchukuliwa ili kuling'oa ugonjwa wa utaifa kutoka katika Ummah wa Kiislamu, ili urejeshwe katika utukufu wake wa zamani.

This book focuses on the origins of nationalism in the Muslim world. Nationalism did not arise in the Muslim world naturally, nor did it came about in response to any hardships faced by the people, nor due to the frustration they felt when Europe started to dominate the world after the industrial revolution. Rather, nationalism was implanted in the minds of the Muslims through a well thought out scheme by the European powers, after their failure to destroy the Islamic State by force. The book also presents the Islamic verdict on nationalism and practical steps that can be taken to eradicate the disease of nationalism from the Muslim Ummah so as to restore it back to its former glory.