Mzozo (sira'a) kati ya dini na ustaarabu ni wa zamani, na kinachotuhusu sisi ni mzozo kati ya Uislamu na dini na ustaarabu mwingine. Ukweli ni kwamba Uislamu ni dini ya mapambano tangu wakati Muhammad ﷺ alipoamriwa kuutangaza ukweli waziwazi hadi Saa itakaposimama. Alipoamriwa kuyasema waziwazi aliyoagizwa, mapambano ya kifikra yalianza kati ya dhana za Uislamu na dhana za kufuru. Mapambano haya ya kifikra yameendelea hadi wakati wetu. Hayajakoma wala haturuhusiwi kuyakomesha, licha ya aina nyingine za mapambano zilizoongezwa juu yake. Mapambano ya kifikra ni kukanusha mawazo kwa mitindo mikali, kwa nguvu na ukali. Mtume ﷺ aliyafanya kwa kutekeleza amri ya Allah (SWT). Kwa hiyo Yeye (SWT) alisema:

The clash/struggle (sira'a) between religions and civilisations is ancient, and what concerns us is the clash between Islam and other religions and civilisations. The truth is that Islam is a deen of struggle from the time when Muhammad (PBUH) was commanded to come out openly with the truth until the Hour is established. When He (PBUH) was ordered to speak out openly what he was commanded, the intellectual struggle commenced between the concepts of Islam and the concepts of kufr. This intellectual struggle has continued until our time. It has not stopped nor is it allowed to stop, despite what was added to it of other types of struggle. The intellectual struggle is refuting thoughts with sharp styles, and with intensity and harshness. The Messenger (PBUH) performed it in execution of the command of Allah (SWTH). So He (SWTH) would say:

Hakika nyinyi na mnayoyaabudu badala ya Allah ni kuni za Jahannamu! Bila shaka mtaingia humo.

"Verily you and what you worship besides Allah are fuel for the Hellfire! Surely you will enter it" [TMQ Al-Anbiya: 98].

Na:

And:

"Mtu mwenye kuapa sana, mwenye kudharau, mwenye kwenda huku na huko akieneza fitina na uzushi. Mzuiaji wa mema, mwenye kupita mipaka, mwenye dhambi. Katili, na zaidi ya hayo yote, mtu wa asili duni."

"A slanderer, going about with calumnies. A hinderer of good, transgressor, sinful. Cruel, after all that, base-born" [TMQ Al-Qalam: 11-3].

Na:

And:

Kisha, hakika nyinyi, enyi mlio potoka, mlio kanusha: Mtakula bila shaka katika mti wa Zaqqum. Kisha mtajaza matumbo yenu nao. Mtakunywa juu yake maji yanayochemka. Basi mtakunywa kunywa kwa ngamia wenye kiu. Hiyo ndiyo itakuwa karamu yao siku ya Malipo! Sisi tumekuumbeni, basi kwa nini hamwamini? [TMQ Al-Waqi’a: 51-7]

"Then, verily, you misguided, deniers. You will surely eat of the tree of Zaqqum. Then you will fill bellies therewith. Drink boiling water on top of it. So you will drink the drinking of thirsty camels. That will be their entertainment on the Day of Recompense! We created you, so why do you not believe?" [TMQ Al-Waqi’a: 51-7].

Na:

And:

"Hakika wahalifu wamo katika upotevu na watateketezwa kwa Moto!" [TMQ Al-Qamar: 47] Na:

"Verily the criminals are in misguidance and will burn!" [TMQ Al-Qamar: 47] And:

"Kisha tunaomba na kumwomba Allah alaani juu ya wakanushaji" [TMQ Al-Imran: 61].

"Then we pray and invoke the curse of Allah upon the deniers" [TMQ Al- Imran: 61].

Na:

And:

"Vipotee mikono ya Abu Lahab, naye ameangamia" [TMQ Al-Masad: 1].

"Perish the hands of Abu Lahab and he has perished" [TMQ Al-Masad: 1].

Na:

And:

"Hakika yule anayekuchukiza ndiye atakayekatwa" [TMQ Al-Kauthar: 3]. Mapambano haya ya kiakili hayapingani na kauli Yake (SWT):

"Verily the one who makes you angry will be cut off" [TMQ Al-Kauthar: 3]. This intellectual struggle does not contradict with His (SWTH) saying:

"Waite kwenye njia ya Mola wako kwa hekima na mawaidha mema. Na jadiliana nao kwa njia iliyo bora. Hakika Mola wako ndiye anayejua zaidi aliyepotea na njia yake, naye ndiye anayejua zaidi wale walioongoka." [TMQ Al-Nahl: 125] Hii ni kwa sababu hekima hapa ni dalili ya kiakili (burhan 'aqli) na hoja isiyopingika (hujjat damigha); na mawaidha mema ni ukumbusho mzuri. Ukumbusho mzuri ni kwa kuathiri fikra na hisia kwa pamoja, kama kauli yake (SWTH):

"Invite to the way of your Lord with (hikma) and fair preaching. And argue with them with what is better. Verily your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His way and He knows best those who are guided." [TMQ Al-Nahl: 125] This is because the (hikma) here is the intellectual proof (burhan 'aqli) and the irrefutable evidence (hujjat damigha); and the fair preaching is the beautiful reminder. The beautiful reminder is by impressing the thoughts and emotions collectively like His (SWTH) saying:

"Msibishane na Watu wa Kitabu isipokuwa kwa njia iliyo bora, isipokuwa wale miongoni mwao waliodhulumu." [TMQ Al-Ankabut: 46] Yaliyo bora ni kuwageuzia mgongo kutokana na madhara yao kwako katika mjadala. Kuhusu wale waliodhulumu kwa kupigana vita au kukataa utekelezaji wa hukumu juu yao na kulipa jizya, kuwabishania kunafanywa kwa upanga. Mfano wa jitihada za kiakili uliosimuliwa kuhusiana Naye ni ule walioripoti Ibn Abi Sheeba na Abdurrazaq katika Musnad zao, pamoja na waandishi wa Seerah na wengine, kutoka kwa Qatadah kwamba "Mtume ﷺ alimwambia mtu mmoja:"

"Argue not with the People of the Book except with that which is better except those who do wrong among them." [TMQ Al-Ankabut: 46] That which is better is to turn away from their harm to you in the argument. As for those who do wrong through fighting or refusing the enforcement of the rule upon them and the paying of jizyah, arguing with them is by the sword. As an example of intellectual struggle narrated regarding Him
is what ibn Abi Sheeba and Abdurrazaq reported in their Musnads,as well as the writers of the Seerah and others, from Qatadah that "the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to a man:

"Ingia katika Uislamu, Abu Al-Harith." Yule Mkristo akasema: "Nimeingia katika Uislamu." Basi akasema: "Ingia katika Uislamu, Abu Al-Harith." Yule Mkristo akasema: "Nimeingia katika Uislamu." Basi akamwambia mara ya tatu: "Ingia katika Uislamu, Abu Al-Harith." Yule Mkristo akasema: "Nimeingia katika Uislamu kabla yako." Basi akakasirika na kusema: "Wewe unasema uongo. Mambo matatu yanakuzuia wewe na Uislamu: kununua kwako divai (hakusema: 'kunywa kwako divai'), kula kwako nguruwe na kumwomba mtoto kwa Allah." Na As-Sana'ni alisimulia katika 'Tafseer' yake kutoka kwa Abdurrazaq kutoka kwa Qatadah kwamba Ubayy bin Khalaf alikuja na jino lililooza huku akilitawanya upeponi na kusema: "Je, Allah atalihuisha hili, ewe Muhammad?" Mtume ﷺ akasema:

'Embrace Islam, Abu Al-Harith.' The Christian said: 'I have embraced Islam.' So he said: 'Embrace Islam, Abu Al-Harith.' The Christian said: 'I have embraced Islam.' So he said to him the third time: 'Embrace Islam, Abu Al-Harith.' The Christian said: 'I have embraced Islam before you.' So he became angry and said: 'you lie. Three matters barred between you and Islam: Your purchasing of wine (he did not say: 'Your drinking wine'), your eating the pig and your invoking a child for Allah.'" And As-Sana'ni reported in his 'Tafseer' from Abdurrazaq from Qatadah that Ubayy bin Khalaf came with a decaying tooth while scattering it in the wind and said: Will Allah give life to this, O Muhammad? The Prophet (PBUH) said:

"Ndiyo, Mwenyezi Mungu atamfufua na kukufanya ufe kisha kukuingiza Motoni!" Na Al-Hakim amesimulia katika 'Al-Mustadrak' na ameithibitisha kutoka kwa Jabir bin Abdullah (ra) ambaye alisema:

"Yes, Allah will give life to it and cause you to die and enter you into the Fire!" And Al-Hakim reported in 'Al-Mustadrak' and authenticated it from Jabir bin Abdullah (ra) who said:

Siku moja Quraysh walikusanyika, Utbah bin Rabi'ah akaja kwake akasema: Ee Muhammad, je, wewe ni bora au Abdullah?... Mtume wa Allah ﷺ alikaa kimya. Kisha Mtume wa Allah ﷺ akasema: Je, umemaliza? Akasema: Ndiyo. Basi Mtume wa Allah ﷺ akasoma: 'Bismillah ir-Rahmaan ir-Raheem. Ha Meem. Ufunuo kutoka kwa Allah, ir-Rahmaan, ir-Raheem' hadi akafika: 'Lakini wakigeuka, basi sema: Nimekuonyeni radi kama radi ya 'Ad na Thamud' [TMQ Fussilat: 1-13]. Utbah akamwambia: Inatosha, inatosha. Je, una kitu kingine zaidi ya hiki? Akasema: Hapana. Basi akarudi kwa Quraysh, nao wakasema: Nini kilichokuwa nyuma yako? Akasema: Sikuacha kitu chochote ambacho nilidhani mngemwambia isipokuwa nilimwambia. Wakasema: Je, alikujibu? Akasema: Ndiyo. Kwa Yule aliyeweka muundo imara, sikuelewa chochote alichosema isipokuwa alikuonyeni radi ya 'Ad na Thamud. Wakasema: Ole wako, mtu amekuzungumzia kwa Kiarabu nawe hujui alichosema? Akasema: Hapana, kwa Allah, sikuelewa chochote isipokuwa kutaja radi. Haya ni baadhi ya yale yaliyosimuliwa kutoka kwake ﷺ katika mapambano ya kiakili.

"Quraysh convened one day and Utbah bin Rabi'ah came to him and said: O Muhammad, are you better or Abdullah?...The Messenger of Allah
was silent. Then the Messenger of Allah
said: Have you finished? He said: Yes. So the Messenger of Allah
recited: 'Bismillah ir-Rahmaan ir-Raheem. Ha Meem. A revelation from Allah, ir- Rahmaan, ir-Raheem' until he reached: 'But if they turn away, then say: 'I have warned you of a lightning bold like the lightning bolt of 'Ad and Thamud' [TMQ Fussilat: 1-13] Utbah said to him: It is enough, it is enough. Have you anything other than this? He said: No.So he returned to Quraysh and they said: What is behind you? He said: I did not leave anything that I thought you would say to him except that I said to him. They said: Did he answer you? He said: Yes. By the One who set upright the structure, I understood nothing of what he said except that he warned you of a lightning bolt of 'Aad and Thamud. They said: Woe unto you, a man spoke to you in Arabic and you do not know what he said? He said: No, by Allah, I understood nothing except mentioning the lighting bolt." This is some of what was narrated from him
of intellectual struggle.

Vivyo hivyo, baadhi ya Maswahaba walikuwa wakifanya hivi. Miongoni mwa hayo ni alichosimulia Ibn Is-haq kwa mnyororo wake wa wapokezi kutoka kwa Az-Zubayr, ambaye alisema: "Wa kwanza kusoma Qur'an kwa sauti kubwa huko Makka baada ya Mtume ﷺ alikuwa 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (ra). Alisema: Maswahaba wa Mtume ﷺ walikusanyika siku moja wakasema: Kwa hakika Allah, Quraysh bado hawajasikia Qur'an ikisomwa kwa sauti kubwa, basi ni nani atakayewasikilisha? 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud akasema: Mimi. Wakasema: Kwa kweli tunaogopa watakukamata. Tunamtaka mtu aliye na jamaa wa karibu wanaomlinda dhidi ya watu iwapo watapanga uovu dhidi yake. Akasema: Niacheni. Allah (SWTH) atanilinda. Kesho yake, bin Mas'ud alikwenda kwenye Maqam (ya Ibrahim, karibu na Ka'aba) wakati wa asubuhi na akasoma:

Likewise, some of the Sahabah would do this. Of this is what ibn Ishaq narrated with his chain from Az-Zubair who said: "The first to loudly recite the Qur'an in Makkah after the Messenger of Allah
was 'Abdullah bin Mas'oud (ra). He said: The companions of the Messenger of Allah
assembled one day and said: By Allah, the Quraysh have not heard the Qur'an being loudly recited yet, so which man will make them hear it? 'Abdullah bin Mas'oud said: Me. They said: Verily we fear them against you. We intend a person who has kinsfolk who protect him from the people if they have evil designs upon him. He said: Leave me. Allah (SWTH) will protect me. He said: On the morrow, bin Mas'oud came to the maqam (of Ibrahim at the Ka'aba) in the forenoon and recited:

Ar-Rahmaan. Amefundisha Qur'an [TMQ Ar-Rahman: 1-2]. Kisha akawakabili wakiisoma. Akasema: Walipoitafakari wakaanza kuuliza: Ibn Umm 'Abd anasema nini? Akasema: Kisha wakasema: Anasoma baadhi ya yale aliyokuja nayo Muhammad ﷺ. Basi wakasimama wakaanza kumpiga usoni, naye aliendelea kusoma kile alichotaka Allah afike. Kisha akawaendea wenzake, na uso wake ulikuwa umeathirika. Wakamwambia: Hiki ndicho tulichokuogopea kwako. Akasema: Maadui wa Allah hawakuwa wananidharau kama sasa, na kama mtapenda, nitaamka kesho kufanya kama hivyo. Wakasema: Hapana, inatosha kwako, yale uliyoyasema. Umewafanya wasikie yale wanayoyachukia." Na Ibn Kathir ameripoti katika 'Jami' Al-Masaneed wa As-Sunan': "Kutoka kwa Hatib ambaye Mtume wa Allah ﷺ alimtuma kwa Juraij bin Mina ambaye alikuwa Muqawqis wa Alexandria, ambaye alimwambia: Kwa nini Nabii wenu haombi laana dhidi ya wale waliomfukuza katika nchi yake? Akamwambia: Kama vile Nabii wenu hakuomba laana dhidi ya wale waliokusudia kumuua hadi Allah alipomwinua kwake. Akamwambia: Umetenda vyema. Wewe ni mtu mwenye hekima anayetoka kwa mtu mwenye hekima." Na Al-Hakim ameripoti katika 'Al-Mustadrak' na akasema (ni) sahihi kwa masharti ya wanachuoni hao wawili (Al-Bukhari na Muslim): "Kutoka kwa Abu Musa (ra) aliyesema: Mtume wa Allah ﷺ alituamuru tuhamie nchi ya An-Najashi. Habari hizo zilimfikia Quraysh nao wakatuma Amru bin Al-As na 'Amara bin Al-Waleed, wakakusanya zawadi kwa ajili ya An-Najashi. Walikuja kwetu wakamwendea An-Najashi, wakafika kwake na zawadi, wakambusu na kumsujudia. Kisha Amru bin Al-As akasema: Hakika kundi kutoka kwetu limeichukia dini yetu nao wako katika nchi yako. An-Najashi akamwambia: Katika nchi yangu? Akasema: Ndiyo. Akasema: Waleteni kwangu. Ja'far akatuambia: Asiseme yeyote kati yenu. Mimi ndiye msemaji wenu leo. Tulipofika kwa Najashi alipokuwa ameketi katika baraza lake, Amru akiwa upande wake wa kulia na 'Amara upande wake wa kushoto, huku mapadri na watawa wameketi (samatin). Amru na 'Amara walimwambia: Hawamsujudii wewe. Tulipofika kwake, mapadri na watawa waliokuwa pamoja naye walituonya: Msujudieni mfalme wenu. Ja'far akasema: Sisi hatumsujudii yeyote isipokuwa Allah. An-Najashi akamwuliza: Na huyo ni nani? Akasema: Hakika Allah (SWTH) alimtuma miongoni mwetu Mjumbe Wake (SWTH), naye ni Mjumbe ambaye Isa alitabiri (kuja) baada yake, jina lake likiwa Ahmad. Alituamuru tumwabudu Allah bila kumshirikisha na chochote, kusimamisha swala, kutoa zakat,

'Ar-Rahmaan. Has taught the Qur'an' [TMQ Ar-Rahman: 1-2]. Then he faced them reciting it. He said: They contemplated it then began asking: What is ibn Umm 'Abd saying? He said: Then they said: He is reciting some of what Muhammad came with. So they stood and began striking upon his face and he maintained reciting what Allah willed that he reaches. Then he left to his companions, and he had been affected in the face. They said to him: This is what we feared for you. He said: The enemies of Allah were no more contemptible to me than now, and if you wish I will awake for the like tomorrow. They said: No, it is enough for you, what you said. You have made them hear what they detest." And ibn Kathir reported in 'Jami' Al-Masaneed wa As-Sunan': "From Hatib whom the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) had sent to Juraij bin Mina who was the Muqawqis of Alexandria who said to him: Why does your Prophet not invoke against those who expelled him from his land? He said to him: Just as your Prophet did not invoke against those who intended to kill him until Allah raised him to Him. He said to him: You have acted well. You are a wise man coming from a wise man." And Al- Hakim reported in 'Al-Mustadrak' and said (it is) saheeh upon the conditions of the two Sheikhs (Al-Bukhari and Muslim): "From Abu Musa (ra) who said: The Messenger of Allah
commanded us to depart to the land of An-Najashi. That reached Quraysh and they sent Amru bin Al-As and 'Amara bin Al-Waleed, and they collected gifts for An- Najashi. They came to us and advanced to An-Najashi, arrived to him with gifts, kissed him and prostrated to him. Then Amru bin Al-As said: Verily a folk from us disliked our religion and they are in your land. An- Najashi said to him: In my land? He said: Yes? He said: Send them to me. Ja'far said to us: Let none of you speak. I am your speaker today. So we reached An-Najashi while he was sitting in his assembly, Amru at his right and 'Amara at his left, and the priests and monks seated (samatin). Amru and Amara said to him: They do not prostrate to you. When we reached him, the priests and monks with him chided us: Prostrate to your king. Ja'far said: We do not prostrate except to Allah. An-Najashi said to him: And who is that? He said: Verily Allah (SWTH) sent among us His (SWTH) Messenger, and he is the Messenger that Isa prophesied (to come) after him whose name is Ahmad. He commanded us to worship Allah without associating anything with Him, to establish the prayer, pay the zakat,

Na yeye aliamrisha sisi mambo mema, na akatukataza mambo maovu. Akasema:

and he commanded us the good and forbade us from the evil. He said:

Maneno yake yaliwastaajabisha watu. Amr alipoona hivyo, alimwambia: Mwenyezi Mungu amtengemae mfalme. Wao wanapingana nawe kuhusu Isa bin Maryam. Basi An-Najashi akamwambia Ja'far: Mwenzako anasema nini kuhusu mwana wa Maryamu? Akasema: Anasema juu yake kauli ya Mwenyezi Mungu: Yeye ni roho ya Mwenyezi Mungu na neno lake alilolitoa kwa bikira safi ambaye hakuna mwanaume aliyemgusa. Akasema: Kisha An-Najashi akachukua fimbo kutoka ardhini, kisha akaiinua na kusema: Enyi makuhani na watawa, hawa hawavuki upana wa hii, kile mnachosema kuhusu Isa bin Maryam. Karibuni kwenu, na kwa yule mliyetokea kwake. Hakika nashuhudia kwamba yeye ni Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu ﷺ, na kwamba yeye ndiye Isa bin Maryam aliyetabiriwa. Lau si yale niliyonayo ya ufalme, ningekwenda kwake hadi nibebe viatu vyake. Kaeni katika nchi yangu kwa muda mnaotaka, akaamuru chakula na mavazi kwa ajili yao. Akasema: Rudisheni zawadi zao kwa hawa wawili. Na Ahmad ameipokea hadithi hii kwa urefu zaidi kutoka kwa Umm Salamah (ra), nayo ni yenye maelezo zaidi kuliko hadithi ya Abu Musa (ra). Al-Haithami ameipokea katika 'Al-Majma'a' na akasema: Wapokezi wake ni wapokezi wa hadithi sahihi isipokuwa ibn Ishaq, na yeye alitaja waziwazi kwamba amesikia. Waislamu waliendelea kupambana na dini na ustaarabu wa kufuru baada ya kufariki kwake ﷺ, katika mapambano ya kifikra na kijeshi, kama itakavyofuata, hadi Uislamu ukaenea katika nchi za ulimwengu wa kale isipokuwa sehemu ndogo yake. Watu waliingia katika Uislamu kwa makundi, wakaacha dini na ustaarabu wao wa awali, wakawa Ummah mmoja mpya, itikadi yao moja, mawazo yao moja, mtazamo wao wa maisha mmoja, mfumo wao mmoja, maslahi yao moja, na lengo lao kuu moja, nalo ni kuinua neno la Mwenyezi Mungu. Ukachukua nafasi ya dola kiongozi duniani, na miji yake ikawa vituo vya mwanga wa fikra zilizoelimika, itikadi ya tawhidi na Sharia ya haki. Walichukua Kitabu na Sunnah, pamoja na lugha ya Kiarabu, kuvipeleka duniani, hadi Uislamu ukawa itikadi ya kila mtu, na hamu ya lugha ya Kiarabu ikawa kubwa. Miongoni mwao wakazuka wanachuoni wa ijtihadi na wanaisimu wa lugha, bila tofauti kati ya Mwarabu na asiye Mwarabu, mpaka wakawa ndugu kwa fadhila za Allah. Leo tunaona kampeni kali dhidi ya lugha ya Kiarabu ili kuitenganisha na Uislamu, kupitia mbinu potofu kama wito wa kutumia lahaja za kienyeji, kuandika lugha nyingine za Waislamu kwa alfabeti ya Kilatini, na kuzichukulia lahaja za kienyeji kuwa ni Kiarabu. Inajulikana kwamba haiwezekani kwa asiyejua Kiarabu kuufahamu Uislamu, achilia mbali kufanya ijtihadi nao. Wanataka Kiarabu kiwe kama Kilatini na Kisiriani, hivi kwamba hakuna mtu atakayeufahamu Uislamu isipokuwa wataalamu wa lugha hii isiyotumika. Kwa kweli, wanataka kiwe lugha iliyokufa. Je, asiyeelewa Kiarabu ataweza vipi kuelewa khabar, insha'a, amr, nahy, haqeeqa na majaz, 'illah, sabab, sharT, maan'i, a'amm, khaas, mutlaq, muqayyad, mantooq na mfhoom, iltizam, maana za herufi, mnyambuliko wa vitenzi, sarufi na mengineyo? Yote haya ni muhimu katika kuelewa matini za Shari'ah. Anayeita kwa jambo hili ni adui wa Uislamu, na miongoni mwa Waislamu, yule anayedanganyika na uongo huu ni mpumbavu.

Hata hivyo, kuukubali kwa dini ya Allah (SWT) hakukuwa kwa jumla kwa namna kamilifu iliyokamilika, hata miongoni mwa Waarabu wenyewe. Dini na ustaarabu vilivyoshindwa vilibaki vipo. Vilikuwa dhaifu mwanzoni kutokana na kutoweka kwa mazingira yaliyoviwezesha kukua. Hivyo harakati za wazindiki (zanadiqa) zilishindwa na kukandamizwa. Hata hivyo, kupuuzwa kwa lugha ya Kiarabu baadaye kulisababisha kufungwa kwa milango ya ijtihad na mkanganyiko katika kuelewa hukumu, jambo lililoidhoofisha Dola hadi ikageuka kuwa dola ndogo ndogo. Baadhi ya mawazo ya ustaarabu wa kale yaliingia miongoni mwa Waislamu, kama wazo la kujitenga na anasa na kuadhibu mwili kutoka falsafa ya Kihindi, ukabila miongoni mwa baadhi, mawazo ya maana zilizofichika za siri (batiniyya) kwa wengine, na mwelekeo wa kujitenga na kitovu cha Khilafah, mambo yaliyoidhoofisha Dola na kusimamisha ushindi. Zaidi ya hayo, Wakrusadi na Watatari walilitamani hadi Waothmani walipokuja na kuziunganisha sehemu nyingi za Dola chini ya mamlaka yao, na kurejesha ushindi. Hata hivyo, tabia ya kijeshi ndiyo iliyotawala bila kubeba itikadi kwa usahihi, kwa hiyo watu wa nchi zilizoshindwa hawakuyeyushwa katika chungu cha Uislamu kama ilivyotokea katika ushindi wa mwanzo. Inawezekana kutambua tofauti kati ya watu wa Uzbek, Tajik, Pashtun, Kituruki, Berber, Kihindi, (Ad-Deelam), Turkmen na Kikurdi, na upendo wao kwa Uislamu na kushikamana nao, na watu walioshindwa katika kipindi cha Waothmani kama Waserbia, Wagiriki, Wahungari, Wakroatia, Waromania na wengineo. Hawa upesi walifanya njama na Magharibi dhidi ya Uislamu na Dola yao, wala hawakujizuia kamwe pale walipopata fursa ya kulipiza kisasi. Kisha uvamizi wa kiutamaduni na wa kimisionari dhidi ya Uislamu ukaanza, hadi ustaarabu wa Magharibi ukafanikisha kuiangamiza Dola ya Kiislamu, kuigawa vipande vipande, na kuligawanya jamaa'ah ya Waislamu. Wala Ubepari wa Magharibi haukuishia hapo; badala yake ulijitahidi kueneza miongoni mwa Waislamu dhana zake za utaifa, uzalendo, demokrasia, uhuru, kanuni zilizotengenezwa na binadamu, na mipaka ya kufikirika. Uliweka juu ya nchi hizi ndogo watawala fisadi washirika wake, ambao huimarisha ushawishi na dhana zake, hulinda maslahi yake, huendeleza mgawanyiko, hupotoka kutoka katika njia ya Allah, na kupinga kila mtu mkweli anayejaribu kujikomboa kutoka kwenye kamba yao. Walisaidiwa katika hilo na wasomi vibaraka ambao huwaalika kwa shauku kwenye fikra za Magharibi, huzitetea, na kupigana dhidi ya ustaarabu wa Kiislamu, wakisimama kwa upofu wa uaminifu upande wa adui wa Ummah. Maadui Wakristo wa Vita vya Msalaba na vibaraka wao miongoni mwa watu wenye ushawishi katika nchi za Waislamu waliweka chini ya udhibiti wao vyombo vya habari na elimu, hivyo wakawa wamepotoka na wenye kupotosha wengine. Shambulio hili la kifikra halikukoma; wito wa dhana za ustaarabu wa Magharibi za kile wanachokiita uhuru, demokrasia, uwingi wa kifikra, jamii ya kiraia, dola ya taasisi, haki za binadamu, haki za wanawake, uhusiano wa kizalendo, mazungumzo ya kidini n.k., unaendelea kwa kasi kubwa. Hivyo kwa hakika unachukuliwa kuwa ni mapambano makali ya kifikra kati ya ustaarabu mbili: wa Kiislamu na wa Kibepari. Mgongano huu uko wazi sana hata hauhitaji ushahidi, kwa kuwa tunaishi nao kila siku, bila kujali ni kiasi gani baadhi ya wasomi na Wabepari wenye ushawishi wanavyojaribu kuuficha, kwa kupotosha na udanganyifu. Kwa mfano, tunamkuta Rais wa zamani wa Marekani Nixon akisema katika kitabu chake 'Fursa Inayofaa (al-fursa as-saniha)': "Kujitenga kwetu kunapingana na maadili yetu na imani zetu za kidini, ambazo zinaita kueneza wema duniani kote." Pia anasema katika kitabu chake 'Ushindi Bila Vita': "Itikadi ya Kiislamu ya kimapinduzi ni mwitikio dhidi ya usasa." Ukomunisti unaahidi kuzungusha saa ya historia mbele, na uislamu wa msimamo mkali unairudisha nyuma… Wanamapinduzi wa Kikomunisti na wa Kiislamu ni maadui wa kiitikadi wanaoshiriki lengo moja: Hamu ya kufikia madaraka kwa njia yoyote ile inayohitajika kwa lengo la kuweka udikteta mkuu unaotegemea itikadi zao ambazo haziwezi kuvumilika." Tunamwona Berlusconi, waziri mkuu wa sasa wa Italia, akisema: "Ni lazima tufahamu ubora wa ustaarabu wetu. Mashariki itaendelea kuelekea ustaarabu wa Magharibi, na mwelekeo huu utaongezeka. Hili lilitokea mara moja katika ulimwengu wa kikomunisti, na pia lilitokea katika sehemu za ulimwengu wa Kiislamu." Teri Larson, mratibu wa mchakato wa Oslo, alikaribisha mwelekeo wa Waislamu wa Palestina kuelekea kuhalalisha uhusiano na Magharibi. Mmoja wa wajumbe wa ujumbe wa Kiyahudi huko Oslo na Wye River, Ori Speer, alitaja katika kitabu chake 'Al-Maseera (Njia)': "Vilemba vya kichwani vya wanawake vilianza kutoweka, na nguo zilianza kufupishwa chini, jambo ambalo Larson alilikaribisha, akilichukulia kama mwelekeo wa kuhalalisha uhusiano na Magharibi." Kwa kweli wanawake wasingethubutu kufanya hivyo wakati wa Intifada ya kwanza kabla ya Oslo. Tunamwona pia Phyllis Oakley, aliyekuwa Naibu Katibu wa Nchi, akisema: "Tunakubaliana na wale wanaosema kwamba mgongano wa ustaarabu hauwezi kuepukika." Madeleine Albright, aliyekuwa Katibu wa Mambo ya Nje wa Marekani, alisema: "Tulishambuliwa kwa sababu ya utambulisho wetu. Tunafuata utandawazi na tunatetea demokrasia, uhuru na jamii huria. Hili ndilo kiini cha Marekani ambalo hatuwezi kurudi nyuma kutoka kwake" (Jarida la Al-Quds likinukuu maneno yaliyotafsiriwa ya Nathan Charles- Washington). Paul Kennedy, profesa wa Historia katika Chuo Kikuu cha Yale cha Marekani, anasema: "Ni vigumu kuepuka kuhitimisha kwamba hatari ya mashambulizi ya kigaidi haitakoma. Pia hatujafanikiwa sana katika kuzuia kutokea kwa mashambulizi haya. Jini limetoka shingoni mwa chupa na kubeba roho ya kulipiza kisasi; na bomu la gari sasa limegeuka kuwa bomu la ndege" (Jarida la Al-Quds, kwa maneno yaliyotafsiriwa ya 22.9/2001). Rais wa zamani wa Kiyahudi, Hertzog, alisema mbele ya bunge la Poland mwaka 1992: "Janga la msimamo mkali wa Kiislamu linaenea kwa kasi. Wala si tishio kwa watu wa Kiyahudi peke yao; bali kwa binadamu wote." (Jarida la Al-'Arabi namba 514). Shimon Peres alisema: "Msimamo mkali umekuwa hatari kubwa zaidi ya zama hizi baada ya kuanguka kwa ukomunisti." (Jarida la Al-'Arabi namba 514). Cyrus Vance, aliyekuwa waziri wa mambo ya nje wa Marekani, alisema: "Lazima tuwe waangalifu na imara katika kushughulika na wenye msimamo mkali hawa ambao vitendo vyao haviwezi kutabiriwa." (Jarida la Al-'Arabi namba 514). Ensaiklopidia ya kitamaduni ya Kifaransa inasema kwamba Muhammad ﷺ ni: "Mpinga-Kristo, mteka wanawake, na adui mkubwa zaidi wa akili ya binadamu."

Hizi na zinazofanana nazo zinaonyesha waziwazi uadui wao dhidi ya Uislamu, na kauli zao ni dalili wazi kwamba wanaendeleza, pamoja na ustaarabu wao wa kibepari, mapambano ya kifikra yenye ukatili dhidi ya ustaarabu wa Kiislamu. Hata hivyo, kuna kundi jingine linalojaribu kuwatupia watu vumbi machoni na kuwapotosha Waislamu, ili kuendeleza usingizi wao na kuwazuia kuleta mabadiliko, ilhali nao si wapole kidogo kwa Uislamu na watu wake. Hivyo tunamkuta rais wa zamani wa Marekani Clinton akisema: "Adui yetu katika Mashariki ya Kati ni msimamo mkali wa kidini (extremism), naye alikataa wazo la mgongano wa ustaarabu. Vivyo hivyo alisema kwamba mapambano ya sasa hayana uhusiano wowote na Uislamu; bali ni mapambano dhidi ya nguvu kali zinazojificha nyuma ya dini na utaifa. Akaongeza kusema kwamba hilo linapingana na mafundisho ya Kiislamu, na akasisitiza kwamba Uislamu ni nguvu kubwa ya uvumilivu na kiasi duniani" (jarida la Al-'Arabi, namba 514). Louis Mitchell, waziri wa mambo ya nje wa Ubelgiji, anasema akitoa maoni kuhusu kauli zilizotajwa hapo juu za Berlusconi: "Waziri mkuu wa nchi mwanachama wa Umoja wa Ulaya anapozungumza kwa mantiki hii, hilo linakataliwa kabisa. Wazo kwamba ustaarabu wowote ni bora au una nafasi ya juu zaidi kuliko ustaarabu mwingine linachukuliwa kuwa linapingana na maadili ya Ulaya ambayo sote tunayaamini" (kikundi cha majadiliano cha Al-Jazeera kilichotajwa hapo juu). Hata Bush Mdogo, ambaye alitangaza waziwazi 'Vita vya Msalaba' na kuvitangaza, hilo halikumzuia kutembelea Kituo cha Kiislamu mjini Washington na kuelezea Uislamu kama dini ya amani. Kama yeye ni mshirika wake katika kampeni hii, Waziri Mkuu wa Uingereza Blair, ambaye alielezea Uislamu kuwa dini ya amani, na akatumia kama ushahidi maana ya aya tukufu ifuatayo:

These and their like explicitly state their enmity to Islam, and their statements are a clear indication that they practice with their Capitalist civilisation violent intellectual struggle against the Islamic civilisation. However, there is another group that attempts to blow ashes in the eyes and delude Muslims, in order to perpetuate their anaesthetisation and make them desist from generating change, while they are not less hostile to Islam and its people. So we find the former American president Clinton say: "Our enemy in the Middle East is extremism, and he rejected the idea of the clash of civilisations. Similarly he said that the current struggle has no relationship with Islam; it is however a struggle against extremist forces that hide with religion and nationalism. He added saying: that it contradicts with Islamic teachings and emphasised that Islam is a powerful force for tolerance and moderation in the world" (Al-'Arabi magazine number 514). Louis Mitchell, Belgian foreign secretary, says in comment upon the above-mentioned statements of Berlusconi: "When a prime minister of a member state of the European Union speaks with this logic, this is completely rejected. The view that any civilisation is better or of more advanced position than other civilisations is considered as contradicting European values in which we all believe" (above mentioned study circle of Al-Jazeera). Even Bush Jr. who declared openly the 'Crusade' and announced it, this did not prevent him from visiting the Islamic Centre in Washington and describing Islam as a deen of peace. Similar to him is his partner in this campaign, the British Prime Minister Blair, who described Islam as being a deen of peace, and he used as evidence the meaning of the noble ayah:

"Yeyote anayemuua nafsi bila kisasi cha nafsi nyingine au kwa kueneza uovu duniani, ni kana kwamba amewaua watu wote wote" [TMQ Al-Mai'dah: 32]. Ni lazima Waislamu wasidanganywe na maneno ya udanganyifu yanayosemwa na watu kama hawa, kwa kuwa matendo yao yanadhihirisha hisia zao za ndani kabisa, si maneno yao ya uongo, ambayo hayawadanganyi Muislamu.

"Whoever kills a soul for other than a soul or (to spread) mischief in the earth, it is as if he killed all of mankind" [TMQ Al-Mai’dah: 32]. It is imperative that Muslims are not beguiled by deceptive words said by the like of these, for their deeds reveal their deep rooted feelings, not their false words, which do not fool a Muslim.

Watu hawa wanaijua Uislamu katika uhalisia wake, bali hata vizuri zaidi kuliko baadhi ya Waislamu. Nixon, rais wa zamani wa Marekani, ambaye kauli zake tumeshazitaja, kauli zake: "Maadili yao ambayo hayawezi kumudu…Msimamo mkali wa kidini unauelekeza nyuma…Wanaharakati wa Kiislamu ni maadui wa kiitikadi", tunamkuta akisema katika kitabu chake 'The Favourable Opportunity': "Uislamu si dini tu; bali ni msingi wa ustaarabu mkubwa." Basi anautofautisha Uislamu na Ukristo, na anasema katika kitabu hicho hicho katika mjadala wake kuhusu wenye msimamo mkali wa kidini: "Wamedhamiria kurejesha ustaarabu wa Kiislamu wa zamani kwa kuufufua yaliyopita, na wanakusudia kutekeleza Shari'ah ya Kiislamu na kutangaza kwamba Uislamu ni dini na dola." Zaidi ya hayo anasema: "Hata hivyo, ustaarabu wetu si wa juu zaidi kuliko ustaarabu wao. Ulimwengu wa Kiislamu ulipambana na ukomunisti kwa nguvu zaidi kuliko ulimwengu wa Magharibi ulivyopambana nao, na kukataa kwao mambo ya kimwili pamoja na ufisadi mkubwa wa kimaadili ulioenea katika ulimwengu wa Magharibi ni sifa kwao na si kinyume chao." Kama unavyoona kwamba yeye ni mkweli katika maneno kama hayo; hata hivyo, hayo hayakumzuia kutangaza kwamba sisi ni maadui wa kiitikadi. Pia hayakumzuia kula njama dhidi ya Waislamu na kuwasaidia Mayahudi dhidi yao. Hivyo anasema katika kitabu chake 'Victory without War': "Kujitolea kwetu kwa kuendelea kuwepo kwa Israel ni kujitolea kwa dhati. Sisi si washirika rasmi. Bali kinachotufunga pamoja ni kitu kikubwa kuliko karatasi yoyote. Ni ahadi ya kimaadili, ahadi ambayo hakuna rais yeyote wa zamani aliyewahi kuiacha; na kila rais ajaye atailetea utekelezaji kwa uaminifu. Marekani kamwe haitawaruhusu maadui wa Israel walioapa kuisababishia madhara makubwa kufikia lengo lao la kuiangamiza." Pia anasema katika kitabu chake 'The Favourable Opportunity': "Ili kulinda serikali za kidemokrasia zilizo hatarini kama Israel na Korea Kusini, tuko tayari kutumia nguvu za kijeshi endapo itahitajika." Pia anasema: "Hakuna rais wa Marekani wala Bunge litakaloweza kuruhusu uharibifu wa Israeli." Watu hawa wanaelewa uhalisia wa Uislamu na ustaarabu wake; hata hivyo, wanang'ang'ania kufuru yao, uadui wao na hila zao. Hili si ajabu. Muislamu anaweza kuelewa ustaarabu wa Magharibi zaidi kuliko baadhi ya watoto wake, lakini bado anabaki mwaminifu kwa dini yake na ustaarabu wake, na vilevile linaweza kutokea kinyume chake. Kwa hiyo ni lazima Waislamu wasidanganywe na kauli za aina hii.

These people know Islam in its reality, rather even better than some Muslims. Nixon, the former American president, whose sayings we have already mentioned his sayings: "Their ideals which cannot be afforded…Fundamentalism turns it backwards…Islamists are ideological enemies", we find him say in his book 'The Favourable Opportunity': "Islam is not merely a religion; rather it is a basis for a great civilisation." So he distinguishes between Islam from Christianity, and he says in the same book in his discussion about fundamentalists: "They are determined to return the previous Islamic civilisation through reviving the past, and they aim to implement the Islamic Shari'ah and announce that Islam is a deen and a State." Furthermore he says: "However, our civilisation is not more advanced than their civilisation. The Islamic world fought communism with more strength than the Western world fought it, and their rejection of material things and the widespread immoral excesses in the Western world is a credit for them and not against them." Just as you see that he is sincere in such words; they, however, did not prevent him from announcing that we are ideological enemies. They also did not prevent him from conspiring against Muslims and assisting Jews against them. So he says in his book 'Victory without War': "Our commitment to the survival of Israel is a profound commitment. We are not official allies. Rather what binds us together is something greater than any paper scraps. It is a moral commitment, a commitment that no president in the past ever abandoned; and every future president will fulfil it with sincerity. America will never permit Israel's enemies who swore to inflict grievous damage upon her to realise their goal in destroying her." He also says in his book 'The Favourable Opportunity': "In order to protect the threatened democratic governments such as Israel and South Korea, we are prepared to use military power if necessary." He also says: "No American president or Congress will ever be able to permit the destruction of Israel." These people understand the reality of Islam and its civilisation; however they insist upon their kufr, enmity and tricks. This is not strange. The Muslim might understand the Western civilisation more than some of its sons, yet still he remains sincere to his deen and civilisation, just as the contrary can occur. So it is imperative that Muslims are not fooled by these types of statements.

Kuwepo kwa Khilafah iliyoongozwa kwa uongofu, kwa mujibu wa mwenendo wa Unabii, ndiyo msingi mkuu katika mapambano kati ya Uislamu na ukafiri. Ni ujinga na ufahamu dhaifu kuifunga harakati hii, pamoja na aina zake mbalimbali, katika da'wah tu kupitia aina mbalimbali za vyombo vya habari, uandishi wa vitabu na mawasiliano ya kibinafsi, wakati ambapo Uislamu haujatekelezwa na hali ya Waislamu ni ya kusikitisha kwa udhaifu, fedheha, kurudi nyuma na mgawanyiko. Dola ikisimama, basi haki, heshima, furaha, utu na kila aina ya wema vitadhihirika ndani yake; na walio karibu na walio mbali, Muislamu na kafiri, watayaona hayo. Kuwepo kwake kutachukua nafasi ya mamilioni ya vitabu na mawasiliano, na maelfu ya aina za vyombo vya habari. Ikiongezwa kwa kuwepo kwake yale yaliyotajwa hapo awali, utaona watu wakiingia katika dini ya Allah kwa makundi.

The existence of the rightly guided Khilafah upon the way of Prophethood is the fundamental cornerstone in the clash between Islam and kufr. It is naivety and poor understanding to confine the struggle with its various forms to mere da'wah in the various types of media, writing books and individual contacts, at the time wherein Islam is not implemented and the situation of Muslims is deplorable in weakness, disgrace, backwardness and division. Once the State existed, then justice, dignity, happiness, humanity and every type of goodness will be manifested in it; and the near and distant, Muslim and kafir will notice that. Its existence will replace the millions of books and contacts, and thousands of types of media. If what was mentioned before is added to its existence, you will see people entering the deen of Allah in crowds.