9.3 Biz eng so'nggi va eng buyuk ummatmiz (mashhur so'nggi so'zlar)
9.3 We Are The Latest And Greatest (famous Last Words)
Zamonaviylik va Qur'on
Modernity and the Quran
Moral progressivizmning asosiy harakatlantiruvchi kuchlaridan biri ilmiy taraqqiyotga bo'lgan ishonchdir. Agar zamonaviy davrda ilm-fan va texnologiya bilimlarimiz shu qadar ilgarilagan bo'lsa, demak, biz insoniyat sifatida axloqiy jihatdan ham ilgarilaganmiz, bizning axloqiy bilimimiz ham o'tmish xalqlarinikidan ustundir, degan xulosa kelib chiqadi. Bu mulohaza yangi emas. Barcha yirik sivilizatsiyalar o'zlari haqida shunday deb o'ylagan, va bu qarash Qur'onda to'g'ridan-to'g'ri rad etiladi: Alloh bizni o'tgan sivilizatsiyalarning qoldiqlari va vayronalariga qarashga chaqiradi. Ular katta texnik yutuqlarga ega bo'lishiga qaramay, takabburligi va Xudoga hamda Uning payg'ambarlariga qarshi isyoni tufayli halok qilingan. Qur'on bundan ham narigi gapni aytadi: sizlar nafaqat kuch-qudratingiz va texnik yutuqlaringiz to'g'rilik hamda axloqiy ustunlikka olib keladi deb takabburlanayotganingiz uchun xato qilyapsizlar, balki tarixdagi eng kuchli va texnik jihatdan eng ilg'or sivilizatsiya ekanligingizni o'ylayotganingiz uchun ham xato qilyapsizlar. Sizlardan oldin kuch, son va yer yuzidagi ta'sir jihatidan undan ham ulug' bo'lganlar bo'lgan.
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.
Ular yer yuzida sayr qilib, ulardan oldingilarning oqibati qanday bo'lganini ko'rmadilarmi? Holbuki, ular kuch-qudrat jihatidan ulardan ustun edi.
“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.”
Fotir (Q35:44)
Fatir (Q35:44)
Ular yer yuzida sayr qilib, o'zlaridan oldingilarning oqibati qanday bo'lganini ko'rmadilarmi? Ular kuch-qudratda va yerdagi izda ulardan ustun edilar, ammo Alloh ularni gunohlari uchun tutib oldi. Ularning uchun Allohdan hech qanday himoyachi bo'lmadi.
“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.”
G'ofir (Q40:21)
Ghafir (Q40:21)
Ular yer yuzida sayr qilib, o'zlaridan oldin o'tganlarning oqibati qanday bo'lganini ko'rmadilarmi? Ular o'zlaridan ko'p va kuch-qudratda hamda yerdagi izlarida ustun edilar, ammo qilib yigan narsalari ularga foyda bermadi.
“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.”
G'OFIR (Q40:82)
Ghafir (Q40:82)
"Ular yer yuzida sayr qilib, o'zlaridan oldingilarning oqibati qanday bo'lganini ko'rmadilarmi? Ular kuch-qudrat jihatidan ulardan kuchliroq edilar, yerni haydab, uni o'zlari obod qilganlaridan ham ko'proq obod qildilar, ularning payg'ambarlari ularga ochiq dalillar bilan keldilar. Alloh ularga zulm qilmagan edi, lekin ular o'zlariga zulm qilardilar."
“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)
"Biz xohlagan kishilarimizni daraja-daraja ko'taramiz, lekin har bir ilm egasining ustida yana bir bilimli zot bor."
“We raise in degrees whom We will, but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.”
Yusuf (Q12:76)
Yusuf (Q12:76)
Biz o'tmishda bugungi zamonamizdan texnologik jihatdan ilg'or bo'lgan tsivilizatsiyalar bo'lganmi-yo'qmi, degan savolni o'ylashimiz mumkin. Buni faqat Alloh biladi. Bunday bo'lmagan, deb avtomatik ravishda taxmin qilmasligimiz kerak. Eng muhimi, xalqning qadriyatlarini uning qanchalik "zamonaviy" ekaniga qarab emas, balki oxirgi Elchi ﷺ olib kelgan narsaga qanchalik to'liq mos kelishiga qarab baholashimiz kerak.
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.