3.4 结语
3.4 Final Word
伊斯兰的第二次复兴已迫在眉睫。正如帕特里克·布坎南所写,这是一个时机已经成熟的理念。但这不应被视为拉响恐惧警报的信号。伊斯兰不是一种由复仇或仇恨构成的宗教,也不是一种为少数人谋利、压迫大众的意识形态。无论从理论还是实践来看,压倒性的事实都有力地证明:伊斯兰一旦在制度中得到实施,在现实生活中被践行,并被允许建立其文明,就将为人类带来迫切需要的和平、安全、繁荣与公正。
The second rise of Islam is imminent. As Patrick Buchanan writes, it is an idea whose time has come. But this should not be taken as an alarm for which the sirens of fear should be blown. Islam is not a religion made out of vengeance or hatred. It is not an ideology made to benefit the few and subjugate the multitude. The overwhelming facts both in theory and practice provide compelling evidence that Islam, once implemented in a system, and practiced in real life, and allowed to build its civilization, will bring the humanity the much-needed peace, security, prosperity, and justice.
如今,世界各地比历史上任何时候都更深陷绝望之中:道德与伦理日益沦丧,富人统治穷人,帝国相继崩塌,人造的神明已无法维系其权威,也留不住它的崇拜者。这正是独一真神体系兴起的时刻——那位满怀慈悲、对富人、白人、黑人、西方人、北方人,或任何形式的偏私一视同仁的真主。这也是一种新制度兴起的时刻,它能够平衡财富的分配,并以唯一的标准来平衡法律。
Today, more than any other time in history, the world at large is living in a state of despair, a state of falling moral and ethics, a state of the rich ruling over the poor, a state of collapsing empires, a state in which man-made gods are no longer able to sustain sovereignty or keep the worshipers. This is the time for the rise of the one-god system, the god who is full of mercy, who has no biases towards the rich, or the white, or the black, or the west, or the north, or any kind of bias. This is the time for the rise of a new system which creates a balance of wealth distribution, and a balance of the laws with one and only one standard.
这是一份呼吁人们思考并考虑其他选择的声明。伊斯兰教不是一种以强迫方式施加于人的宗教或意识形态。然而,它确实将其理念强加于人的思想之上,而是否接受或拒绝,则取决于理性的头脑。
This is a call for the people to think and consider alternatives. Islam is not a religion or ideology which imposes itself upon people. It does, however, compel its ideas upon the minds, and it is up to the rationalistic mind to accept or reject.