今天的世界正陷入一个前所未有的深渊：剥削、混乱与绝望笼罩着世界。我们看到的局面是：强者压迫弱者，富人剥削穷人，愚昧者统治有见识的人。人类所面临的这场灾难，源于一个根本原因——伊斯兰在人们的心灵与思想中缺席，也从规范人们生活的各种制度中缺席。

The world today stands in an abyss of exploitation, chaos and despair such as has never previously been witnessed. We see around us a situation dominated by the strong oppressing the weak, the rich exploiting the poor and the ignorant ruling the enlightened. The mess humanity face is a result of one thing - the absence of Islam; from the hearts and minds of people, and the systems which regulate their lives.

这种局面在西方世界表现得最为突出:西方国家的市中心街道上,富裕与无家可归并存于同一段路上。一些人开着豪华汽车,住在顶层公寓里,另一些人却不得不翻找垃圾桶来寻找食物。可以看到老年人身无分文地在街上游荡,变卖自己的物品,只为凑够一杯茶的钱。水、燃气和电力等基本生活必需品的控制权掌握在贪婪的个人和公司手中,他们对服务收取高得离谱的费用。这些都是政府层面严重管理失当的后果。

This state of affairs is epitomised in the Western world, whose inner city streets are characterised by affluence and homelessness in the same stretch of road. While some people drive luxury cars and live in penthouses, others have to scavenge in dustbins for food to eat. Old people can be seen wandering the streets with no money, selling their possessions just to raise enough money for a cup of tea. The control of basic necessities like water, gas and electricity lie in the hands of greedy individuals and companies, who charge exorbitantly for their services. These are all consequences of gross mis-management at a governmental level.

诚然，政治领域的腐败与剥削已在全世界成为常态，在所谓的“穆斯林”国家中更是如此，那里的统治者不过是傀儡。这些地方贫困普遍存在，饥饿、政治压迫和犯罪几乎已成为一种生活方式。政客们撒谎欺骗，以诱使民众支持他们，同时隐藏其追求个人私利和权力的真实野心。他们所谓对民众福祉的关心，除极少数例外，实际上是出于维持其自身所造就的现状的愿望。

Indeed, corruption and exploitation in the political arena has become the norm throughout the world, even moreso in the so called ‘Muslim’ countries with their puppet rulers. Here, poverty is ubiquitous, and starvation, political oppression and crime have become like a way of life. Politicians lie and cheat in order to dupe the people into supporting them, while hiding their real ambitions of personal gain and the quest for power. Their concern for the welfare of the masses, with very few exceptions, is directed by their desire to maintain the status quo which they have created.

在社会层面，我们看到人类比以往任何时候都堕落到了更低的境地。曾经被视为可憎之事的行为，如同性恋、卖淫和滥用毒品，如今已被公开容忍，在一些国家甚至完全合法。

On a social level, we see that humanity has dragged itself to lower levels then ever before. It has come to the point where things which were once seen as abominations, such as homosexuality, prostitution and drug abuse, are openly tolerated and in some nations are even perfectly legal.

遗憾的是，这种堕落的行为在全球各地都能见到。西方资本主义的生活方式，已经成为全世界衡量其“文明”程度的榜样和绝对标准，其肤浅与破坏性却只带来人类、环境乃至动物的苦难。

Sadly, this type of degenerate behaviour can be seen all across the globe. The shallowness and destructive nature of the Western Capitalist way of life, which has become the role model and the absolute standard by which the whole world judges its level of ‘civilisation’, is producing nothing but misery for mankind, the environment and even the animals.

然而，那些掌控议程者——政府、政客、媒体等——的傲慢是毫无界限的。他们以“民主”和“自由”之类的口号为幌子为自己的行为辩护，而正如我们接下来将会看到的，这些口号并无实际内容，经不起理性的检验。为了掩盖他们的行迹，当权者竭力蒙蔽大众的心智，使人们无法承认他们周围的混乱与衰败。社会的种种问题被粉饰掩盖，取而代之的是一种肤浅、不加思考的心态：廉价的逃避与消费式的满足。于是，人们热衷于电影、体育、国家彩票、音乐等等。这一切的存在，都是为了确保人们既没有时间，也没有意愿去思考自身所处环境的真相。

Yet the arrogance of those who control the agenda - the governments, the politicians the media etc. knows no bounds. They justify their actions under the guise of slogans such as ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’, which as we shall come to see, hold no reality and do not stand up to the test of reason. To cover up their tracks, those in authority have endeavoured to befog the minds of the masses, to prevent them from acknowledging the reality of the mess and decline around them. The problems of society are glossed over with a shallow, non-thinking mentality of cheap escapism and consumer gratification. Hence, the pre-occupation with films, sports, national lotteries, music and so on. These all exist to ensure that the people do not have the time, or the inclination, to contemplate the reality of their surroundings.

事实上，宣扬虚妄、掩盖真理，正是"Kufr"（不信）的本质。当今社会的种种幻象与欺骗，与历代先知和使者所遭遇的并无二致。安拉的所有先知，直至最后的使者穆罕默德ﷺ，都是为了揭露并消除虚妄、确立真理而来。

In fact, it is the nature of kufr, to promote falsehood and disguise the truth. The illusions and deceptions of modern day society are no different to those which were encountered by the prophets and messengers throughout time. All the prophets of Allah (swt), culminating in the last messenger Muhammad (saw) came to expose and destroy falsehood and to establish the truth.

在穆萨（阿拉伯语：Moses，即摩西）的时代，我们看到法老利用他宫廷中的魔术师及其魔术把戏来奴役和压制人民，欺骗他们，使他们以为法老是不可战胜的，拥有如神一般的权威。安拉（SWT）说：“他们迷惑了人们的眼睛，使他们恐惧，他们展示了一种巨大的魔术。”[TMQ 7:116] 穆萨（摩西）用安拉赐予他的手杖摧毁了他们的虚假。安拉说：“我启示穆萨说：你把你的手杖投下！它忽然吞噬了他们所捏造的虚假。于是真理得以彰显，他们所做的一切都化为乌有。”[TMQ 7:117] 今天，法老魔术师的后裔以偶像、流行和影视明星以及政治人物的面目重生，他们竟敢宣扬腐化且剥削成性的资本主义政治思想。他们华丽的言辞和浮于表面的粉饰之论，试图掩盖一种人造的、非伊斯兰生活方式正在崩塌的墙壁。

In the time of Moses (as) we see that the Pharaoh used his court magicians with their magic tricks to enslave and subjugate the people, by deluding them into thinking that he was invincible, and had god-like authority. Allah (swt) said, “They bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them for they showed a great (feat) of magic.” [TMQ 7:116] Moses (as) destroyed their falsehood with the staff that Allah (swt) provided him. Allah (swt) says, “And we inspired Moses (saying) : Throw thy staff! And lo! it swallowed up their lying show. Thus the Truth was vindicated and that which they were doing was made vain.” [TMQ 7:117] Today’s Pharaohs’ magicians are reborn as idols, pop and film stars and politicians who have the audacity to propagate the corrupted and exploitative Capitalist political thought. Their glossy words and cosmetic, superficial ideas try to hide the crumbling walls of a manmade, non- Islamic way of life.