当今这一代人已经不记得实施伊斯兰教的伊斯兰国家了。那些生活在伊斯兰国家（奥斯曼哈里发国）最后几年的人，而西方曾对其发动猛烈攻击，他们其实目睹的只是一个残存的、部分实施伊斯兰统治的国家的遗迹。因此，许多穆斯林极难理解伊斯兰政府的架构。穆斯林的思想被当下的现实所占据，他们只能通过强加于穆斯林国家的堕落的民主政权来构想政府的体制。

The present generation does not recall the Islamic State that implemented Islam, and those who lived during the last years of the Islamic State (‘Uthmani Khilafah) against which the West had directed its onslaught, had in fact witnessed the vestiges of a state implementing remnants of Islamic rule. It is extremely difficult therefore for many Muslims to percieve the structure of the Islamic government. The minds of the Muslims have been consumed by the present day situation, and can only conceptualize the system of government through the depraved democratic regimes foisted upon Muslim countries.

这还不是这一悲惨局面中唯一令人遗憾之处。更艰难的任务，是改造那些被西方文化迷惑的头脑。西方文化就是西方举起、刺向伊斯兰国家的那把匕首，伊斯兰国家正是被它致命地刺伤。随后，西方手持这把滴着鲜血的武器，得意地对它的儿子们说：我已经杀死了你们病弱的母亲，她因糟糕的监护和管理不善而应当被杀；我为你们预留了一种生活，在其中你们将享受幸福与繁荣。接着，他们竟伸出手去，与这个匕首上仍沾着其母鲜血的凶手握手。据说，这正是鬣狗对待猎物的做法：猎物呆立不动，惊愕失措，直到遭受沉重一击而流血，或被拖入山谷吞食，才会恢复神志。

This is not the only unfortunate aspect of a sad situation. An even more difficult task is transforming these minds seduced by Western culture. Western culture was the dagger drawn by the West in the face of the Islamic State, and by which it fatally stabbed her. Then, taking the weapon, dripping with blood, to her sons proudly said to them: I have killed your ailing mother, who deserved to be killed because of her poor guardianship and mismanagement and I have reserved for you the kind of life in which you will relish happiness and prosperity. They then offered to shake the hand of the murderer whose dagger was still stained with the blood of their mother. This, it is claimed, is just what the hyena does to its prey. The prey stands still, stunned and astonished, and does not come back to its senses until it is dealt a hard blow that makes it bleed, or is taken down to the valley to be eaten.

那么，这些被迷惑的头脑如何才能意识到，杀死他们母亲的那把毒匕首，始终在威胁着他们自身的生命与存在，除非他们将它从自己身上拔除？穆斯林所怀有的诸多观念，例如民族主义、政教分离以及反伊斯兰的主张，正是这种西方文化注入他们血管之中的毒素。本书中阐述传教士入侵的那一章，载有大量事实与数据，清楚而详尽地揭示了凶手的真实意图和这场罪行背后的真正动机，并列出了其所用的手段与方法。其唯一目的就是消灭伊斯兰教，而最有效的武器，便是传教士挥舞并逐步割向那些自愿受害者的这种西方文化。

So how could such seduced minds come to realize that the poisonous dagger which killed their mother is the same one that is always threatening their own lives and very existence, unless they remove it from themselves. The concepts which the Muslims carry, such as nationalism, separating the religion from the State and the anti-Islamic notions are the very poison that this Western culture has injected in their veins. The chapter explaining the missionary invasion in this book contains facts and figures clearly showing in detail the true intentions of the killer and the true motives behind the crime, listing the means and methods used to carry it out. The only reason was to eradicate Islam, and the most effective weapon was this Western culture which the missionaries brandished and incipiently cut into their willing victims.

穆斯林没有察觉到这种文化潜藏的危险。他们开始抵抗并与对其土地的实际占领作斗争，却同时接受西方文化。而这正是占领在他们的土地上扎根的真正原因。可悲的讽刺在于，穆斯林一边声称要背弃外来者、反抗占领，一边却张开双臂欢迎西方，痛饮其毒酒，直到疲惫、冷漠、毫无生气地倒下。人们可能会把他们看作战争的牺牲者，而实际上，他们是无知与迷误的受害者。

The Muslims were caught unaware of the potential dangers of such a culture, they began resisting and fighting the physical occupation of their lands while embracing the Western culture, which was the real reason behind the occupation taking root in their lands. The sad irony is that Muslims, while allegedly turning their backs on the foreigner and fighting the occupation, welcomed the West with open arms and drank from its cup of poison until they collapsed, weary, apathetic, and lifeless. One would think of them as casualties of war, while in reality, they were victims of ignorance and misguidance.

他们究竟在追求什么？是一个非伊斯兰的国家，还是穆斯林土地上的若干个国家？西方自成为实际的统治权威以来，已经给了他们若干个国家；由此完成了其将伊斯兰排除在政府之外、分割穆斯林土地、并只给穆斯林一个微不足道的伊斯兰统治门面的计划。西方时不时就为穆斯林新建一个国家，而且只要他们坚持西方的原则和观念，西方甚至乐意给予更多。

What do they actually seek? A state based on other than Islam? Or several states on Muslim land? The West, since becoming the effective ruling authority, has already given them several states; completing therefore its scheme of keeping Islam out of government, dividing the Muslim land and giving the Muslims a trivial facade of Islamic rule. From time to time, the West creates a new state for the Muslims, and it is more than willing to give them even more as long as they hold on to Western principles and concepts.

问题的关键不在于建立若干国家，而在于在整个穆斯林世界建立一个统一的国家。这也不是建立任何一个国家，既不是建立一个自称伊斯兰、却不依安拉(SWT)所降示的律法而治理的国家，也不是建立一个自称伊斯兰、虽然实施伊斯兰法律、却没有由具有思想基础的领导层来承载伊斯兰的国家。当前真正的关键，不是建立这类伪伊斯兰的国家，而是建立一个唯一的国家，它要以伊斯兰的信仰(’Aqeedah)为基础，恢复伊斯兰的生活方式，在伊斯兰思想已深深扎根于民众的心灵与理智之中之后，再在社会中实施伊斯兰，并将伊斯兰的讯息传播到全世界。

The point at hand is not establishing several states, but one single state over the entire Muslim world. And not establishing just any state, nor a state that calls itself Islamic while ruling by other than what Allah (swt) has decreed, nor a state calling itself Islamic and implementing Islamic Laws without carrying Islam via an intellectually based leadership. The crucial point at hand is not the establishment of such pseudo-Islamic states, but of a single state which would resume the Islamic way of life based upon the Islamic ‘Aqeedah, implement Islam within society after this was deeply rooted in the peoples’ hearts and minds, and which would carry the Message of Islam to the whole world.

伊斯兰国并非梦想，也不是虚构的想象，它已经主导并影响历史一千三百多年。它是一个现实，过去一直如此，将来也必将如此。它存在的重要因素远非任何事物或任何人所能忽视或对抗。有见识的人已经接受了它，它也是渴望伊斯兰昔日荣光重现的乌玛的心愿。伊斯兰国不是人们为了满足欲望而追求的目标，而是安拉（SWT）为穆斯林所规定、并命令他们履行的义务。祂警告了那些怠慢此项义务者将面临的惩罚，并许诺为追求此项义务者提供回报。

The Islamic State is not a dream, nor is it a figment of the imagination, for it had dominated and influenced history for more than thirteen hundred years. It is a reality, it has always been and always will be. The vital elements of its existence are far greater than can be ignored or fought against by anything or anyone. The enlightened people have adopted it and it is the wish of the Ummah which is eager for the return of the glory of Islam. The Islamic State is not a desire that one aims to satisfy, but an obligation that Allah (swt) has decreed for the Muslims and commanded them to fulfill. He I warned of the punishment awaiting those who neglect this duty and promised reward to those who pursue this duty.

他们如何能取悦其主,若他们所在国家的尊荣不属于真主(SWT),也不属于祂的使者ﷺ,也不属于信士们?他们如何能免于祂的惩罚,若他们不建立一个能够准备其军事力量、保卫其领土、实施真主的律法并依照真主所降示的律法治理的国家?因此,穆斯林必须建立伊斯兰国,因为没有它,伊斯兰就不会有有影响力的存在;除非依照真主所降示的律法统治,他们的土地也不会成为伊斯兰之地(Dar al-Islam)。

How are they to please their Lord if the ‘Izzah in their countries does not belong to Allah (swt), nor to His Messenger (pbuh), nor to the believers? How are they to be safe from His punishment if they do not establish a state that would prepare its military might, defend its territory, implement Allah’s rules and rule by what Allah (swt) has revealed? Therefore, the Muslims must establish the Islamic State, for Islam would not have an influential existence without it, and their land would not become Dar al-Islam unless it is ruled by that which Allah (swt) has revealed.

伊斯兰国绝非易事。追求它的人不应当让机会主义者心存不切实际的希望（这些人意图在其中谋得一个职位）。这条道路荆棘丛生，充满危险、障碍与艰辛，更不必说非伊斯兰的文化、浅薄的思维，以及亲西方的政权，它们构成了一道难以逾越的阻碍。那些真正走在恢复伊斯兰国这一伊斯兰召唤之路上的人，其目标是掌握权力，以便在穆斯林的土地上重新实行伊斯兰的生活方式，并把伊斯兰的讯息传递给全世界。因此，无论诱惑多大，他们都会拒绝与任何人分享权力。除非他们能够全面、彻底、立即地实施伊斯兰教法，否则他们也会拒绝独揽大权。

The Islamic State is by no means an easy endeavor. The pursuit of it should not fuel false hopes to opportunists (with the purpose of acquiring a position in it). The road is embedded with thorns, full of perils, obstacles and hardships, not to mention the non-Islamic culture, shallow thinking and pro- Western regimes which form a formidable obstacle. Those who truly tread the path of the Islamic call to restore the Islamic State, would be aiming to assume the authority in order to resume the Islamic way of life in the Muslim lands, and to convey the Message of Islam to the whole world. That is why they would reject sharing authority with anyone, no matter how great the temptation. They would also reject absolute rule unless they were capable of implementing Islam comprehensively, radically and instantaneously.

最后,这本关于伊斯兰国的书并非旨在叙述其历史,而是要阐明先知穆罕默德ﷺ如何建立伊斯兰国,并展示不信道的殖民主义者如何摧毁了它。本书阐明穆斯林应当如何重建他们的国家,使曾在最黑暗的时代指引世界的光明重新回归,再次照亮人类。

Finally, this book about the Islamic State is not meant to narrate its history but to explain how the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) established the Islamic State, and to show how the disbelieving colonialists destroyed it. It demonstrates how Muslims should re-establish their State so that the light that guided the world in the darkest of ages returns to enlighten humanity once again.