The famous Urdu poet late Allama Akbar Elahabadi has called Islam "Ek Kissaye Maazi" i.e. "a story of a fairy tale of the past" in poetic language to express his imaginary love. Narrating the fictional love story, he said he met a European woman. He became vulnerable to her artistic beauty. He fell in love with her and wished she could be hisgoes But alas! The European woman told Akbar Allahabadi plainly, "It is impossible for me to love a Muslim!"
He added, "The influence of Jihad is still running through their Muslim veins." Muslims are still fully prepared to wage Jihad. So I can't even imagine my romance with those who have Jihadi passions. Akbar is God-fearing after hearing Ramani's rejectionKinkurtya was perplexed and spoke an inner truth to get him to agree, “We have no tradition left of our predecessor Bir Khalid, now only the poetic expression of Hadith is left!”
Then he added, "Here there is no sound of takbeer. There is no speed of sepoys. Everyone immediately says Subhanallah." The poet then went one step further and said, “You think my Islam is just an anecdote from a past fairy taleYou can."
Hearing this, the European lady said, "Then you can think I agree." That is, you can think that I am in love with you.
Allama Akbar Elahabadi here ironically paints a sad picture of the backwardness and degradation of the Muslim community by referring to Islam as a chapter of the past fairy tale. By giving this analogy, he said that "Deen Islam is almost a defunct religion of the past era."Not intended. The real thing is that even during the era of Akbar Allahabadi, Islam religion existed in its glory, it is still there and will continue to be in the future, inshallah.
But Islamic knowledge and science, Islamic philosophy, Islamic technology, Islamic way of life, two hundred years before the era of Akbar Elahabadi, "Qisaye Majee" has become a fairy tale of the past. Thus the Muslim Renaissance poet Allama Iqbal went on to introduce the current Muslims and said,"The fire of extinguished love is dark, heatless. Not a Muslim, like heaped ashes." In this poem, Muslims are compared to a pile of ashes.
Their glorious history is almost lost today. They have lost their legacy of knowledge. The eagerness to gain knowledge and knowledge existed like a burning fire in their hearts for thousands of years. But fate is cruelIronically, it was extinguished by the evolution of time.
Indulging in worldly pleasures abandons the precepts of the Qur'an. Therefore, Allama Iqbal said to the Muslims who have this character, "The Muslim nation was honored and glorified in that era because of being a true Muslim. And today you have abandoned the Qur'an and become a wretched wandering nation."
It is not so difficult to prove that the Muslim nation is a “fairy tale of the past”. Medieval IslamLook back at history and review the current state of Muslims in relation to modern society. You can feel the difference between the two. Then you will say, Islam has really "turned into a chapter of the fairy tale of the past today."
Medieval Islamic philosophy, advanced culture, excellent social system, practice of knowledge and science, advanced arts and techniques, justice, heroismThe role played by Muslims in achieving the great ideals of demonstration, self-sacrifice and the excellence of knowledge and science seems to us today as a "fairy tale of the past".
Why not find Zechariah among us today? Why is Abu Kamel not born? Where is Jabir Ibn Haiyan today? Can anyone give us a trace of Khawarejemi? Buoli Sina why is not observed among us? Al Beruni, Al Baghdadi, Al Farabi, Al Ghazali, Al Kindi todayWhere?
Ibn Rushd, Ibn Zahar, Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Haysam why are we lost today? Why is the Islamic world today deprived of the successors of those great men? Does not the responsibility of this deprivation fall on the Muslim leaders? Doesn't the absence of all those intellectuals prove that Islam is "just a fairy tale of the past."
A list of scientists from the 15th century, a famous European historical dynasty.did, who illuminated science in the Middle Ages up to the seventh century, and also laid the foundation for the present scientific revolution. The list includes the names of about one hundred and twenty scientists, of which one hundred and five were associated with the Islamic world. Ten-twelve were those who had ties to non-Muslim Europe.
But still most of them are Muslims in Spanish universities of Cordova, Granada scienceStudied on In fact, about ninety percent of scientists in the Middle Ages were associated with the Muslim world. They were also involved in scientific discoveries and scientific writings. But with the advent of the 20th century, this picture changed completely.
Science left the Muslim world. According to a 1981 survey, Norway, one of the smallest countries in Europe, has a population of scientists, engineers and doctors.The number was more than the total number of the entire Muslim world. But this number was less than half of the total scientists in Japan.
In 1981, less than one percent of the world's publications on science were from Muslim countries. Notice!
During the Middle Ages, Muslims constituted about 15 percent of the world's total population. that timeThe contribution of Muslims in the advancement of science was about ninety percent. On the other hand, in the 20th century, when the number of Muslims in the whole world is about 25 percent, their contribution in the field of science is less than one percent.
In the Middle Ages, the centers of scientific discovery and research were Baghdad, Samarkand, Damascus, Cairo, Cordova, Granada and Bukhara. The whole world would benefit from these places. But alas! It is useful in the 20th century Knowledge is completely lost from the Muslim world. At present every new discovery crowns the heads of European scientists.
The creation of airplanes from the steam engine, the discovery of life-saving medicine, the invention of the computer, the generation of electricity from various materials, in general, the contribution of the West to human welfare is observed. Muslims do not see any role in this. So it is said, "Islam today."The past has become a fairy tale."
This isn't about guilt. It's about awareness. It's a conversation starter.
What do you think happened?
And more importantly, what's one small step we can take to reignite that legacy of contribution in our own lives and communities?
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