Building Life

Challenge, Not Revenge granted to each group by turns so that every group can be tested. In this world, the state of domination and power is for the test, just as the state of subjugation and submission. What is required from man is that when he is granted power, he should not suffer from the psychology of pride and arrogance. And when he finds himself in a state of subjugation, he should not fall prey to negative psychology. Either of the conditions should be acceptable to man as a matter of divine ordainment. In both states, man’s eyes should be set on shouldering his responsibilities rather than on the right or wrong attitude adopted by others. This is a belief of significant reformative influence, which keeps people away from political activities of negative nature. It enables men to save their capabilities from being wasted and always engage in beneficial and result-oriented actions. The loss of power is from God. Protesting against it is to protest against God. And is there anyone who can succeed in his protest against God? CHALLENGE, NOT REVENGE What happened to the Muslims in Spain is commonly explained as the revenge of the Crusades. The Crusades had ended by the late thirteenth century. Maulana Shibli Nu‘mani (1857–1914), a prominent Indian Islamic scholar, interpreted all such events up to the First World War