A Law of Nature

A Law of Nature The Iranians took the entry of the companions of the Prophet of Islam in a negative sense, despite the fact that they were harbingers of a new civilisation. Rabi Ibn Amir, one of the companions of the Prophet of Islam, while talking to Rustm, the Iranian general, expressed, “God has sent us so that we may bring, to whom He wills, out of the bondage of the people to the worship of God.” (7/46) (Al Bidayah wa al-Nihaya Vol. 7, p. 46) In the 7th century, the companions of the Prophet of Islam were the harbingers of a new age. It is a principle of nature that the group that emerges as the harbinger of a new age enjoys leadership in the world. Such leadership comes into being as an essential prerequisite of nature, rather than the result or outcome of any conspiracy or enmity. Similarly, the Western people were the harbingers of a new civilisation in modern times. Therefore, it was natural that they achieved the position of leadership over their contemporary nations. The Muslims should have accepted their leadership as a natural phenomenon, just as the non-Muslim nations had earlier accepted the Muslim’s leadership. But the Muslims failed to understand this secret. They viewed Western civilisations as a case of enmity and conspiracy. Hence, they hated them and fought against