Support Provided by Secular Civilization

SUPPORT PROVIDED BY SECULAR CIVILIZATION The scientific revolution greatly facilitated the performance of dawah work. For the first time in human history, the word of God could be effectively disseminated to the people globally. A ccording to a tradition of the Prophet: “God will surely provide support for this religion through secular persons.” (Al-Mu’jam Al-Kabir, Al-Tabarani, Hadith No.14640) The word ‘fajir’ used in this Hadith does not mean a wrongdoer but is used for a secular person, a non-believer, or a non-Muslim. When we study history, we find it replete with incidents where a non-Muslim or secular person supported God’s religion. For example, there was the guidance given by Abdullah ibn Arqat during the Prophet’s migration, and Quzman al-Zufri’s joining the Companions of the Prophet in the Battle of Khaybar, etc. The most outstanding example of support given by secular persons came about in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries AD—an age illumined by the