Understanding ‘Deen’

and action prevails besides Allah’s. However, this is the objective of the community, not of the individual. As for the individual’s true goal, it is solely to attain Allah’s pleasure and success in the Hereafter. This pleasure and success can only be achieved if the individual fully fulfills their personal responsibilities. If they have fulfilled their individual responsibilities, then they die having completed their religious duty. However, the goal of the community or Ummah is different. In this regard, there is no final time limit for the struggle, nor is it the community’s responsibility to fully achieve it. As long as the Muslim Ummah exists on this earth, the struggle for this objective—the establishment of a complete Islamic system—will continue. In the elder’s words, the first aspect is the individual goal, and the second aspect is the “collective goal of the community.” Despite this dual focus of objectives, the core issue remains the same. In both cases, the goal is clear: to establish a complete Islamic system worldwide. The only difference is that an individual does their duty to the best of their ability, while the community is responsible for continuing this effort from generation to generation until the complete Islamic system is achieved globally. However, this division does not impact the main issue. It only shows that an individual is responsible as long as