The Revolution of the Prophet

THE REVOLUTION OF THE PROPHET The revolution of the Prophet’s time shows us that if just a thousand people are ready to give everything they have for the Islamic cause, then God does not let their sacrifices go unrewarded; He establishes the supremacy of Islam on earth. In modern times millions of Muslims have shown themselves willing to make sacrifices, but God has not taken up our cause. Despite all our sacrifices, our efforts have been frustrating. This indicates that our efforts have been misdirected. If we had been following the straight path that God laid down for us, He would indeed have made us successful, as promised in this verse of the Quran: We have given you a glorious victory so that God may forgive your past and future sins, perfect His favour, guide you to the right path, and bestow on you His mighty help.45 A farmer who sows wheat will reap wheat. He is not telling the truth if he claims to have sown wheat, only for brambles to spring up in its place. It just does not happen that a wheat seed should yield a crop of brambles. Things do not work that way in this world of God. So it is with our efforts in modern times. If we had indeed been following the path of the Prophet and his companions and had made sacrifices in the same spirit, our mammoth efforts would have yielded positive results. It is no use deluding oneself into thinking that one is struggling in the path of Islam when one’s efforts are not producing the results which true Islamic struggle ought to ensure. One may live in a fool’s paradise in this world; a true paradise in the next world is for those who base their lives not on illusion and fantasy but on reality.