OUR ‘TURNKEY’ CIVILIZATION

Our ‘Turnkey’ Civilization ~ 52 ~ OUR ‘TURNKEY’ CIVILIZATION In the modern, industrial world, the term ‘Turnkey Project’ has come to be widely used. Ready-made houses and factories are made today in which everything is provided by the seller. The buyer has only to turn the key in order to use it. The behaviour of certain Muslims of the present day suggests that they think the world is theirs for the taking, that God has handed it over to them readymade and that all they have to do is ‘turn the key’ and everything and everyone will be ready to do their bidding. Little do they realize how far this is from being the true state of affairs. This world, in reality, is one of vigorous action and keen competition, and no worthwhile position can be attained without working hard on every aspect of the project in hand, and no job is well done unless carried out with scrupulous care from beginning to end. Our very right to live has to be proved by competing with others. Only when we plunge wholeheartedly into the fray, can we hope to attain the place we