The Example of the Prophet

breathe their last and a new generation could be reared in the desert, develop a reliable character, and then gain political power and establish an Israelite government. These two instances very clearly prove that a new regime can only be established when the necessary collective conditions favourable for it prevail. The example of Prophet Muhammad tells us that if a favourable environment does not prevail in public in the real sense, even a prophet cannot establish a government in such a context. Moreover, if he did establish a government despite the absence of such a favourable environment, it would soon collapse, and the result of this would be fruitless. The example of Moses shows that a strong team of competent people, that is, men of character, is required to form a good government. In the absence of such a team, establishing an Islamic government is impossible if there is a political vacuum in the country and there are two prophets to fill this vacuum. Keeping this prophetic example in mind, it will be apparent that the agitations that swept all across the Muslim world, driven by the slogan “Establish Islamic Government!” were simply naive. Their logical result