The True Jihad

~ 71 ~ The same state of affairs is widespread in modern times. Although today Muslims have suffered great losses, political and material, at the hands of other nations, there still exist a great number of opportunities on a far larger scale. If availed of wisely, we can rewrite the history of Islam in magnificent terms. THE MANIFESTATION OF RELIGION The modern age is regarded by Muslims as being fraught with problems for Islam. But this is quite contrary to the actual situation. The modern age is in fact the age of Islam, just as the rainy season is the part of the year most beneficial to farmers. But Muslims, lacking in understanding and awareness, have failed to understand this; hence their failure to convert this potential into reality. What is called izhar ad-din in the Qur’an does not refer to something which is temporary in nature. It, in fact, refers to an eternal ideological ascendancy of Islam. It means that in the world Izhar ad-din signifies intellectual and ideological dominance, not political dominance.