HISTORY OF REACTION
Spirit of Islam, October 2016, p. 5
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
HISTORY OF REACTION No Positive Results T HERE are so many revolutionary leaders and there have been many revolutions. But most of these were coups, not revolutions. They successfully brought an end to an ‘unwanted system’, but failed to bring in the system which they had set as their goal. After every unwanted system, a new unwanted system emerges and the politics of reaction continues unabated. What is the reason behind this sad state of affairs? Thinkers who spearheaded revolutions were unaware of the law of nature that evils are an integral part of human society. All the leaders and reformers were obsessed with an evil-free ideal society, while according to the law of nature the ideal cannot be achieved in this world. They wanted to establish an evil-free society, and it is impossible to completely eliminate evil from society. One evil replaces another, a fact which history has witnessed. The truth is that ‘evil’ is the wrong name for ‘challenge’. What people call a society full of evils, refers in fact to a society full of challenges. This is why reformers and leaders should have considered evil as challenge and looked for a solution to manage the challenge. For example, some people are born in poverty. Our reformers tried to eliminate poverty from the world, but failed. The reason is that poverty is nature’s creation and, serves as an incentive to work hard. Without poverty in the world, there would be no incentive, without incentive there can be no development. All parents aim at providing material comforts to their children, this being their greatest concern. But this thinking is against the scheme of the Creator. The right way is for the parents to create the spirit of hard work in their children so that they stand on their own feet. What we witness in society is contradictory to the scheme of the Creator. Many People who attained success by their own hard work at times indulge their children in luxuries. This is the reason why most youngsters of hard working parents live a pampered life and do not accomplish anything great in life. According to the law of nature ideal cannot be achieved in this world.

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