THE CONCEPT OF THE CALIPHATE

God has bestowed man with freedom. Man has been granted this freedom so that he can discover things himself and cultivate a self-developed personality. them as a gift by their rulers. But now it no longer remained something that could be had only if it were given as a gift by someone else. Instead, it became an absolute right of everyone. It was not possible for any individual or group to snatch this right away from others. Many people today complain that they are deprived of the opportunity to live and work in an atmosphere of freedom and peace. Such people are simply unaware of the secret of life. If you want to enjoy the blessings of freedom and peace that we have been bestowed with in this age, you must know that you should set such a goal for yourself that can be achieved without having to resort to violent confrontation with anyone. If you devise a goal for yourself that will disturb someone else’s life, you will be left to complaining and protesting against others. But if you devise a purpose for yourself that will not, in any way, become a problem for others, you can carry on with your work for the rest of your life, and you will have no complaints against others. This secret is referred to in the Quran (4: 128) thus: “Reconciliation is best”. This indicates that the aim that you set for yourself should not lead to you entering into confrontation or conflict with others. In this way, you will find that everything in this world is favourable for you. It will become possible, then, for you to achieve your purpose, while being safe from developing the psyche of complaints against others. On the other hand, if you speak the language of complaint, it only means that you have chosen a wrong aim for yourself. It is a problem of a wrong aim, not one of other people’s oppression or enmity. Another major development that occurred in the Muslim period was that nature was removed from the pedestal of an object of worship and was made an object of study and investigation. This happened in stages, till it finally reached the age of the scientific revolution. The scientific revolution fulfilled this prediction in the Quran (41: 53): “We shall show them Our signs in the universe and within themselves, until it becomes clear to them that this is the Truth.” The democratic revolution and the scientific revolution in modern times are fully favourable to Islam. The modern age is completely in Islam’s favour. This phase started in the period of Muslim political rule, but its culmination happened in the third period of history, the age of the rule of secular people.