PROBLEM OR CHALLENGE?
PROBLEM OR CHALLENGE?
Unfounded Conspiracies
MUSLIM intellectuals generally depict the fate of the community in a negative light. According to them, Muslims are becoming victims of conspiracies and fake propaganda organized against them by other communities. They claim that Muslims are living in siege, not only in India but everywhere in the world.
However, this claim is so unfounded that prima facie it stands rejected. The Quran clearly maintains that conspiracy does not have a bilateral effect; instead it is unilateral in nature. A person is free to conspire against another, but in terms of the result, he has no power to make others a victim of his conspiracies. This is the law of nature and no one has the power to change this law. If a person suffers from something, then it is the price of his own shortcomings. There may be conspirators, but no one has the power to make another the victim of one’s conspiracy. According to a Hadith, the Prophet of Islam has said that even if the entire world conspires to harm them, the conspiring forces would not be successful in their efforts.
There are dozens of verses in the Quran which maintain that a person always pays the price for his deeds. A person’s good deed would yield good results, while his bad deed would yield bad results. The Roman philosopher, Cicero (106 - 43 B.C.) said: ‘As you have sown, so shall you reap.’
The need of the hour is for Muslims to express their
gratitude to God instead of complaining against others.
This is not only the saying of a philosopher, it is rather an eternal law of nature set by God Almighty. The Quran tells us that a big conspiracy was once hatched against a prophet (THE QURAN 71: 22), but it turned out to be a total failure. The Quran contains many verses which tell that it is not conspiracy which is the problem, but rather the real problem is the failure to adopt the right strategy in response to it.
God has given freedom to human beings. As a result of the misuse of freedom by some persons, there is always a challenge created before others. What some Muslim intellectuals refer to as conspiracy, is in reality a challenge. Muslims must understand its nature and make efforts to meet this challenge. Challenge is not meant to be complained against, but to be faced with right planning.
The condition of Muslims can be assessed through a simple exercise. Visit any Muslim home at random and ask them about their family’s economic status fifty years ago in comparison to what it is today. The sure answer you will get from every family would be that their present condition is far better than what it was fifty years ago. In such a situation, the need of the hour is for Muslims to express their gratitude to God instead of complaining against others.
A person is free to conspire against another,
but in terms of the results, no one has the power
to make others a victim of his conspiracies.
Forming an opinion about Muslims through the news which appears in the media is not correct. This way of forming an opinion cannot inform one of the actual situation of Muslims. The media is an industry of sensational news and thus it always selects hot news from wherever possible. This is the media’s approach towards every community, and not specifically Muslims. Media gives partial news, as and when a particular issue arises. The correct way to understand the reality calls for an analysis in the light of all the facts where the period of time is also an important factor to consider. In doing so, one will find that Muslims are flourishing everywhere—within India as well as outside of India.
Our age is an age of de-monopolization. The opportunities present today are open to all. Every person receives his share from the opportunities according to the efforts he puts in. If someone receives less, he should revise his method of work and re-plan instead of complaining against others. o
Purposeful Life
It is when one has a great and over-riding mission in life that no task seems too difficult, no hardship too great.