Religion Islam - Basic of Islamic Ideology

In spite of volumes of literature on the subject, a vast majority of Muslims young and old are ignorant of Islamic history. Yet the importance of the knowledge of history cannot be overemphasized. According to Allama Iqbal, history is like long term memory where the voices of nations are preserved. So a people without knowledge of history are a people without memory. And people who cannot remember, obviously cannot benefit from the lessons of history.

The Quran demands that muslims reflect upon history not merely to know it but to learn from it. By studying history, Muslims can gain an understanding of how Allah Almighty laws work in the extended lives of nations. The rise and fall of empires is not random nor does God preordain the fate of nations. Rather it is the actions of nations that cause their downfall; when the people fail to uphold the laws of society that Allah Almighty has set forth in Quran. This is why God repeats and reminds us of the history of past nations throughout in the book of Islam. So we can learn from them, if we repeat their mistakes (pointed out by the Quran) we will suffer similar consequences.

It is hard to blame non muslim nations which historically go through a process of political and economic trial and error without the (Quranic) solutions manual. But what can be said of Muslims who have thrown this solutions manual behind their backs and thus continue to be buffeted by humiliation and degradation. The focus of this article is to look through history of Islam for answers of all questions confronting the Muslim Nation in the past and today. What caused (and continues to cause) the downfall of muslims, what did Quran mean when he said that Muslims can be the leading nation! What does the Quran mean in claiming that no one can defeat muslims and how reliable are our historical records are? These are important questions we need to keep in mind.

By - Religion Islam