MOST SOCIAL SCIENTISTS AGREE UPON THREE MODELS:
A) THE CHANGE CAN BEGIN AT AN UPPER STRUCTURE AND WORK ITSELF DOWN
B) THE CHANGE CAN BEGIN AT THE LOWER STRUCTURE AND MOVE UPWARD
C) THE CHANGE CAN START SIMULTANEOUSLY AT LOWER AND UPPER LEVELS
MODEL A;( UPPER STRUCTURE&MOVE ITSELF DOWN)
IT IS GENERALLY AUTHORITARIAN AND THE CHANGE IS USUALLY MOVED DOWN BY FORCE
THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS MODEL IS THAT THE CHANGE CAN BE CONSIDERABLY ACCOMPLISHED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
MEANWHILE,THE DISADVANTAGE IS THAT THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE WHETHER THEY ARE CONVINCED OF ITS NECESSITY OR NOT
THIS MODEL NEITHER NEEDS THE MAJORITY OF SUPPORT TO BEGIN THE CHANGE NOR DOES IT KEEP THE EXISTING VALUES WHICH ARE RESPECTED BY THE MAJORITY
MODEL B; (LOWER STRUCTURE&MOVE UPWARD)
THE CHANGE STARTS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL.
IT DOES NOT CALL FOR FORCE BUT WILLINGNESS OF INDIVIDUAL TO CHANGE
THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS MODEL ARE; IT DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE OPPOSITION AND IT RESPECTS THE MINORITY VIEW
MODEL C; (LOWER AND UPPER LEVELS)
IT COMBINES IN SOME PRINCIPLES OF MODEL A&B
THE ADVANTAGE IS THAT IT TAKES ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLES FROM OTHER MODELS AND THUS IT DOES NOT NEED TIME TO DEVELOP ITS OWN CONCEPTS
THE DISADVANTAGE IS THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN IDEOLOGICAL SOURCE AND THUS IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY DIRECTION
NURSI MODEL DOES NOT ESTABLISH IN TERMS OF POLITICS&ECONOMICS
BUT IN RISALAH –E NUR APPROACH TO CHANGE FROM THE LOWER AND FROM INDIVIDUAL TO HUMANITY
THE BASIC INGREDIENTS OF THE NURSI MODEL ARE;
1) TO CURE WEAKNESS OF IMAN&DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CONSCIENCE
2) ISLAMIC WORK MUST BE DONE THROUGH A GROUP APPROACH
3) UNITY ;
-AMONG MUSLIM INDIVIDUALS
-AMONGMUSLIM STATES
-A COMMON FRONT WITH OTHER BELIEVERS AGAINST
THE ENEMIES OF THE BELIEVERS
THE CURE OF WEAKNESS OF IMAN
BEDIUZZAMAN LIVED IN AN AGE WHOSE DOMINANT CHARACTERISTIC WAS ITS ADHERENCE TO SCIENCE,LOGIC,AND POSITIVISM.
HE BELIEVED THAT THE WORLD WAS EXPERIENCING A PERIOD OF IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT, SO HE TOOK UP HIS OWN PLACE IN INTELLECTUAL LIFE ,ONE DICTATED BY THE LIGHT OF ISLAM
ACCORDING TO HIM ALSO, THE GREATEST PROBLEM OF THIS AGE IS SPIRITUAL CRISIS
(MORAL CRISIS HAPPENS BECAUSE OF IMPOSED BY WESTERN SOCIETY ..
THE LEADERS ARE CARELESS&NEGLIGENT BECAUSE NOT EMPHASIZED INNER MORAL EXISTENCE,CONSCIENCE,&THE BELIEF SYSTEM OF NATION BASED ON QURAN AND SUNNAH)
IN THAT CASE,HE BEGAN TO CONFRONT IN HIS WRITING&PUBLIC LECTURES, THE WEAKNESS OF FAITH&MORALITY THAT HAD INFECTED THE VERY FOUNDATION IN SOCIETY
METHODS TO BE APPLIED
A) LOGICAL APPROACH
THE FOREMOST THING TO IMPROVE SOCIETY IS TO REFORM INDIVIDUALS,BECAUSE NO HEALTHY STRUCTURE CAN BE BUILT UPON CORRUPT INDIVIDUALS
HOW TO IMPROVE THE BELIEF&RELIGIOUSNESS OF AN INDIVIDUAL???
RISALAH-E NUR CONCENTRATES ON PROVIDING THE TRUTHS OF ISLAM IN A SCIENTIFIC WAY.
RISALAH-E NUR EXPLAINS THE QURANIC VERSES BY MEANS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES,PHYSICAL LAWS,AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS,COMBINING RELIGIOUS AND MODERN SCIENCE TOGETHER.
FOR EXAMPLE; IN SURAH SABA’:12,
THIS AYAT DESCRIBES US THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF TRAVERSING
LONG DISTANCES IN A SHORT TIME.BY EXPLAINING THIS,
THE QURAN HAS INDICATED THE INVENTION OF AIRPLANE
SURAH AL-ANBIYA’:69,
THIS AYAT EXPLAINS THE STORY OF ABRAHAM,
IS ALSO INDICATES THE PRINCIPLES OF REFRIGERATION.
BEDIUZZAMAN TELLS US THESE AYAT HAVE MISSION-ORIENTED&HAVE HIDDEN MESSAGES,IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE ORDINARY SCHORLARS TO UNDERSTAND&INTERPRET THEM PROPERLY.
AS A RESULT,HIS MONUMENTAL WORK IS NOT A WORK-FOR—WORD TRANSLATION(TAFSIR BIL LAFZ) BUT IS AN INTERPRETATION OF DEEPER MEANING OF THE QURAN(TAFSIR BIL MAKNA)
B) LABORATORY METHOD
BEDIUZZAMAN’S APPROACH IS THE APPLICATION OF THE
LABORATORY PRINCIPLE IN HIS WRITING,
AS HE DEMONSTRATED IN THE TREATISE,NATURE: CAUSE OR EFFECT?
FOR EXAMPLE : WHATEVER EXIST IN THIS WORLD IS FROM
ATTRIBUTED OF THE CREATOR.WITHOUT HIM,
EVERYTHING DOES NOT EXIST
THE FACTORS OF THE GROWTH OF PLANTS,SUCH AIR,WATER,HEAT AND LIGHT
C) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THROUGH EDUCATION
BEDIUZZAMAN EMPHASIZED THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF
EDUCATING THE MUSLIM OF OUR AGE IS BOTH
RELIGIOUS&MODERN SCIENCE TOGETHER TO PREVENT
BOTH FANATICISM& UNBELIEF
GROUP APPROACH
NURSI STRONGLY EMPHASIZED THE NEED OF JAMAAH.
THE CORPORATIONS ARE ONE ENTITY,
BUT ITS AFFAIRS ARE REGULATED AND ADMINISTERED BY A GROUP.
BEDIUZZAMAN IN THE TREATISE SAID THAT SINCERITY LAID DOWN ONE OF THE BEST RULES ON HOW ISLAMIC GROUPS SHOULD WORK&RESPECT ONE ANOTHER.
UNITY
A) UNITY AMONG MUSLIM INDIVIDUALS
ISLAMIC UNITY IS ESSENTIAL IN PRESERVING&PROPAGATING ISLAMIC THOUGHT “OUR GOD IS ONE,OUR PROPHET IS ONE, OUR QURAN IS ONE”
SO,WE HAVE A CONSENSUS UPON REQUIREMENTS OF RELIGION WHICH THESE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON TO DICTATE UNITY AMONG S.
UNITY BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS WILL PRODUCE A UNITED COMMUNITY.
B) UNITY OF THE MUSLIM STATES
TO BEDIUZZAMAN THE AIM OF UNITY OF THE MUSLIM STATES IS TO EXCITE IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AN ENTHUSIASM FOR PROGRESS AND ITS CHARACTERISTIC IS LOVE AMONG BELIEVERS
IN HIS LETTER TO PRINCE SABAHADDIN, HE STATES THAT ONCE THE MUSLIM WORLD HAS GAINED THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF ACTING IN CONCORD, IT CAN BE UNITED UNDER A FEDERATION THAT WILL COME ABOUT WITH ITS PROPER CHARACTERISTICS
THE FEDERAL SYSTEM IS THE BEST POSSIBLE MEANS OF UNITY AMONG NATIONS THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO MAINTAIN THEIR NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS WHILE BECOMING UNITED WITH ONE ANOTHER
HE ASSUMED THAT UNITY’S CONCEPT WILL CONTINUE STRONGLY IF THEY FOLLOW THE CONSULTATION PROCEDURE OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD SAW.
THE PRACTICE OF CONSULTATION BY ISLAMIC PRINCIPLES WILL YIELD UNITY AND SOLIDARITY
C) THE COMMON FRONT WITH OTHER BELIEVERS
ACCORDING TO BEDIUZZAMAN, THE WESTERN WORLD SHOULD NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD A UNITED MUSLIM WORLD BECAUSE IF WE SEE NOW, THE WEST IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF SUCH A UNITY
TOWARD THE BRIGHT FUTURE
THERE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAST DECADES TOWARD A UNITED MUSLIM WORLD,AMONG WHICH THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES SHOULD STRESSED.
FOR EXAMPLE ;
THE LATEST CONFERENCE HELD IN ISTANBUL
WHICH CONSOLIDATED THE GROUND FOR CLOSER
RELATIONS & SOLIDARITY AMONG MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
BEDIUZZAMAN, IN HIS OPTIMISTIC WORDS STATE THAT HE WILL MAKE THE WHOLE WORLD HEAR HIS SURE CONVICTION THAT THE FUTURE WILL BE FOR ISLAM AND THAT THE TRUTHS OF THE QURAN WILL HAVE THE WHIP HANDLE.
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9.56am (27 Novenber 2008)
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