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Solution:
The Values of the Qur'an
by Harun Yahya
What reason could you have for not
fighting in the Way of Allah-for those men, women
and children who are oppressed and say, 'Our Lord,
take us out of this city whose inhabitants are
wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give us a
helper from You!'? (Surat an-Nisa': 75)
Around the globe, the majority of people are among
the oppressed. They are tortured, butchered, and
live in abject poverty, are homeless, are forced to
live their lives unprotected from the elements and
they face disease without adequate medical care.
There are those who cannot even afford a loaf of
bread.
There are the elderly, facing neglect, abandonment
and denied medical care. Then there are those who
face discrimination, expulsion from their homes and
lands simply because of their ethnicity, language,
race or tribe and even massacres. Helpless,
malnourished, defenseless innocent children are
forced to work for
money or beg.
Countless people live in fear for their lives
anxious about their survival, in a world in the
midst of whose poverty and oppression, there is also
immense extravagance, privilege and wealth. Those
blessed with the "good life" pass by the
homeless, see pictures, and watch scenes on
television of those less fortunate than they.
Sometimes they feel a brief moment of pity, but then
change the channel, turn away from the image, and in
a short time completely erase that fleeting prick of
the conscience.
So many who enjoy the bounties and comforts with
which they have been blessed, never think of
expending effort to save those less fortunate from
the conditions in which they live. They believe it
is not up to them to save those people, when so many
are richer and more powerful and in a better
position to come to the aid of the less fortunate.
However, prosperity and power alone are not enough
to save those people and to make this world a place
of welfare in which justice, peace, confidence and
well-being prevail. Despite the existence of
developed countries around the world, there are
still too many countries, such as Ethiopia, where
people still die daily of starvation. It is apparent
that the wealth and power of some nations are not
enough in themselves to solve the afflictions of
drought, poverty and civil warfare.
Only being conscientious will channel resources and
power towards the welfare of the poor and desperate.
The sole way of being conscientious is having faith.
It is only the believers who constantly live by
their consciences.
Eventually, there is only one solution to the
injustice, chaos, terror, massacres, hunger,
poverty, and oppression in the world: the values of
the Qur'an.
Those adverse conditions were created in the first
place by hatred, malice, self-interest, indifference
and cruelty and therefore must be undone by love,
compassion, mercy, generosity, unselfishness,
sensitivity, tolerance, commonsense and wisdom.
These traits of compassion are found only in those
who fully live by the values taught in the Noble
Qur'an, which is our guidance directly from our
Creator. In one verse, Allah (swt) refers to the
Qur'an's feature of leading mankind out of darkness
into light.
... A light has come to you from Allah and a Clear
Book. By it, Allah guides those who follow what
pleases Him to the ways of peace. He will bring them
from the darkness to the light by His permission,
and guide them to a straight path. (Surat al Ma'ida:
15-16)
In another verse, Allah states that everything would
be in corruption and confusion if the truth were to
be according to human desires:
If the truth were to follow their whims and desires,
the heavens and the earth and everything in them
would have been brought to ruin. No indeed! We have
given their Reminder, but they have turned away from
it. (Surat al-Muminun: 71)
As you read this passage, millions of people are
suffering, are cold and hungry, or facing expulsion
from their homelands. For this reason, people who
have consciences need to think about this, and act
to solve those troubles as if they themselves or
their loved ones were facing them. We need to act
both spiritually and materially to alleviate the
suffering and oppression. In one verse, Allah orders
conscientious and faithful people to assume this
responsibility:
What reason could you have for not fighting in the
Way of Allah - for those men, women and children who
are oppressed and say, 'Our Lord, take us out of
this city whose inhabitants are wrongdoers! Give us
a protector from You! Give us a helper from You!'? (Surat
an-Nisa': 75)
When we consider the Qur'anic commands, it becomes
obvious what are our obligations. The most important
thing for Muslims is first, to struggle in the
intellectual domain so that the values of the Qur'an
and the Sunnah prevail over disbelief. The only
salvation for the weak, helpless, homeless and
destitute is
the practice of the guidance of the Qur'an, which is
directed to all humankind. Therefore, it is our duty
to spread the word and communicate the message, and
that is a vital component of worship for all
Muslims.
Those who do not follow their consciences, who are
indifferent to the suffering of others, who spend
their wealth on frivolous and vain things, who fail
to show concern for orphans, who look coldly at
oppressed woman, children and the elderly, and who
are happy only when there is immorality and ugliness
in the
world, will certainly have to give an account in the
hereafter.
Have you seen him who denies the deen (religion)? He
is the one who harshly rebuffs the orphan and does
not urge the feeding of the poor. So woe to those
who do salat (regular prayers), whose hearts from
their salat are remote, those who show off and deny
help to others. (Surat al-Ma'un: 1-7)
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