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0 my friends who desire the improvement of Islam
and the Muslims! now you have clearly seen the causes of
our decline. Not to speak of strangers, we generally do not
prevent even our own family and our subordinates from
wrong-doing. We do not even make up our minds to prevent
evil, much less doing something practical about it.
Whatever our own son does against the Commandments of
Allah, we do not check him even; but if he takes some interest
in politics, or mixes up in a certain political party,
we are seriously anxious not only about him, but about our
own safety and honour. Then we warn him and also think
about some plans to be safe and secure from any harm; but
on the other hand, when he transgresses against Allah's
Commandments, we are never anxious about the life in the
Hereafter, and about the Reckoning of the Day of Judgement.
Sometimes you know full well that your son is ad- :5
dicted to some idle pursuits and is very lax in his prayers, 9 2
but you have no courage to prevent him from such habits. .k p
or to chastise him, although Allah has clearly commanded +
you to be severe in uprooting such evils and even sever relations
with the transgressor. There is many a father who
would be angry with his son, because he is lazy and does
not attend to his studies or services or business properly,
but is there anyone who is angry with his son, because he
does not perform the fundamental observances of Islam?
As a matter of fact, the adverse effect of this negligence
is not limited to the great loss in the Hereafter but it is a
pity this evidently extends to our worldly affairs and interests
also, which are so dear to us. This blindness of ours is
horrible, for Allah says:
"Whoever is blind in this world, he will be surely
blind in the Hereafter."