Preface

The Prophet Muhammad

received the following revelation:

)You are nothing but a warner (35:23

On another occasion he was addressed by Allah
with the words:

So preach! You are not but a preacher. Not over

them are you a warden (88:21-22)
Allah makes plain throughout the Suhufan
Mutahharah that not only this Prophet
but every single Messenger of God is sent
only for the purpose of warning their people
about the imminent end of the world, and to give
glad tidings to the believers from among them
(6:48). The Suhufan Mutahharah, like the Torah
and other Scriptures that were revealed before it,
contains a purely apocalyptic message. It is by no
means a manifesto for establishing a state or
bringing about some kind of revolution.
Yet in our time a political ideology has

emerged among the Muslims, which has brought

with it nothing but disorder and tribulation. The
political movements and parties that claim to be
Islamic all exhibit the characteristic of
desiring power and elevation in the land. But look
what Allah says:

That home of the end have We made for those
who do not desire elevation in the land, nor
corruption. And the end is for the righteous.
(28:83)

This blessed Ayah was revealed in the context of

the story of Qarun. When some of the people of

Moses who were afflicted with the disease of

worldliness saw that Qarun had been given the
treasures of the Earth, they expressed their desire
that they too should be granted its similitude,
saying:

Woe to us! That we had been given the like of

what was given to Qarun. Verily, he is one of
great fortune. (28:79)
The present-day political movements among the
Muslims are suffering from the same spiritual
disease of the aforementioned people of Moses.
Impressed with the glitter of this world and the

great political authority and might that the

nations of Gog and Magog wield over the Earth,
certain Muslims are pained in their hearts and
openly call for the like of it to be given to them.
A careful study of the story of Qarun (Surah
28:76-83) will unveil for the seeker of truth the
reality of the political ideology which has been
the vehicle of nothing but mayhem and
destruction for the Muslims. Regarding Qarun,
Allah says:

We bestowed upon him from the treasures whose

very keys would have been a burden for a body of

strong people (28:76)

That is to say, it was Allah Himself who
granted Qarun the treasures of the Earth, and
established him therein with might and wealth.
How is it possible for any political movement
to take away of their own prerogative that which
Allah has personally granted to anyone?

And your Lord creates and chooses as He pleases.

They have no choice in the matter. Holy and
exalted is Allah from that which they ascribe as
partners. (28:68)
And the Prophet destroyed the

entire edifice of the political thought espoused by

the so called Islamists when he said to his
companion Abdur Rahman bin Samurah:

Do not seek government (Bukhari)

Allah has already described elevation in
the land as a burden which even a body of strong
people cannot bear. The Prophet
not only elaborated on this burden by stating how
it would be a means of deep regret and sorrow on
Judgment Day, but explicitly discouraged his own
followers from even seeking it, as is evident from
the Hadith of Abdur Rahman bin Samurah. This
is not to say that Islam, as in the case of

Christianity, does not contain any guidance

whatsoever concerning political and social issues.
Nor can it be said that if the Muslims are
granted, due to their faithfulness and piety,
Khilafah upon the Earth that they should
disavow it thus proving themselves ungrateful.
The truth is that Muslims have been guided in no
uncertain terms in the Book and Sunnah to avoid
seeking, aspiring and above all struggling for
political authority. The so called Islamist
political parties and sects have strayed from the
path of the Sunnah and innovated a dangerous
idea into Islam which can only be the cause of
humiliation and disgrace. They actively seek to

establish themselves upon the Earth and seize the

reins of power. Their erroneous understanding of
Islam is due to the materialist thought under
whose spell they have fallen. They see the war
between Heaven and the Satanic forces as a mere
political struggle for domination of the Earth.
Influenced by the materialist ideas of communism
and other revolutionary ideologies, they seek to
rob Religion of its devotional and spiritual
aspects, so they can delude ordinary people into
understanding Islam in political terms only. The
question which the reader should ask is whether
this is the Islam brought by the ancient Prophets
and practiced by the early generation of Muslims?

The Opium of Politics

Karl Marx famously said: Religion is the opium
of the masses. He was expressing his frustration
with religion as the primary obstacle blocking the
way of political movements in acquiring influence
among the general public. In his view, the
industrialists, aristocracy, etc., had sedated the
public with religion so that they would never pose
a threat to their hegemony. Of course, this is to
be expected of an avowed materialist who regard
this temporal world as the only reality. The
ancient Prophets preached an entirely
different message that this world and its order
would soon fall into chaos and there would be

such a divine intervention in its affairs that would

result in nothing short of the dead coming back to
life! The essence of Islam is to prepare for the
impending apocalypse and the coming of Allah
Himself in person. This is why belief in the
Akhirah (end of the world and the world that is to
come in the end) is one of the six cardinal
doctrines of our Religion, along with belief in
Allah, His Angels, His Scriptures, His Apostles,
and the Pre-Decree.
From the Islamic perspective, the real opium
which clouds the mind and deceives the heart is
the opium of political ideology. Throughout the
Suhufan Mutahharah, Allah has described

the desire for political power as being a deception

by the world, and even as denial of Judgment Day
and the resurrection. These are Qur'anic phrases
which must be restored to their original
significance. For example, He says:

Know that verily the life of this world is nothing
but play and amusement, glitter and boasting
among yourselves, and piling up of wealth and
children. Like the produce of the rain which is

the delight of the tillers, soon it whithers and you

see it turn yellow, then it becomes straw. But in
the end is a severe punishment, and also (for the
believers) forgiveness from Allah and happiness.
And the life of this world is nothing but a
material of delusion. (57:20)
How beautifully Allah has described the
reality of this temporal world with the parable of
the produce brought about by the rain. In the
end, all of the produce and vegetation whithers
away, turning yellow until it is nothing more
than dried up straw. What then is the wisdom of
chasing after the glitter of this world the focus
of the so called Islamist political movement?

Describing this movement and its people, Allah

instructs the true believers:

Leave alone those who take their Religion as play

and amusement, having been deluded by the life
of this world (6:70)