Contemporary world is characterized by an upsurge of democratic aspirations and collective struggles over fundamental human rights and freedoms and the quest for dignity and quality of living standards. And the signs of the "Latter Days"- prophecied in the Holy Qur’an -are apparent everywhere: in contemporary history, national political orders, international relations, economic systems, governance systems, human rights, women’s rights, scientific breakthroughs, technological innovations, emergence of geological and astronomic insights, the phenomena of globalization, etc. At another level, developments in all fields of human activities and critical intellectual engagements, both in the Arab world and outside it, in our times, provide a profound testimonial to the wisdom and foresight of the author of the Holy Qur’an which contains the promise of enduring divine guidance for the believers along with the prophecies on the signs of the “Latter Days”. It is to guide the mankind in these troublingly complex times that the Holy Qur’an prophecied about the advent of Divine Messengers in the Latter Days.
According to the Holy Qur'an, "Allah knows best where to place His Message" [6:125] and He raises His Messenger accordingly. We are, thus, living through a defining
moment in world history: at a time when a Messenger of Allah in the person of Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib of Mauritius (atba) is
present among the African people to guide us on the path of spiritual upliftment and
material progress. Hadhrat Khalifatullah’s statements in 2009, appears in retrospect, a
prescient forecast or prophecy on events yet to unfold with the recent emergence of
the Arab Spring when the Arab massess in North Africa Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria and elsewhere-
revolted against their dictatorial elites and liberated themselves from
decades of oppressive oligarchies.
Read the Extracts from the Friday Sermon of May 01, 2009:
“The
contemporary Muslim world is passing through one of the most critical yet
creative periods of its history. Despite political freedom and economic
resilience the pattern of life imposed upon Muslims during the period of
colonial rule and strengthened in more subtle ways during the post-colonial
era, has remained fundamentally unchanged.
The present-day upsurge in the Muslim World is an expression of the Muslim
people’s repugnance to the politico-economic systems imposed upon them either
directly under foreign rule or through its continuing influence via the
indigenous westernizing élite, who stand mostly alienated from their own people
and traditions and whose interests somehow converge with the interests of the
dominant élite of the west.
Islamic resurgence
symbolises the failure of the major western models – secular
democracy, territorial or linguistic nationalism, individualistic capitalism
and totalitarian socialism, to mention only the leading few – to take root in
Muslim society and capture the imagination of the Muslim people. That is why
all efforts to introduce a secular system in the Muslim lands have taken place
under the protective umbrella of severe rule. At the present moment the Muslim people are striving to reassert
themselves by attempting to throw off their shoulders the yoke of various
models of westernisation or more correctly “west-domination”, and also to get
rid of their indigenous perpetrators.
“Islamic revolution”,
symbolizing a holistic move towards a new civilization, is the target of the
Ummah’s tryst with destiny, whether it be any Muslim countries. They are today
grappling with the onerous task of rediscovering Islam’s relevance to their
present-day problems and of formulating its answers to the challenges of the
modern age. In spite of all the tensions and travails which characterize the
contemporary Muslim is groping to perform the uphill task of establishing a New
Social Order based on the ideals and values of Islam and capable of leading
Muslims through the rough waters of the modern age. In spite of all the
tensions and travails which characterise the contemporary Muslim scene, the
soul of the Ummah must be engaged in producing a creative response to a
multi-faced challenge.
The contemporary Muslim is groping, without a
guide, to perform the uphill task of establishing a New Social Order based on
the ideals and values of Islam and capable of leading Muslims through the rough
waters of the modern age. The revivalist
upsurge is not confined to political activism or cultural regeneration. At a
deeper level there is a new awakening of Muslim thought and revivification of
the entire Muslim ethos. So in this era the coming of a Caliph of Allah “Khalifatullah” is very important.