Study of History - Maulana Kausar Niazi
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study <strong>of</strong> history<br />
study <strong>of</strong> Islam and as ordinary student <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Holy Qur’an is that history does not create itself,<br />
neither is it a blind and deaf power ; it is rather<br />
a Divine process.<br />
What are the causes which lead to the rise<br />
and fall <strong>of</strong> nations ? This is a long debate. But<br />
we think that four factors lie at the base <strong>of</strong> the<br />
rise <strong>of</strong> nations and cultures. A study <strong>of</strong> history<br />
leads to this conclusion and these factors are also<br />
traceable in the Holy Qur’an.<br />
The first factor is that whatever nation reaches<br />
the height <strong>of</strong> progress and leaves its<br />
on the sands <strong>of</strong><br />
imprints<br />
time, it is necessary for it to be<br />
devotedly attached to its<br />
ideal. It must have a<br />
specific purpose in life. It must be full <strong>of</strong> determination<br />
and it<br />
must have firm convictions. It<br />
must be full <strong>of</strong> the spirit <strong>of</strong> sacrifice. The natural<br />
consequence <strong>of</strong> this conviction, purposiveness<br />
and faith is action.<br />
If a nation claims that it has faith, but if its<br />
faith<br />
does not manifest itself in action, then its<br />
faith lacks firmness and its conviction is marked<br />
by weakness. Similarly, its ideal is not deeply<br />
rooted, lhat is why it does not mauifest itself * 11<br />
action. It is impossible that one should believ«<br />
in an ideal and yet one’s actions do not<br />
cor<br />
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