What characterizes the personality of a Dissident, Luminary or Revolutionary? Culture, Education, Environment, Family, Opposition, Militant Spirit, Reaction, Reflection, Religion, Revelation, Upbringing, Tragedy and the list goes on and on. The personality of these course changing, ground breaking and immortal beings may be influenced by some of the above mentioned traits but what contributes to the immortality of their being and message is to stand for what they consider as Truth, stay affirm on their beliefs whether right or wrong and offer sacrifices towards its achievement. It is what history has taught us from Socrates to the Last Messenger of Allah Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him always).
Since the last three-four centuries Muslims are at the ebb of their downfall which is more a result of their own shortcomings than that of the external conspiracy. When the colonization of ‘Muslim Lands’ began (though it is still continuing only its transition from direct into Neo-Colonization took place) to occur the Muslims as usual developed a reactionary approach towards it and deemed every effort of the colonizer as an attempt to further prolong their illegitimate rule. The colonialism brought in its wake a new, innovative but alien system of education that too delivered in a ‘Foreign Language’. The dissidents, intellectuals, resistance leaders, revolutionaries and thinkers judged it correctly that it was to further enslave the minds and hearts of colonized, as a result they discarded this system of education en masse.
Sir Syed’s whole life in Toto and de facto has got innumerable valuable lessons for us to inspire, implement and impart further in our lives. One of the greatest lesson his life offers us is that we should never get cowed down by the resentment or opposition brewing against us if we stand for a noble cause which the narrow minded, status quoists and exploiters want us to shun form as it goes against their Interests, also because they can’t understand the message of higher goals their necessity and power to revolutionize the destiny of millions!!
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