The Afghan Jihad is a shining chapter of our History
Today we are quite alive to the need of bringing reforms in politics, economics and in the society, but organisations to reform the individuals are conspicuous by their absence. That is why our movements launched for this purpose do not succeed, and fail at one stage or another. The failures are sometimes due to our own differences and quarrels. A sad example of this lies in the Afghan Jihad which is a very shining chapter of our history. A study of this clearly brings out:

O Allah! How encouraging it is that my ashes conceal in them a spark like this!

We however, feel ashamed to mention to anyone the deplorable situation obtaining in Afghanistan today after the achievement of this success.

The traveler was quite satisfied and confident while he was yet away from the destination, but he became bewildered when he approached that destination.

The heart of every Muslim is weeping at the civil war raging among our Afghan brothers. Why is it so? It is because we did not fulfill the demands of this struggle. If we had fulfilled these demands it would not have been possible to face the ridicule of the nations of the world at this stage.

All movements of reform stop short at this stage for the only reason that they include no program of character-building of the individuals nor any scheme thereafter. Therefore, the movements fall through after some time.

The Second important cause of our failure
In my opinion, the second cause of our failure is that either no work is being done to implement Islam in the country or it is quite inadequate. I mean to say that on one hand we bestowed so much importance on collectivism that we practically declared it to be the whole of Islam. On the other hand, we did not give sufficient thought to the question as to what should be the procedure of implementing Islam during the present age. For this purpose neither we gave sufficient thought to the problem, nor did we chalk out some regular program of work, or. if we did chalk out a program it was not commensurate with the needs. I do not say-Allah forbid - that it is not possible to implement Islam in this age. The teachings of Islam were not conceived by a human mind. These are the teachings of that All-Powerful and All-Knowing Allah Whose Knowledge and Power transcend and encompass everything in the Universe. As such, a person can go out of the fold of Islam during this age. It will however, be necessary for this purpose to devise and chalk out a working program. It is regrettable that no serious attention is being paid to the question of chalking out a program for the application of Islam in our land.

In every age there has been a different method for implementing Islam
We have been working for Islam and putting in efforts in its cause; we have also been launching practical movements for Islam. Before conceiving these movements and during their operation every one should be clear about the meaning of implementing Islam, which is the implementation of the laws of the Qur'an and the Sunnah. In this context it is generally said that we have with us the Fatawa Alamgir (A famous book of Islamic Religious Rulings). This will help us in taking decisions on various issues. We go ahead with this innocent notion in our minds. It should, however, be borne in mind that it is one thing for some principles to be eternal and quite another thing to implement those principles in different conditions and in different ages. There is no denying the facet thai the teachings and injunctions of Islam are eternal and applicable for all times to come, but the needs and requirements for implementing them differ from age to age and time to time. For example mosques are built also today. Previously they were built with date-palm leaves and wooden beams; now they are built with cement and iron bars. We see that the needs and principles of building mosques have remained the same, but the methods and materials of their construction have changed considerably. Again the Qur'an has said:

Make ready for them all you can of (armed) forces and of horses tethered. (8:60)

The forces of fighting in the olden days consisted of arrows, swords, horses, etc. and now they consist o artillery, fighter planes and modern war weapons, tanks bombs, and missiles, etc.