The Islamic Ummah has suffered a catastrophic decline which has led to its continuous humiliation and mankind's degradation. One of the major reasons for this severe downfall was the Muslim's lack of understanding of the Islamic belief and how to arrive at it correctly. While many had adopted the Islamic belief (Aqeedah) on a hereditary basis, some had also adopted it from a purely spiritual and emotional angle i.e. 'Islam gave them a good sense of morals and guidelines'. Such misconceptions and misunderstandings weakened the Muslim's resolve and forced Islam to appear on a par with other 'religious' beliefs which were based on the pursuance of tradition and the blindness of 'faith'. This downward spiral of intellectual backwardness continued within the Islamic Ummah as they hopelessly tried to prove Islam by erroneous methods such as the Quran's compatibility with scientific discoveries, pseudo intellectual interfaith debates and 'hijras' to tomatoes, pears and forests which supposedly bared Allah SWT's name. As a consequence of wallowing in this mire of diminished self-confidence, Muslims and non-Muslims alike failed to perceive the true nature of Islam and its intellectual basis. Moreover alien terms such as 'faith' came to be introduced to Islam and used readily, despite Islam's rejection of such a concept and its demand for firm Iman (decisive belief). The concept of faith i.e. a trust or blind willingness to accept became commonly and deliberately misinterpreted as Iman. This was one of many attempts to deracinate the Islamic Aqeedah from the hearts and souls of the Muslims and to banish it to the dark annals of history.
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