Earlier Attempts Toward Improvement
For a long time, some distinguished thinkers and preachers of Islam have been seriously thinking over this unfortunate condition of their people and have been striving hard to reform the Muslims Society, but the treatment only increased the disease.
The situation is fast deteriorating and the future looks darker still. Inaction and carelessness on our part in these circumstances will be an unforgivable sin and crime. But, before deciding what is to be done, it will be necessary to look closely at the root cause of this sad state of affairs.
People have assigned several causes to this degeneration and have adopted numerous measures for arresting the decline, but unfortunately all efforts so far have only brought further failures. Instead of improvement, hopelessness and confusion have resulted, particularly so in the ranks of learned preachers and Ulama. The basic reason for all this is that the root cause of the real disease has not been diagnosed. Until this is done, no proper treatment can be prescribed or given; hence no cure or improvement can expected. Any step lacking proper examination and correct treatment would amont to making an incurable situation more incurable and further increase confusion and hopelessness.