their houses, desolate because of the wrong they
had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who
know. And We saved those who believed and used
to fear Allah} [An-Naml: 50-53]. {And thus We
have placed within every city the greatest of its
criminals to conspire therein. But they conspire
not except against themselves, and they perceive
[it] not} [Al-An’ām: 123]. {There will afflict those
who committed crimes debasement before Allah
and severe punishment for what they used to
conspire} [Al-An’ām: 124]. {Those before them
had already plotted, but Allah came at their
building from the foundations, so the roof fell
upon them from above them, and the punishment
came to them from where they did not perceive}
[An-Nahl: 26]. {Then, do those who have plotted
evil deeds feel secure that Allah will not cause the
earth to swallow them or that the punishment
will not come upon them from where they do not
perceive?} [An-Nahl: 45]. {But the evil plot does
not encompass except its own people. Then do
they await except the way of the former peoples?
But you will never find in the way of Allah any
change, and you will never find in the way of Allah
any alteration} [Fātir: 43].
So a Muslim should not grieve when hearing about
the weak plots of the kuffār. Rather, he should
be patient and certain of the kuffār’s imminent
destruction. His strongest weapon is his tawhīd
and what it entails of relying upon Allah alone,
fearing Him alone, supplicating Him alone, and
declaring his barā’ah from the mushrikīn. {And if
you are patient and fear Allah, their plot will not
harm you at all. Indeed, Allah is encompassing of
what they do} [Āl ‘Imrān: 120]. {And be patient,
and your patience is not but through Allah. And do
not grieve over them and do not be in distress over
what they plot} [An-Nahl: 127]. {Say, “Call your
‘partners’ and then conspire against me and give
me no respite. Indeed, my protector is Allah, who
has sent down the Book; and He is an ally to the
righteous. And those you call upon besides Him are
unable to help you, nor can they help themselves”}
[Al-A’rāf: 195-197]. {He said, “Indeed, I call Allah
to witness, and witness [yourselves] that I am free
from whatever you ascribe to Him of partners. So
plot against me all together; then do not give me
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respite. Indeed, I have relied upon Allah, my Lord
and your Lord. There is no creature but that He
holds its forelock. Indeed, my Lord is on a path
[that is] straight”} [Hūd: 54-56].
These lessons should always be on the Muslim’s
mind as the crusaders and apostates plan and
execute their newest plots. He should remind
himself and others with these lessons so that
he does not degrade himself before their weak
plots nor succumb to the shirkī belief in extreme
conspiracy theories1.
An Address from the Khalīfah
On the Last Plot of the Apostates
On 25 Rajab 1436, the Khalīfah (hafidhahullāh)
addressed the Ummah in a speech titled “March
Forth Whether Light or Heavy” in which he briefly
mentioned the background of a new plot against
Islam in the making. He first warned against the
attitude that led many of the militant factions
into apostatizing and allying with the kuffār, and
that is their willingness to compromise and hope
for permanent peace with the crusaders. He said,
“O Muslims! Whoever thinks that it is within his
capacity to conciliate with the Jews, Christians, and
other kuffār, and for them to conciliate with him,
such that he coexists with them and they coexist
with him while he is upon his religion and upon
tawhīd, then he has belied the explicit statement
of his Lord (‘azza wa jall), who says, … {And they
will continue to fight you until they turn you back
from your religion if they are able} [Al-Baqarah:
217] … So this is the condition of the kuffār in
dealing with the Muslims until the establishment
of the Hour. {And you will never find in the way
of Allah any alteration} [Fātir: 43].”
He also said, “O Muslims, Islam was never for a
day the religion of peace. Islam is the religion of
war. Your Prophet (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam)
was dispatched with the sword as a mercy to the
creation. He was ordered with war until Allah is
worshipped alone. He (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam)
said to the mushrikīn of his people, ‘I came to you
1 See the article titled “Conspiracy Theory Shirk” in this issue of Dābiq.