Being an Elite is not a Priviledge.......

Being an Elite is not a Priviledge.......

by Nisaar Y. Nadiadwala on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 4:05pm

    Two sections of the society are most promising if they are walk  alright but equally dangerous if they get deviated and corrupted.  One is the religious scholars and the other Elite class. Today we will study the corruption in Elite class. 

 In Surah al Ar'af the stories of six prophets are mentioned in sequence. Each of them were confronted by their Elite class. 

1.Take for example prophet Nuh a.s. Surah Al-Ar'af : 60...  Wa qaaloo Mal'aoo The leaders of his people said " Ah ! we see you evidently wandering  (in mind ).....

2. Wa qaaloo Mal'aoo The leaders of  the people of A'ad said : Ah! we see that you are an imbecile and we think you are a liar !!!

3. Wa qaaloo Mal'aoo The leaders of  the people of Thamud said : We reject what you believe in....

The rest of the Surah goes ahead with different comments given by different elite class.....

  The Arabic word is used Mala'oo which means elite class.. the rich and the powerful. What happened to them is told in the next verses that follows....

These are the people who existed during the times of every prophets. Barring a few of them , a large number of people were obstacles for the message of truth and they were arrogant and they lead their people to ruin...

 The Mala'oon of today  means the choicest, the best, or most powerful of a group or a class. It can be elaborated as influential class of industrialists, politicians, Sports stars.. movie stars.. Rock stars.. These people are the one who initiate trends and the masses follow them. They are also rich class.

  The rich group called the “Power Elite” by American sociologist C. Wright Mills, is a group of approximately 1% of the US population that controls over 40% of all assets in the United States. If we consider families, 68% of the wealth in the USA is controlled by only 10% of families.This elite class rules the political system, educatinal system , financial system  and foreign policies of the US

  Islamically being an elite is not a previledge but a responsiblity. Look at the elite class of early Muslims. They were not above the law. An influential tribe came to intercede on the behalfof a woman who stole, they requested that the woman's hands be not cut off. The Prophet (pbuh) announced.. By Allah if my daughter Fatima steals I will not hesitate to chop off her hands....All the Caliphs lived a simple life style and people loved them and prayed for them.The elite Muslims were all from poor class and middle class but Allah granted them the authority over the whole of Arabia and they captured the thrones of Persian and Roman Empire. 

  Today a huge chunck of Muslims community follow the corrupt elite class from movies, rock stars, sports stars and look up at them to be their guide and role model.   On the other hand today no section of the Muslim community is under pressure as much as the elite Muslim , be he in any field. Their leaders are hanged , their welath is scrutinsed. Inspite of being a group of 53 nations yet no one is interested in hearing their  views ! The UN never consults them in International matters their place of worhips are bing watched as hub of terror..Today if the Muslim  realise the power and the responsiblityof being elite  and choose their role model  accordingly surely it will not take time for the ummah to regain its lost glory.

  Author : Nisaar Nadiadwala speaks and wirtes on the soio-educational issues from Islamic perspective. He can be reached at  nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com
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