These fresh trees grew in an atmosphere in which all the...

These fresh trees grew in an atmosphere in which all the values were Jahiliyya values, in an atmosphere in which prejudice, deep spite, brutality, oppression and lust were pressuring people. These fresh trees rose up from among such hard and impenetrable rocks. The Commander of the Faithful says: “But you must remember that hardy trees which grow on the border of deserts have very strong timber.” [^9] No storm could shake the trees that have their roots in rocks.

Thirteen years passed and a civilized Islamic society was built on these solid foundations. It took another ten years to build an Islamic Ummah. Building an Ummah was not about politics alone. Only part of it was about politics. Another issue was educating each and every member of the Islamic society.…