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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Man and Ignorance The Nature of Conflict between Jahiliyah and Islam The real meaning of ` jahiliyah ' is: “Refusing the obedience of Allah and deviation from the system of religion.” While Islam means: “The surrendering and obedience to Allah's cosmic order, and conforming to His system of religion in life.” We have to know that the conflict between various ignorant ideologies and Islam-the religion of prophets and mankind-is permanent and continuous.

We have to be aware that they are two opposite facts, and have been so since the beginning of human history and will continue to be so until the disappearance of the torch of life from the earth. This conflict will continue and take various forms and slogans, but it will last as a conflict between guidance and misguidance, truth and falsehood, justice and injustice, and between righteousness and corruption. This conflict is the conflict of oppositions in the theater of thought and society.

It is the `jihad' (holy struggle) of goodness against the call of evil and deviation. Throughout human history, prophets and the faithful have recorded wonderful chapters in it. With strength and enthusiasm they faced the might of tyrants, rulers and the callers to deviation and misguidance who are the true enemies of all mankind.

These wonderful attitudes of `jihad' are living phenomena of the law regarding human conflict and change which is described by the Qur'an as follows: ***“And were it not for Allah's repelling some men with others, the earth would certainly be in a state of disorder; but Allah is Gracious to the creatures.”***Holy Qur'an (2:251) “...

and had repelled not Allah some people by others, verily had been pulled down the cloisters and the churches and the synagogues, and the mosques in which Allah's name is much mentioned; and verily Allah will help him who helps Him (His cause); for verily Allah is All-Strong, Almighty.” Holy Qur'an (21:40) This is the law of life, the logic of history, and the law of events and change. On the basis of these facts, the bloody fights of conflict happened, and the events of history were written.

So, each party of this conflict has taken its portion and shouldered its responsibility.