Since the middle of the Twelfth Century Hijri (Eighteenth Century CE) the Islamic world has been rapidly declining from its correct status and sinking horribly to the abyss of decline. Numerous attempts have been undertaken to revive it, or at least to halt the decline, but not a single attempt of these attempts has succeeded. The Islamic world remains in a state of darkness, chaos and decline (inHiTaaT), and it still suffers the consequences of such backwardness and disorder.

The reason for the decline (inHiTaaT) of the Islamic world is due to a single factor, the severe weakness afflicting the minds with regards understanding Islam. The cause for this weakness was the detachment of the capacity (Taaqah) of the Arabic language from the capacity of Islam, when the Arabic language was neglected both in understanding and carrying Islam, from the beginning of the Seventh Century Hijri onwards. Accordingly, unless the capacity of the Arabic language is intermingled with the capacity of Islam, by making the Arabic language the language of Islam, as a fundamental and inseparable part of it, the decline will continue to drag Muslims down. This is because it is the linguistic capacity that carried the capacity of Islam, consequently intermingling with it, such that the perfected carrying of Islam cannot be undertaken without it. If Arabic is neglected, Ijtihad in the shar’a (Islamic Law) cannot be performed. Ijtihad is not possible in the shar’a (Islamic Law) except in the Arabic language, because it is a fundamental condition (SharT) in Ijtihad. Furthermore, Ijtihad is necessary for the Ummah, since progress within the Ummah cannot occur without Ijtihad. There are three reasons why the attempts undertaken to revive the Muslims with Islam failed; the first is the lack of an accurate understanding of the Islamic Fikrah (Thought) by those who assumed the burden of revival. The second is the lack of clarity of the Tareeqah (Method) of Islam in completely implementing its Fikrah. The third is the failure of those who assumed the burden of revival to link the Islamic Thought with the Islamic Method tightly and inseparably.