Summary of Sunni concepts
Some of the reasons for the fall of nations and civilizations and the reality of the world today
The British historian Arnold Twinney, who died in 1975 AD, studied this study
He conducted an in-depth study of twenty-one civilizations, in which he mentioned what he saw as the reasons for their downfall
We mention some of them with modifications and additions
Firstly, there is no civilization without religion, and the temple is the important center of civilization
Nations and civilizations fall if they lose their faith, philosophy, and concepts
The contemporary West has claimed that its civilization is based on freedom and human rights
Today, many of them violate this, and extremism and racism are spreading in their countries
This is one of the factors in the demise of their civilization
Secondly, the spread of injustice and the lack of justice is a decisive factor in the fall of civilizations
This is an established divine law, as God Almighty said
And those towns We destroyed when they wronged, and We made a set time for their destruction
Ibn Taymiyyah was famous for saying that God establishes a just state even if it is infidel
He does not establish an unjust state, even if it is Muslim
Let every oppressor and tyrant announce the fall of his state and the demise of his kingdom
Whether it was in the West or in the East
Third, moral decline and the spread of sins and immoralities are a common factor in the fall of civilizations
God Almighty said, “And when we wanted to destroy a town, we commanded it to pass through it, but they disobeyed therein.”
So what she said was true, so we destroyed it completely
The Romans were known to have intercourse with animals, and their rule was removed
Today, homosexuality is widespread in the West, whether it is the result of the people of Lot among men
Or women being content with each other more than men in what is known as lesbianism
This is an indicator of the accelerated fall of their civilization and dominance
Fourth, it is clear from the previous two concepts that civilizations often fall from within themselves
Not because of the external enemy
Fifthly, luxury and prosperity do not indicate the strength and survival of civilization
Rather, it is true that luxury is the prelude to the collapse of any civilization
The scholar Ibn Khaldun had previously stated this in his famous introduction
And the disappearance of the civilization of the Muslim people of Andalusia due to luxury and abandonment of jihad for the sake of God
A good example of this
And God Almighty says
Did He not consider how many generations We had destroyed before them? We had established them in the land unless We had established them for you
And We sent the sky raining rain upon them and made rivers flow beneath them
So We destroyed them for their sins and created after them another generation
The verse shows that luxury and opulence cause an abundance of sins that lead to the collapse of civilization
6- Scientific and technical development that makes people arrogant
It makes him think that he controls the universe with his knowledge
Rather, it is a lure followed by disappearance
God Almighty said
It is only like the life of this world as if We sent it down from heaven
The plants of the earth, which people and livestock eat, were mixed with it
Even when the earth takes on its adornment and adornment
Its people thought they were capable of it
Our command came to it day or night, and We made it a harvest as if it had not sung the day before
Thus We detail the verses for a people who reflect
Summary of Sunni concepts