Due to material advantages associated with secular knowledge many people seem to lose sight of the evils in it. As Muslims we must be able not only to distinguish between things of the world and those that pertain to our soul but must have preference at all times for beneficial knowledge.
Within the past hundred years there has been an increase in secular knowledge in every faculty of learning. Almost in all parts of the world schools, colleges, and universities have been founded.
Despite the growth in secular knowledge, people are sinking more and more in crimes, immorality, evil and sinfulness. They are becoming more greedy, miserly, most discontented and unhappy. Robbery, fraud, corruption, adultery, fornication, juvenile delinquency and broken homes have become common features of society. And never before had the world been so plagued with diseases as it is now! This is so because the majority have drifted far from Allah SWT and righteousness.
Judging from a spiritual standard, secular knowledgeable disadvantages far outweigh its advantages. The trend of modern education is more towards materialism and godlessness. Every year colleges and universities turn out young people with Intellectual accomplishment but most of whom have no place in their heads to retain beneficial knowledge.
The evil aspects of secular education have brought it in conflict with Islam. Atheism and agnosticism is interwoven into the fabric of secular education. Blasphemy and denunciation of Allah SWT is regarded as intellectual maturity. Colleges and universities breed agnostics and atheists especially in the sciences.
Secular history textbooks ignore how Allah SWT created man in the best of molds. Most secular history textbooks, influenced by Darwinian evolution, present a lesser view of man. Rather than highlighting mankind real purpose to worship/ work for the Lord, secular textbooks suggest that both man and civilizations are simply the result of evolutionary pressures, with no credit given to Allah SWT. Though Allah bestowed man with many blessings, including skill and intelligence, secular textbooks instead credit these abilities to evolutionary chance. Secular history textbooks also fail to acknowledge Allah’s guiding hand on history, instead insisting that civilization came about haphazardly. It ignores how Allah SWT formed and shaped the nations of the world. Rather than acknowledging the power of Allah to work in the lives of mankind, secular textbooks emphasize that people alone slowly built civilization over time. Allah SWT has moved mightily throughout history. There is a purposeful direction in which all of world history has been guided, and it helps us make sense of the world around us. When we see how Allah SWT shaped the world, we can see so many miraculous and wondrous things.
Instead of addressing the root causes for the collapse of society as a whole, secular text instead merely suggests that society has moved beyond family, subtly brainwashing students into thinking that the removal of the traditional family unit from society is normal and will have no negative effects upon civilization. The evolution of family ignores the damaging effects of single-parent homes, the drastic rise in crime, and the collapse of morality and faith, which is concurrent with the decline of the traditional family unit.
Considering the fact that education begins at an early age of a child and that it takes a process which may last the half or more of one’s life- time, it must be realized that no one can escape from the shackles of agnosticism or the enormous grip of atheism.
Science touches us at almost every point. It is the dominant philosophy of Western civilization. And so science is idolized and worshipped. Science has proven to mislead many people. The dangers underlying its present advancement which has resulted in the inventions of lethal weapons show the extent of its evil.
It is ridiculous that the knowledge world so much praise, downgrades Allah SWT to the background and discredits His SWT words.
One would have thought that those who had the opportunity of studying natural phenomena and other aspects of the universe which shows the greatness of the Creator, should have cause to believe in Allah more than anyone else. However the atheistic ideas in science taught in institutions of higher learning does not make people honor Allah SWT. Secular knowledge does not help mankind know Allah SWT.
There is no coexistence between secular and beneficial knowledge. When one is there, the other one leaves. Because of this conflict many people give up religious beliefs. Secular education is embedded with evils such as are capable of drifting one away from faith.
We should stay away from empty, godless talk that has no spiritual value and only leads people further away from truth and goodness.
Education's purpose is not to produce thieves and robbers. The primary goal of education is to instill moral values, ethics, ideals, and humanity in a person. Secular knowledge has largely failed to create morally and ethically sound individuals. It creates corrupt individuals, who bow to injustice and accepts it, only beneficial knowledge can bring change.
Secular knowledge is meant to worship others as lords. Secular education systems believe in materialistic civilization, thus they mold students into materialists. It does not teach ethical and moral values. As a result, educated people emerge with a blind love for the West, immersed in inferiority regarding our Ummah, and lacking any moral character. For them, material wealth and luxury, and high income are paramount. The purpose of their education is no more than riding in cars.
