5.1 为什么会这样一团糟
5.1 Why such a mess
我们无论身在英国还是穆斯林世界,都能看到、听到、感受到库夫尔(kufr)所造成的混乱,而在穆斯林世界,库夫尔的法律同样得到实施。要理解是什么导致了这种局面,就必须清楚地认识产生它的思维方式,即资本主义意识形态,因为正是这种生活方式被西方国家所推广,并目前主导着世界。即使只是简单看一眼它的基本原则,也能揭示出资本主义是解决人类所面临问题的一种虚假且具有破坏性的手段。
We see, hear and feel the mess of kufr wherever we are, be it in Britain or in the Muslim world, where kufr laws are also implemented. To understand what has brought such a state of affairs about, it is necessary to have a clear comprehension of the way of thinking that produces it - i.e. the Capitalistic ideology, for it is this way of life that is propagated by Western nations and currently dominates the world. Even a brief look at its basic principles, exposes Capitalism to be a false and destructive means of resolving the problems faced by human beings.
资本主义信条的实质在于将宗教与生活事务分离,即政教分离(世俗主义)。因此,它既不断然否定也不断然肯定造物主以及宇宙、生命和人类的创造者与管理者的存在,而是主张这一问题与生活事务的运行无关。于是,规范社会的规则与法律的制定便交由人类自己负责,人类必须努力保障"四大自由":信仰自由、所有权自由、言论自由和个人自由(即按自己的意愿行事)。然而,这些自由必须加以限制,使一个人的自由不侵犯他人的自由。因此,资本主义意识形态采用了一种机制来决定对这些自由的限制,即以法律来规范人们的行为,而这一机制就是民主。民主在当今世界被视为一个社会实现公正和"文明"的绝对前提,它是一种选择法律的方式,其中受法律约束的人民本身就是负责立法的人。
The essence of the Capitalist creed lies in the separation of religion from lifes affairs, i.e. secularism. Thus, while it does not decisively reject nor affirm the notion of the existence of a Creator and Organiser of the universe, life and human beings, it proposes that this issue is irrelevant to the running of lifes affairs. Thus, the organisation of the rules and laws to govern society are left to human beings, who must endeavour to guarantee the ‘Four Freedoms,’ those being Freedom of Belief, Freedom of Ownership, Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Individual (to act as they please). However, these freedoms must be limited such that the freedom of one individual does not impinge upon that of another. Thus, the Capitalist ideology adopts a mechanism for deciding limitations to these freedoms in the form of laws to regulate the actions of people, that being democracy. Democracy, held in the current world as an absolute pre-requisite for a society to be just and ‘civilised,’ is a means of choosing laws where the people who are to be subject to them are the ones responsible for legislating them.
遗憾的是,对于资本主义思想的拥护者,乃至整个受其支配的人类而言,资本主义所宣称的进步、启蒙与科技,其论证基础在每一个环节上都是有缺陷的、徒劳无益的,并且是不充分的。
Sadly for the proponents of Capitalist thought, and indeed for mankind as a whole who is subjugated to it, the argument of Capitalism, with all its claims of progress, enlightenment and technology, is built upon reasoning which is flawed, futile and inadequate in every stage.
关于其对造物主的基本信仰,在解释宇宙的起源、生命形式的美丽与多样性,以及月亮和星辰的秩序时,西方观点声称,所有这些都是从无中产生的!从虚无之中,宇宙通过某种“侥幸的偶然”在一次“大爆炸”中涌现出来。一个包含水、空气以及所有生命形式若缺之便会死亡的资源等维持生命之品质完美平衡的宇宙,却被归因于运气和随机性。尽管这样的主张与每个人在现实中所观察到的最根本的原则之一相矛盾——每一件事物或事件都有其原因。
With regards to its basic beliefs concerning a Creator, in answer to the origins of the universe, the beauty and diversity of the life forms, or the order of the moon and stars, the Western viewpoint claims that all these appeared out of nothing! From nothing, by some ‘freak chance’ the universe emerged in a ‘Big Bang.’ A universe which contains the perfect balance of such life-sustaining qualities as water, air and the resources without which all life forms would die, is attributed to luck and randomness. This is despite the fact that such a proposition contradicts one of the most fundamental principles that every human being observes in their reality - every thing or incidence has a cause.
在西方世界流行开来的其他荒谬论调中,有一种是“进化论”。它声称生命从无到有,经由猴子和猿类,逐步演变成今天的人类形态。显然,人有时会表现得像猿猴和狒狒,但这并不意味着人是从它们进化而来的。若观察各种生物,便可清楚看到,每个物种都有其独特而明确的特征,为该种生物所特有。化石记录并未显示不同物种之间特征的逐渐变化,而如果进化论正确,本应出现这种变化;相反,化石记录显示的是物种之间的不连续“跳跃”。此外,“进化论”也无法解释最初的生命形式是如何出现的。
Among the other nonsensical arguments that have gained currency in the Western world is the ‘Theory of Evolution.’ It claims that from nothing, life emerged and evolved via monkeys and apes to the human form which exists today. Evidently, people sometimes act like apes and baboons, but it does not mean that they evolved from them. If one were to observe the different life-forms, it is clear that each species has unique, defined characteristics specific to that creature. Fossil records do not show a gradual change of features between different species, as would be predicted if Evolution Theory were correct, rather they show discrete ‘jumps’ between one species and another. Additionally, the ‘Theory of Evolution’ does not explain how the first life form arose.
在另一个层面上,我们看到宇宙及其包含的一切都有一定的既定限度、需求和依赖。例如,作为人类,我们依赖食物和水,并受自身体型和身体能力的限制。我们所能感知的每一种生物都是如此。动物和植物的存在需要能量来源。物质的形状和形态依赖于核力和分子力。的确,宇宙之内没有任何事物能够独自存在,它需要一个外在的主宰者和维持者。
On a different level, we see that the universe and all that it contains has certain definite limits, needs and dependencies. For example, as humans we are dependent on food and water, and are limited by our size and physical abilities. This is the case for every living thing we can possibly perceive. Animals and plants require a source of energy for their existence. Matter is dependent upon nuclear and molecular forces for its shape and form. Indeed nothing within the universe can exist by itself, but it needs an external controller and sustainer.
因此,宇宙不可能"自我创造"或从虚无中产生。相反,创造中的一切都表明,存在着一种超越人类、生命和宇宙的外在力量,它拥有更高的知识。然而,尽管如此,资本主义的支持者仍然使用像上面所提出的那些肤浅论点,来为将"宗教"概念从生活事务中分离出来辩护,并为忽视以下事实的重要性辩护:存在一位为人类提供指引的造物主。的确,不信道者试图用毫无根据的理论来否认确凿的事实,而正是建立在这种薄弱基础之上,才产生了当今世界盛行的生活规则、法律与制度。
Thus, there is no way for the universe to have ‘created itself’ or come out of nothing. Rather, everything in creation points to the fact that there is an external force, with superior knowledge, beyond man, life and the universe. But despite this, shallow arguments like those presented above are used by the proponents of Capitalism to justify the need to separate the concept of ‘religion’ from lifes affairs, and its neglect of the relevance of the fact that there is a creator who gives guidance for mankind. Indeed, the disbelievers seek to deny hard facts with futile theories, and it is from such a weakly founded basis that emanates the rules, laws and systems of life which prevail in the world today.
关于西方生活方式所珍视的“自由”的追求,我们可以看到,尽管媒体、政府等将其宣扬为一种令人向往的理想,但它实际上是一个虚假且适得其反的观念。建立在此类思想之上的世俗制度中的立法不断变化,可接受行为的界限也逐渐放宽。因此,同性恋曾被视为淫秽,如今却成了时尚;堕胎曾被视为犯罪,如今却成了一项权利。
With regards to the pursuit of ‘freedom,’ which is cherished within the Western lifestyle, we can see that this too, despite being espoused by the media, governments and the like as a desirable ideal, is in fact a false and counter-productive concept. Legislation in secular systems which are founded on such ideas, is constantly subject to change, and the bounds of acceptable behaviour become progressively lax. So, while homosexuality was once seen as obscene, it is today fashionable, and while abortion was once seen as a crime, it is now a right.
没有任何社会能够拥有完全的自由,因为所有人都受制于施加在他们身上的规则和法律。因此,凡是有法律的地方,就不可能有自由,只有对制定法律者的奴役。由此可见,即使从其基本原则来看,资本主义意识形态在本质上也是自相矛盾的。结果,一旦人们接受了自由的观念,就会导致他们将社会中的其他人置于其“自由”之下,即强奸、偷窃、谋杀、剥削等“自由”。这确实会自然地带来灾难性的社会、经济和政治后果,困扰着社会中的每一个人。
No society can ever have complete freedom, because all people are restricted by the rules and laws which are applied upon them. Therefore, wherever there are laws, there can be no freedom, only slavery to the one who made the laws. Thus, even from its basic principle, the Capitalist ideology is contradictory in its nature. As a result, the idea of freedom, once adopted by the people, leads to them subjecting other people in society to their ‘freedom’, i.e. freedom to rape, steal, murder, exploit etc. This does indeed naturally bring about disastrous social, economic and political consequences which plague everyone in society.