任何国家经济最根本的目标，是为其公民提供充足的商品和服务，并使每位公民能够获取和使用这些商品和服务，从而提高他们的生活水平。这就要求以可使用的商品和服务的形式创造财富，并使人们能够拥有和/或使用这些商品或服务。

The most fundamental aims of the economy of any nation is to provide an adequate supply of goods and services for its citizens and to enable each citizen to acquire and use them to raise their standard of living. This requires that wealth be created in the form of usable goods and services and that people get the means of owning and/or using these goods or services.

任何国家经济最根本的目标，是为其公民提供充足的商品和服务，并使每位公民能够获取和使用这些商品和服务，从而提高他们的生活水平。这就要求以可使用的商品和服务的形式创造财富，并使人们能够拥有和/或使用这些商品或服务。

The most fundamental aims of the economy of any nation is to provide an adequate supply of goods and services for its citizens and to enable each citizen to acquire and use them to raise their standard of living. This requires that wealth be created in the form of usable goods and services and that people get the means of owning and/or using these goods or services.

这些目标的实现程度，以及国民参与的效率，取决于具体的参与规则，即国家所实施的经济政策。

The degree to which these aims and objectives are met and the efficiency with which the citizens of the State participate depend on the specific rules of engagement, namely the economic policy which the nation implements.

除了经济制度所依据的总体意识形态框架之外，任何国家经济成功的关键要素包括：1）对制度的信心与制度的稳定性。1）对制度的信心与制度的稳定性。

Apart from the general ideological framework upon which the economic system is based, the key ingredients for the economic success of any nation include: 1) Confidence in and stability 1) Confidence in and stability of the system.

2)通过提供适当的经济激励来促进财富的创造与分配，从而使该制度切实可行。

2) Workability of the system by providing appropriate economic incentives for wealth creation and distribution.

3) 公正的分配方式（即财富的流通）。

3) A just method of distribution (i.e. circulation of wealth).

尽管当今世界实际实行的只有资本主义经济制度，伊斯兰经济制度为经济活动提供了最好的行为准则，并且在提高任何民族的生活水平方面将最为成功。

Although only the Capitalist economic system is practised in the world today, the Islamic Economic System gives the best rules of engagement in economic activity and would be the most successful towards raising the standard of living of any nation.

经济活动本质上就是有风险的，因为直接参与其中的人既可能赚取财富，也可能遭受损失。因此，在所有经济体制中，参与者总是心知肚明，他们可能会失去自己的资本或付出的努力。然而，还有另一些现象，它们通过人为制造不安全感的氛围，对一个国家的经济生活产生不利影响，从而降低经济活动的水平。这些现象源于所实行的特定经济制度。例如，在资本主义制度中，我们会发现：

Economic activity by its very nature is risky as those who partake in it directly can gain or lose wealth. Hence in all economic systems, there is always an understanding by those who participate that they may lose their capital or effort. However, there are other phenomena that adversely affect the economic life of a nation by artificially creating an atmosphere of insecurity, and thereby reducing the level of economic activity. These arise because of the specific economic system implemented, for example in the Capitalist system, we find :

i) 繁荣与萧条：从历史记录可以看出，在资本主义体系中，贸易的好景与差景交替出现。尽管经济学家对造成贸易波动的条件看法大相径庭，但有一点是共同的：这些状况的根本原因源于资本主义经济体系的基础。

i) Booms and Busts: In the Capitalist system, periods of good and bad trade have become evident from the records. Although opinions differ widely among economists on the conditions responsible for trade fluctuations, a common feature is that the root cause of these conditions stems from the foundations of the Capitalist economic system.

ii）恶性通货膨胀：货币持续贬值，已成为资本主义经济的内在组成部分。对于是什么导致恶性通货膨胀，经济学家们同样众说纷纭。然而，恶性通货膨胀的根源恰恰在于资本主义体系中既有的金融控制机制。

ii) Runaway Inflation: The fact that money continually loses its value has become an intrinsic part of Capitalist economies. Here again there are many opinions from economists as to what causes runaway inflation. But the recipe for runaway inflation lies at the heart of established financial controls in the Capitalist system.

(iii) 货币市场崩溃：这种情况不定期发生，表现为外汇汇率的突然剧烈波动以及股票价格的骤然下跌。

iii) Money market crashes: These occur irregularly in the form of sudden exaggerated changes in foreign exchange rates and sudden falls in share prices.

资本主义经济制度是产生这些现象的根源，其最根本的特征是投机和虚假陈述。例如，这些特征体现在人为地创造货币之中。

The most fundamental characteristics of the Capitalist economic system which forms the root of these phenomena are speculation and false representation. These are manifested in, for example, the artificial creation of money.

因此，政府实际上没有任何东西能阻止其随意地无中生有地创造货币。纸币的过度发行，若无真实财富作为支撑，便是通货膨胀的根本原因。此外，政府和银行对此却轻描淡写地称之为增加货币供应量，也就是说，他们印制了更多的钱，而这些钱所代表的资产却保持不变。

As such, there is nothing to prevent governments from literally creating money at will. Excessive creation of paper money which cannot be represented by real wealth is the root cause of inflation. Further, governments and banks refer to this blandly as increasing money supply, i.e. they have printed more money while the assets the money represents remain constant.