How is the reality of victory linked to the aura of terror?
And how can we be terrifying?
There is no doubt that psychological defeat is the beginning. It creeps in from the windows of backwardness, injustice, and terrifying chaos, into silent thinking, and then reaches the depths of the soul.
If the soul falls and suffers silent defeat, let the armies await their resounding downfall.
Security is a syndrome of superiority. The moral, cultural, organizational, and technical superiority of the army descends upon its soldiers through a sense of security (When drowsiness overtakes you as a security from Him – Al-Anfal 11).
Terror would creep in with the return of spies from Muslim regions, telling the Magian leaders that these people would hold their emir accountable if he stole, committed a misdemeanor, or committed an injustice. The phrase “they would hold their emir accountable” would shake the depths of the unjust people’s souls, instilling fear in their hearts and the souls of their soldiers, who began to think to themselves: “How can we fight a people who hold their emir accountable for the sake of an emir who holds his people accountable if they tell him not to steal?”
It is the terror with which Muhammad, the Messenger of God, triumphed. It is the moral and cultural weapons reinforced by faith.
Terror is not due to the grinding of teeth with a siwak and the abandonment of a thick layer of dust. We live in an age of robots that do not feel or sense. Rather, terror is due to moral and cultural superiority. Yes. It has been said that a true leader wins first, then goes to battle. As for the failed leader, he goes to battle seeking victory. Those who realize that the most important element of armament is superiority strive for it to win the moral, cultural, and scientific battle, opening the way for psychological defeat in the hearts of their opponents.
Jaafar Al-Sadiq Tahan
July 29, 2023
