It is good for every person to have clear and concise knowledge about politics. It would be no wonder if…

It is good for every person to have clear and concise knowledge about politics. It would be no wonder if awareness of the science of politics saved a person from many troubles in worldly life. The word siyosat (politics) is derived from the word sayislik. In Arabic, a groom who tends horses is called a sayis. A horse groom is a person who understands horses perfectly; he must know the language of horses. A politician, too, is a person who knows people — the nation — and guides them along the path of good. Every man is created as a leader — every man is the leader and politician of his own family. Not every man is granted the ability to lead his wife and children along the right path. For this reason, too, one must know the science of politics. State policy is the organizing of the affairs of the state. The state has three main tasks: to guard the people from the external enemy; to protect them from the internal enemy; to settle disputes. The external enemy is the invader who occupies the land and enslaves the people. Not letting him in is the duty of the state. The invader attacks not only land and wealth, but also morals and honor. The internal enemy is criminals: thieves, murderers and enemy spies. Protecting the oppressed from the oppressor also belongs to this point. Disputes are disagreements that arise between people; judging them is also the right of the state. The additional tasks and virtues of the state are public works, social assistance, encouraging literature and art, and supporting people of learning. If the state fulfills its three tasks perfectly, the people themselves will do the rest. The affairs of the state are carried out by the government. The members of the government are people. From the top leader down to the lowest official — all of them belong to the government. Man is fallible. Human decisions are not free from error. Therefore, it is unreasonable always to expect the right thing from the state and the government and to blame them immediately when a mistake occurs. People should help the government do its work correctly — this help can be given by people of knowledge and enlightenment. To improve the work of the state, they set out their thoughts with courtesy and good manners and make them heard by the leaders. If ordinary people see oppression and injustice, they should go to state bodies and demand their rights on the basis of the law. If the leaders, without seeking advice from people of knowledge and enlightenment, continue in error and oppression out of their own ignorance, one must leave them to themselves and wait with patience. Even if this patience takes several decades, one must wait. The oppressor brings about his own ruin; one must not rise up against him, otherwise harm will come to life and property. For everyone has a job in this society, and tranquility is achieved by doing that job in its proper place. Saying “I will do someone else's job” puts a person in the plight of the monkey whose tail got caught in a log. But a person must never consent to oppression or put up with injustice. It is everyone's highest duty to struggle against actions contrary to humanity that take place before his eyes. Nowadays a class of political analysts is emerging. In the media — on websites and various platforms — they show themselves every day or every other day, trying to instill their feelings and views in the public. No sincere and wise person objects to a well-intentioned deed; rather, he defends it. But these “analysts,” one-sided in their vision — seeing the world only in 1D — who have gained shallow knowledge on the basis of Western philosophy, possess not analysis, not criticism, but a construction of complicated sentences, a mush of various memorized terms, and this mush, poured over the construction, brings their bias and hostility to the surface. If one pays attention to their words, every one of their approaches is essentially aimed at weakening the foundations of the state, spoiling the quality of the government's work and cutting the ancient cultural roots of the people. The reason is that they are not political analysts but people with political ambitions, and those who have ambitions are never impartial. The meaning of ambition is the hidden cry: “You can't manage it, I can, I should be working in your place.”

An impartial person does not destroy; on the contrary, taking into account the complexity of the situation, he speaks calmly, weighing and measuring every word; since he is aware of the many games of the human ego, he knows that no success can be achieved by words alone. A person who says he will serve the people must free himself from the disease of ruling and leading and take upon himself being a slave and a servant, humble and lowly — he must even demand it. Only in such a person can there be honesty of heart and truthfulness and impartiality in his words. A person whose heart is free from the temptation of power can feel peace. An interesting contradiction: man is the head of the family, yet many men run away from family leadership — that is, at home they hand everything over to Her Excellency the wife, all the decision-making and carrying out — and then try to become leaders in society. There is no brave soul to say: why don't you do your own job instead of poking your nose into someone else's?

Akrom MALIK