When the Myth of Power Shatters
(Translated)
https://www.al-waie.org/archives/article/20260
Al Waie Magazine Issue No. 477
Fortieth Year, Shawwal 1447 AH corresponding to April 2026 CE

The recent war waged by America and the Jewish entity against Iran revealed a profound truth that the West—led by America—has long sought to conceal: that power lies not merely in a people’s aircraft carriers, its stockpiles of nuclear warheads, or its projected image of prestige and might, but instead in the people’s ability to exert genuine influence on the world's life, its economic lifelines, and its energy, food, and trade security.

It has become abundantly clear that the Muslim World is not on the margins of history, nor is it dependent on others essentially. Instead, it sits atop one of the greatest assets of power in this era: the maritime straits through which global trade flows, the vast reserves of oil, gas, and fertilizers, the strategic geographical location upon which the movement of East and West depends, and the people who possess the human and spiritual potential that, if properly channeled, could transform the world. The Strait of Hormuz is but one example of this; how many major powers have seen their markets tremble, their calculations thrown into disarray, and their economic security jeopardized by a mere threat in one of our Ummah’s vital waterways! This is a revealing moment: the so-called superpower has proven fragile in the face of the assets of influential power that Allah (swt) has placed in the lands of the Muslims. What seemed steadfast for decades is now crumbling before the reality that the Muslim World possesses assets whose impact far surpasses that of many deadly weapons, for they touch the very core of global life. The skillful use of these assets—politically, economically, and strategically—could make them more powerful than nuclear weapons themselves, for they are weapons that dictate terms before they inflict destruction.

O Ummah of Islam: Open your eyes to what lies before you, raise your gaze to your true stature, and break the chains of illusion that have diminished you. You are not a weak Ummah, but an Ummah that has been made powerless. The balance of power is not shifted by sheer numbers, but by understanding the elements of power, skillfully acquiring them, and having the courage to utilize them. When the Ummah awakens with its awareness (waie), the whole world will know that the era of American hegemony is not inevitable, and that a new dawn can be born from the land of Islam.