The quintessential Shock & Awe is the Conquest of Makkah.

It took the Makkans by such complete and utter

surprise that there was no room available for resistance. It ushered in the Prophetic Revolution.
When Prophet Musa (alaihes salam) and his people were caught between River Nile and the Pharaohs army,
Syedna Musa (alaihes salam) struck the Nile with his staff and the river split into two walls, thus creating a
passage for Syedna Musa (alaihes salam) and his people to pass. When they had crossed the river in this
dramatic fashion, they were followed by the Pharaoh and his army in blind pursuit, who never realized that
this river would become their grave. What ensued was Shock & Awe in its most shocking and most awesome
form. Think about two walls crashing upon each other and you will know what I am talking about.
At Pakistan Awami Tehreek (Pakistan Peoples Movement), Shock & Awe is the technique that will usher
Pakistan into Quaid-e-Azams vision of the modern, Islamic welfare country. In my previous posts, I have
affirmed that Islamic Renaissance cannot be achieved without regaining political supremacy for
Islam. This is the thought process that underlies the creation of Pakistan and this is the thought process
that calls for a political renaissance in Pakistan and eventual union of the Muslim countries into an Islamic
Bloc. Given the stronghold of corrupt, feudal, sectarian, terrorist, and exploitative elements in the country,
we are obviously heading towards a final countdown with these forces of evil. We are already rapidly
approaching critical mass and it will not be long till when we will simply explode into a spectacular display of
Shock & Awe.
Some people are skeptical. Some are downright cynical. My response to them is: Do you remember the
raging infernos in the oil wells of Kuwait way back in the Gulf War? The Iraqis set the oil wells on fire
because they probably thought there would be no way the Americans could extinguish such violent flames.
Yet it took only one big dynamite explosion per oil well to nip the evil. The technique is simple, yet elegant:
You surround the fire with lots of dynamite and you explode the dynamite. There is a big explosion, a lot of
dust, and lo and behold! Liquid oil gushes forth with no evidence of fire whatsoever. How does the technique
work? They say that when the dynamite explodes, it creates a momentary vacuum for a split second, thus
robbing the fire of its much-needed oxygen for a split second, and that is enough to extinguish the fire.
If you can believe in the spectacular extinguishing power of dynamite, why cant you believe in the
revolution promised by Sheikh-ul-Islam? After all, it takes only a split second to kill a monster fire. You just
need the right amount of dynamite.