The reason why 1st and 2nd generation of muslims were so unimaginably successful, is because they werent narrowminded fools like the modern ulama who devote entire life to only 1 thing: academic exploration of islam.
The first muslims were flexible, ingenius, entrepreneurial, steadfast, fearless, strategists, commanders, shepards, businessmen, soldiers, fathers and mothers, husbands and wifes, scholar. All in one and same person simultanenously. They embodied the real world practition of islamic knowledge & spirit.
Todays Ulama are just lazy people. In the sense that they think reading and mastering Islamic texts is all there is to it.
You have many good points which I agree with. But there's something else.
In the recent " scandal " , one of many in the world of so called Digital Dawa, Andrew Tate was accused of white supremacy. I watched his clash with this guy called Sneako. Tate won clearly, there wasn't racism, and u check with few friends of mine. I thought, maybe I am not objective. Sneako was saying that Iblis fell out of racism?! Iblis is Jinn? It is problem that people as whole became psychotic and interpret things and even Qur'an as they wish.
Sneako was defending Haitian Voodoo Sahirun?! Voodoo is direct challenge to Allah SWT?
Day after, Sneako was saying that trusting Horoscope is worse than Voodoo?
Then yesterday, he was quoting, Hitler positive quotes about Islam and in meantime him and " brothers " were attacking " white supremacist " Nick Fuentes.
So , seemingly people are ready to go against any logic or Scriptures , even without noticing it , to satisfy their desires.
That is the reason, I often insist on the usage of precise meaning of the words.
Arabic is richest and most expressive language, hence Qur'an is in Arabic. If you have such marvellous tool, then use it properly.
Quotes? So now if I use subha , I am Kaffir but if I defend open Shirk, I am brother?
Yet another sign that Dajjal is close, Sihir with the words