He new that even a breeze of vendetta from the side of the Muslims would force them to be up a gum tree .The only possible and plausible way to pay the English in the same coin, according to him was to get well-versed in their art, literature and modern science. Cause it has been the order of British that whenever and wherever they established their political domination, it accompanied cultural onslaught, which very soon influenced the elite classes, who adopted it to become part of the dominating exclusives. This whole process of globalization was accurately grasped by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. In order to counter their effectiveness he reformed the Muslims chiefly in the four spheres of life. Education, Social, Political and Religious.
Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.
It has for its object the formation of character. Ironically an erudite is a lazy slug who kills time by study. The problem of education was much more acute among the Muslims than the Hindus. They educated themselves and enjoyed better status than Muslims. They then told English that Muslims were the veritable cause of hindrances in their way.