I totally agree Muslims have generally become a lazy lot, more inclined towards taking short cuts, and its indeed due to lack of education. However, the sentence in bold above is certainly not why Muslims are powerless. The problem with that sentence is that there are not even enough Muslims doing (shouting/calling (wadu) Allah (swt) the whole day) that sincerely. I think just calling Allah (swt) the whole day can work wonders as well, as Allah (swt) will guide these people towards working hard, and inventing things that would benefit humanity. Another point is to raise intellectuals, we need educated mothers (teachers) both in terms of deen and duniya, who can clearly explain as well as challenge and nuture an inquisitive mind.