Quranic Wisdom
English book, p. 125
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Jihad in Quran: A Peaceful Ideology you are in fact trying to seek adjustment with the laws of nature. You are pursuing the policy of buying time. According to the law of nature, political rule is not the monopoly of one person or one group; it is bound to change from one group to some other group, so adopting a pro-change policy is wasting your time and energy in terms of the result, while accepting the political status quo is simply waiting for your turn which is bound to come to you, sooner or later. Politics is not the only important field of human activity. There are many other vital spheres of work, like education, business, industry, social reform, academic learning, scientific research, etc. The formula of political status quoism means taking no action against the prevailing political system and availing of the opportunities that are present in so many other fields. In this sense, political status quoism is the formula that is based on the greatest wisdom. If you adopt the method of political confrontation, you have to fight the opposing party and fighting invariably yields negative results. However, when you adopt the formula of political status quoism there is no rival group, you do not need to fight against anyone, and you have enough time to try to achieve what is achievable for you. Jihad in Quran: A Peaceful Ideology T hose who are introduced to the Quran only through the media generally have the impression that the Quran is a book

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