Quranic Wisdom

Successful Leadership scriptures revealed to the prophets, he should try to find out his purpose in life and God Almighty’s design regarding his creation. After taking into account all these facts, he should build his future. Successful Leadership S uccessful leadership depends on a successful following; if the followers fail to follow, no leader can play a successful role. The chapter Al-Nisa’ (Women) of the Quran sets forth this principle: By your Lord, they will not be true believers until they seek your arbitration in their disputes and find within themselves no doubt about what you decide and accept it wholeheartedly. (4:65) This Quranic verse relates to religious leadership, but the same principle is likewise applicable to the case of secular leadership. Secular leadership and religious leadership are different in their goals, but the method of both is one and the same. Men and women are born with differences. Everyone is Mr. Different or Ms. Different, and this being so, it is not always possible to convince everyone of the correctness of the leader’s decisions. It is but natural that if some members of the group are in agreement with his decisions some other members may disagree with them. This kind of difference is a natural phenomenon which occurs in both secular groups and religious groups. Then how to establish unity? Unity is a must for a leader to be successful. Without unity among his followers a leader cannot play an effective role. In such a situation the only formula that is applicable is—follow your leader, be it willingly or unwillingly.