Divine Planning

~ 23 ~ is this event of discovery: all of a sudden a new personality is born within him, marked by conviction, courage, determination, manliness, generosity, the spirit of sacrifice and the desired unity – all qualities required for the performance of great tasks, and all part of the questing spirit. All the best qualities found in western nations in modern times are linked with this urge to explore. The western nations may be said to have discovered the world in the scientific as opposed to the traditional sense, and it is this urge to understand all aspects of truth, which has produced individuals of such high calibre in western nations. The same was true of the companions of the Prophet in the first phase of Islam. God’s religion came to them as a discovery: Islam as against jahiliyah (period of ignorance); monotheism as against shirk; Akhirah (Hereafter) as against this present world. It was this, which was responsible for producing those extraordinary qualities in them. If today the campaign of Islamic revival is to be effectively launched once again, such people will have to come