POSITIVE STATUS QUOISM
English book, PDF p. 72
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
POSITIVE STATUS QUOISM ~ 72 ~ those who opt for the way of patience are destined to be successful. When an individual adopts the path of patience, he is following the path of nature. And when he adopts the path of impatience, he deviates from the path of nature. And one who strays from the path of nature has no prospects of success in this world of God. FUTURE-ORIENTED POLICY To put it another way, positive status-quoism can also be thought of as a form of foresight. As a policy, it is in accordance with the natural law of “wait and see”. There are times when each individual and community find themselves in the kind of situations in which they begin to feel that they are faced with certain obstacles, which prevent their making any headway. In such cases, most people come—consciously or unconsciously—to regard such difficult circumstances as a permanent condition. And as such they begin to wrestle with the circumstances in order to remove the hurdles. Fighting of this kind always proves futile. It only

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