Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

But the Quran teaches us that a person should direct his urge to compete towards the doing of good deeds. Instead of pursuing material desires he should make his target the doing of good, as God has told us. Good refers to knowledge as well, for it is the source of a person’s intellectual progress. Similarly, it may also refer to calling people to God. This area of activity is so vast that it knows no bounds. Another field of competing in goodness can be found in social service. RECONCILIATION IS NO DEFEAT Where confrontation closes the door to progress, reconciliation opens the door to it. Reconciliation is no defeat, but another name for acting wisely. T he Quran teaches us that at times of confrontation both the sides concerned should opt for conciliation: “For reconciliation is best but people are prone to selfish greed.” (4:128) This principle applies to all matters in human life. Whether it relates to the home or to outside the home, whether it relates to two persons or to the whole community or group,