English book · The Spirit of Islam

Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

English book, p. 371

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

CLAPPING DOES NOT HAPPEN BY JUST ONE HAND Patience and being God-fearing are guarantees that the antagonistic plan will necessarily become fruitless. God has placed the matter in our own hands. T he Quran states: “We have created pairs of all things so that you might reflect.” (51:49) This is a universal principle of nature. Here any happening takes place through interaction with other things or beings. Nothing in this world can have beneficial outcomes in total isolation. The same principle applies equally to social life. This is expressed by the ancient saying that clapping cannot be done by just one hand. A person may keep waving his hand in the air, but he will not be able to clap. Clapping necessitates the second hand striking it. Only then can clapping be engaged in. From the Quran we learn that in the case of being

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