English book · The Spirit of Islam

Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

English book, p. 382

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

The source of this wisdom is detachment from the world, because it sometimes happens that some worldly concerns become such an obsession that a person becomes blind to understanding the reality of things. And in the same way sometimes, worldly experience makes him prejudiced. Such a person, due to his biases, is not able to look at things in their real form. Those who are free from prejudice, who can think and see things as they are, who can form realistic opinions, will adopt the right stand, which is the demand of truth and justice. Detachment from the world frees a person from his limitations: such a person is an intellectually developed being. By temperament, he is realistic and is very serious and conscientious about his faith. He proceeds in a very serious and cautious manner. Those possessed of such a noble character, are destined to become successful in this world as well as in the next. Detachment is not abandonment of this world. It is a source rather of intellectual development.

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