English book · The Spirit of Islam

Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

English book, p. 384

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

is practical in accordance with circumstances will be adopted to implement that command. Ignoring the circumstances is not the Islamic way and is not the Sunnah of the Prophet of Islam. This way of proceeding may be called the natural method. In this world, in any matter, a result-oriented struggle can be only that which makes full concessions to the circumstances. Not making concessions to circumstances is to clash with nature, and Islam does not teach us to clash with nature. Throughout all of his twenty-year prophetic career, the Prophet of Islam made full concession to circumstances. For his followers also this was the only method. Regardless of the environment, they had to understand it fully and had to plan their activities according to circumstances. Without this they could not receive divine succour. Concession to circumstances is the equivalent of concession to nature. The laws under which the Creator has created this world have to be followed: this is concession to circumstances. This concession is essential to achieve success in any effort, whether it relates to religion or to the world.

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