English book · The Spirit of Islam

Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

English book, p. 388

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

go. Without this spirit of progress, human civilization cannot evolve. Tolerance does not mean inactivity. Neither does it mean that a better course of action was possible but that a person opted for a lesser solution. The truth is that in this present world tolerance is the only choice possible. Tolerance is our practical need rather than a passive retreat. It often happens that a person finds a certain set of circumstances unpleasant and starts fighting against them. He thinks that his struggle will bring into existence a more propitious way of life than his present situation. But this is not so. His inability to be tolerant can only have a negative outcome.

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