Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

THE PATH IS NOT NARROW While finding obstacles in your path, never opt for the path of confrontation. Avoid the obstacles and find the solution in spite of the obstacle. A fter the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet of Islam was going from Makkah to Taif along with his companions. On his way, he found a path through the mountains which was apparently narrow. When he reached it, he asked the people the name of this path. They told him that it was called the ‘narrow path’, the narrow path which was difficult to traverse. The Prophet said: “No, it is an easy path.” (Sirah Ibn Hisham, vol. 2, p. 482) In saying so, he meant that, this path might indeed be narrow and difficult to negotiate if they went at it head on. But they could make it easier to traverse by finding a strategy to do so. In this way, the narrowness of the path would not remain an obstacle for them. This shows how in prophetic vision a narrow path