Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

BEGINNING FROM THE MINIMUM Beginning with the minimum or a small objective is always possible, while beginning with the maximum is almost always impossible and impracticable. T he Prophet of Islam was born in Makkah in 570 AD, and died in Madinah in 632 A D. He received his first revelation in 610. At that time Makkah was faced with many grave problems. For instance, there were the 360 idols which had been placed in the sacred Kabah. Dar alNadwah, the centre of social decisions, was in the possession of idolaters. All kinds of sinful behaviour, like adultery, drinking and gambling were rampant in Arab society. Arabs were under the subjugation of the Roman and Sassanid empires. But the first revelation the Prophet was given in such circumstances did not refer to any of these problems. He was simply asked to “read in the name of your Lord, who created, created man from a clot (of blood).