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Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

English book, p. 408

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Read! Your Lord is the most bountiful one who taught by the pen, taught man what he did not know.” (The Quran 96:1-5) It would be correct to say that, in relation to the magnitude of the problems of that time this commandment could be described as minimalistic. But had the Prophet been commanded to take action against all those evils, it would have resulted in severe conflict and confrontation with the Makkans. The benefit of beginning with a very low key objective is that each small step will more surely take one to one’s destination. Whereas beginning with the seemingly highest priorities would in most cases prove counterproductive. The conditioning for achieving success regardless of this issue lies in beginning at the right starting point. And the right beginning is only that which lies within the realms of the possible. Beginning with the possible is the only right starting point. It is a fact that the minimum is always possible. Whereas beginning with the maximum is almost always impossible and impracticable. Beginning with the minimum does not mean beginning with something inadequate. It just means beginning

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