Sure Guarantee
Al-Risala (English), March-April 1995, p. 9
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
Sure Guarantee
1995 3-4 March-April 9 Sure Guarantee (315) The greatest and surest guarantee for the protection of the believers in this world, according to the Qur’an, lies in their adherence to the path of patience and piety. The Qur’an has made this quite clear at various places. On one occasion, while referring to the ill-wishers and enemies of Islam, the Qur’an speaks in absolute and conclusive terms:
If you persevere and guard yourselves against evil,
their machinations will never harm you (30: 120).
There is nothing mysterious about the point made in this verse. This is a simple and natural truth, which is illustrated by everyday events.
If you stand by truth and justice no adversary will be able to oppose you without it against his nature and his conscience. The voice of his own conscience will speak out against such opposition or enmity precisely because it is directed against a truthful person. An antagonist will indulge in negative activities against you only so long as haughtiness and willfulness prevail upon his conscience, thus producing in him an abnormal state of mind. The moment his thinking returns to normal, he will lose the courage to act against you.
Adherence to the path of patience (restraint in the face of other’s injustice) and piety (humility and modesty before God’s greatness) is the best way to bring an antagonist back to a reasonable frame of mind.
The possession of these two cardinal virtues is the surest guarantee of keeping one’s rivals cool. When faced with this superior code of ethics, they will soon lose their arrogance and feelings of enmity, and will return to a normal state of mind. It is this return to normalcy which makes it possible for a man’s own nature to provide effective checks to the perpetration of injustice. Once this correct psychology has been established, there is no further need for the police or the army to enforce the laws.
