FROM MAULANA’S DESK

expanding scale, it is because they fail to understand the religion of humility. Islam, for the believers of the early stages, was just such a religion—a religion of humility. This psychology of humility, which marked their thoughts and deeds, was produced by their keen awareness of the greatness of God. For them God’s law became a reality, for God elevates all those who adopt the posture of humility. From there, by the grace of God, they went on to emblazon their deeds and their virtues on the pages of human history for all time to come. The Muslims of the present day are the successors of the Muslims of those early stages. It is unfortunate, however, that they have inherited from them not their humility, but only the recollection of the great heights to which their remote ancestors rose. Devoid of humility and its resultant virtues, they are carried through life on a flood of grandiloquence. The need of the hour is to awaken in them the true spirit of their faith so that they may be brought closer to the religion based on humility. God elevates the humble: the proud and the vain are cast by Him into oblivion. o Maulana Wahiduddin Khan editor@thespiritofislam.org Islam, for the believers of the early stages, was a religion of humility. This psychology of humility, which marked their thoughts and deeds, was produced by their keen awareness of the greatness of God. Reform of Society To bring about real change in society we will have to first change individual life.