CORRECTING PEOPLE’S MISTAKES

The Prophet always tried to arouse the human part of a man. He behaved well not only towards the well-behaved, but also towards the ill–behaved. Thus, the dormant human nature in people would be awakened and would remain so throughout their lives. after tribe appreciated the religion of Islam. From this early position of predominance, Muslims have, in the modern world, been relegated everywhere to a position of inferiority. This in spite of the existence of more than a billion Muslims. Everyone at birth is endowed with a conscience and an ego. These faculties lie dormant. If you arouse the conscience of your opponent, you will benefit in your relations with him, because it will be the human part of his personality which will come into play. But if you arouse his ego, it will be the animal part of his personality with which you shall have to deal. The Prophet always tried to arouse the human part of a man. Moreover, he behaved well not only towards the well-behaved, but also towards the ill–behaved. As a result, the dormant human nature in people would be awakened and would remain so throughout their lives. The present-day Muslims do not practise this Sunnah (practical model) of the Prophet—that is to mete out good treatment in return for ill-treatment. Muslims tend to give in to feelings of reaction. This achieves nothing. It only arouses the ego of the rival. When they should be offering God’s creatures the “water of love”, they deluge them instead in the “blood of hatred.” In this garden of God, it is only the thorns which will fall to the lot of such people. They can never come into possession of the flowers. This is one of the immutable laws of nature. o