It Was Not Muslims That Had Made

If The Muslims Keep Their Heads Cool And Accept Progress As A Means And Not An End In Itself, They May Pass On To Western Man The Lost Secret Of Life's Sweetness.

It Is Not Enough To Say, 'we Are Muslims And Have An Ideology Or Our Own': We Must Also Be In A Position To Show That Our Ideology Is Vital Enough To Withstand The Pressure Of The Changing Times, And To Decided In What Way The Fact Of Our Being Muslims Will Affect The Course Of Our Lives: In Other Words, We Must Find Out Whether Islam Can Offer Us Precise Directives For The Formation Of Our Society, And Whether Its Inspiration Is Strong Enough In Us To Translate These Directives Into Practice.

For, According To The Teachings Of Islam, Moral Knowledge Automatically Forces Moral Responsibility Upon Man. A Mere Platonic Discernment Between Right And Wrong, Without The Urge To Promote Right And To Destroy Wrong, Is A Gross Immorality In Itself, For Morality Lives And Dies With The Human Endeavour To Establish Its Victory Upon Earth.

I Do Not Feel That The West Has Really Become Less Condescending Toward Foreign Cultures Than The Greeks And Romans Were: It Has Only Become More Tolerant. Mind You, Not Toward Islam—only Toward Certain Other Eastern Cultures, Which Offer Some Sort Of Spiritual Attraction To The Spirit-hungry West And Are, At The Same Time, Too Distant From The Western World-view To Constitute Any Real Challenge To Its Values.

Islam Appears To Me Like A Perfect Work Of Architecture. All Its Parts Are Harmoniously Conceived To Complement And Support Each Other; Nothing Is Superfluous And Nothing Lacking; And The Result Is A Structure Of Absolute Balance And Solid Composure.