“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.” MenHumansEarthDiesForceResponsibilityMoralTeachingVictoryMoralityMereIslamUrgesGrossDiscernmentEndeavourImmoralityPlatonicMoral Responsibility Book:Islam at the Crossroads Source: Islam at the Crossroads
“...I suddenly felt in myself all the weight of Europe: the weight of deliberate purpose in all our actions. I thought to myself, 'How difficult it is for us to attain to reality... We always try to grab it: but it does not like to be grabbed. Only where it overwhelms man does it surrender itself to him.” MenTryingDoeRealityActionPurposeFeltDifficultEuropeWeightSurrenderDeliberateOur Actions Book:The Road To Mecca Source: The Road To Mecca
“The religious urge in man is not a mere passing phase in the history of his spiritual development, but the ultimate source of all his ethical thought and all his concepts of morality; not the outcome of primitive credulity which a more "enlightened" age could outgrow, but the only answer to a real, basic need of man at all times and in all environments. In another word, it is an instinct.” MenNeedsRealAgeSpiritualHumanityReligiousAnswersEnvironmentSourceDevelopmentMoralityConceptsUltimateMereInstinctPassingPassingsAll TimeOutcomesEnlightenedUrgesEthicalPrimitivePhasesSpiritual DevelopmentCredulityBasic Needs Book:The Principles of State and Government in Islam Source: The Principles of State and Government in Islam
“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.” IfsMenMayMeanEndsLostSecretAcceptingProgressIslamWesternSweetnessSecret Life Author:Muhammad Asad
“If water stands motionless in a pool it grows stale and muddy, but when it moves and flows it becomes clear: so, too, man in his wanderings.” IfsMenMovingGrowsWaterClearFlowWanderPoolStaleMuddy Book:The Road To Mecca Source: The Road To Mecca
“But who, except God, can say whether a man is right or foolish if he follows the call of his conscience?” IfsMenConscienceFoolish Author:Muhammad Asad
