All Cultural Imitation, Opposed As It Is

But Who, Except God, Can Say Whether A Man Is Right Or Foolish If He Follows The Call Of His Conscience?

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.

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.

Every Age Requires A New Approach To The Qur’an For The Simple Reason That The Quran Is Made For All Ages. It Is Our Duty To Look For Deeper Meanings In The Quran In Order To Increase Our Knowledge And Experience. The Quran Wants Your Intellect To Be Always Active And Trying To Approach The Message Of God. God Himself Dedicated This Book To People Who Think.

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.