But Who, Except God, Can Say Whether

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.

...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.

...the Muslims Of Recent Times Had Fallen Very Short Indeed Of The Ideals Of Their Faith, ...nothing Could Be More Erroneous Than To Measure The Potentialities Of Muhammad's Message By The Yardstick Of Present-day Muslim Life And Thought - Just As He [shaykh Mustafa Al-maraghi] Said, 'it Would Be Erroneous To See In The Christians' Unloving Behavior Toward One Another A Refutation Of Christ's Message Of Love...'

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.

We (muslims) Have No Right, In Our Present Misery, To Boast Of Past Glories. But We Must Realise That It Was The Negligence Of The Muslims - And Not Any Deficiency In The Teachings Of Islam - That Caused Our Present Decay.