Islam Is Itself Destiny And Will Not

It May, However, Be Said That The Level Of Experience To Which Concepts Are Inapplicable Cannot Yield Any Knowledge Of A Universal Character, For Concepts Alone Are Capable Of Being Socialized.

Another Way Of Judging The Value Of A Prophet's Religious Experience, Therefore, Would Be To Examine The Type Of Manhood That He Has Created, And The Cultural World That Has Sprung Out Of The Spirit Of His Message.

I Have Already Indicated To You The Meaning Of The Word Religion, As Applied To Islam. The Truth Is That Islam Is Not A Church. It Is A State Conceived As A Contractual Organism Long Before Rousseau Ever Thought Of Such A Thing, And Animated By An Ethical Ideal Which Regards Man Not As An Earth-rooted Creature, Defined By This Or That Portion Of The Earth, But As A Spiritual Being Understood In Terms Of A Social Mechanism, And Possessing Rights And Duties As A Living Factor In That Mechanism.

It Cannot Be Denied That Islam, Regarded As An Ethical Ideal Plus A Certain Kind Of Polity - By Which Expression I Mean A Social Structure Regulated By A Legal System And Animated By A Specific Ethical Ideal - Has Been The Chief Formative Factor In The Life-history Of The Muslims Of India. It Has Furnished Those Basic Emotions And Loyalties Which Gradually Unify Scattered Individuals And Groups, And Finally Transform Them Into A Well-defined People, Possessing A Moral Consciousness Of Their Own.

Our Bread And Water Are Of One Table: The Progeny Of Adam Are As A Single Soul.