The Educational System In Islam

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wordaloftontheearthandestablishedanewlifeoffirmrightandstrict
justice.
TheProphetfedhiscompanionswiththisremarkabletrendtochange
theirfewnumbersintomountainsofdignityandfortification.Theyres-
istedthehugepartiesanddefeated thearmiesofpolytheism.Theydid
neverabscondinthebattlefieldsuntiltheyconqueredthecountriesand
raised the Islamic banner on most of the provinces on this earth.
This handsome will was represented by the higher commander of
IslamandthedooroftheProphet’scityofknowledge-ImamAli(a),the
champion of the great conquests. He decapitated the polytheists, and
overcameandsubjectedtheJews.Hesaid,“Iwillneverabscondevenall
of the Arabs collaborated against me.”
ThisgiantwillpowerisapartofGod’swillthatrejectssubduing,humili-
ation,slavery,andsurrender.ThiswillwasvisiblymanifestedbyImam
al-Hussein(a)-theProphet’sgrandsonandthefatherofthenobleones.
HestoodonthelandofKerbaladespitethescantinessofsupporters,and
facedthearmiesofpolytheismanddeviationtodictatehiswillonthem.
Hesaid,“Iwillnot giveyouwith myhandlikethehumble,nor willI
submit to you likethe slaves. I certainly considerdeath as happiness,
and consider living with the wrongdoers as discontent.”
Hethenwalkedtothefieldofdeath, alongwiththe virtuousmenof
hishousehold,todeliverthe bestlessonsofwillpower, hardbelief,and
sacrifice for God’s sake to the world entirely.
Man’svalueliesinhiswillpower,withoutwhich humanityislost.A
Frenchphilosophersays,“Nothingismorestickingtoman’spersonality
than will.”
Willpowerinfluencescompletelyman’scompositionandimmortality.
Theweak-willedcanneverachieveanyindividualorsocialaim.Emer-
sonsays,“Willpoweristhe secretofsuccesswhich isthegoalofexist-
ence. The willpower of the famous personalities, such as Napoleon,
CrenateandAlexander,wasthereasonbeyondtheirimmortality.Other
personalities wereknown of theirsituations of humiliationbecause of
theirhesitationandill self-determination.It isimpossibletoparticipate
in the life conflict andexpect triumph without the possession of will-
power.”. It is an aspect of independent personalitythat contributesin
making the human history and ignores impossibility. Napoleon
answered, when he was told of the existence of the Alps in his way,
“TherewillnotbeAlpsthere.”TheworstwordsNapoleonhatedtohear
were ‘Impossible’ and ‘I cannot.’

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