Matalibul Furqan 5

be blurred by sophistical arguments. For example, people, if they are really persecuted, have a right to rebel against the gover ...

suits his purpose: A prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest and when the reason ...

honoured. An incident which occured during the battle of Badr, illustrates the attitude of the Rasool to the pledged word of a M ...

to repel the attack. If, for whatever reason, the enemy shows willingness to lay down arms, the Muslims should do likewise. The ...

Now when you meet in battle your opponents then it is smiting of the necks until you have routed them; then bind fast the bonds; ...

that if at any time in future they came over to the side of the Muslims, the money they had paid would be refunded to them: O Ra ...

acquisitive society. If it is supplanted by the Qur'anic social order, which encourages creative activity and competition in soc ...

ago and have not yet expounded it and interpreted it to mankind, The Muslims should bear in mind that the scientific outlook has ...

Chapter 16 RISE AND FALL OF NATILNS I. Qur’an and History THE Qur'an has, time and again, directed man's attention to the phenom ...

of civilisation; in the latter case, they have fallen behind other people, have decayed and ultimately have been supplanted by o ...

The method of the Qur'an is, first to state the laws that govern the fate of nations, and then to cite instances from history to ...

II. The law at Work The basic attitude that the law demands in human relationship is respect for the dignity of man-for human pe ...

the uniform way in which He deals with the world in its physical and moral aspects. Sunnah implies order, uniformity and consist ...

the key note of the Hegelian theory of history. If we ask what it is that evolves, the answer is reason or the Absolute Idea. Th ...

dialectical manner. Here too, the focus of interest is on the society and not on the individual. Society develops through the wo ...

thing, no matter how little, is helping forward the process, and he who does wrong is retarding it. Every action has its natural ...

IV. Doom of the Nations History bears testimony to the fact that the conduct of nations, as that of individuals, is governed by ...

poverty, political subjection and economic dependence. It has ceased to play a creative role in the world. The leadership of hum ...

The struggle between nations when it is on the physical plane, with brute force opposed to brute force, debases and bestialises ...

keep a watchful eye on the nation and to warn it when it goes wrong. The intellectuals are to blame if the nation pursues false ...