The Qur'an encourages man to enjoy the good things of the
world:
Say: Who hath forbidden the adornment of Allah which He hath
brought forth for His servants, and the good things of His providing?
(7:32).
Mysticism pleads for the suppression of the egoistic impulse
which would leave the field open to the altruistic impulse. The
Qur’an is opposed to this view and asks us to do justice to the
physical self as well as the real self. How can the interests of these
two selves be reconciled and how can man have the best of both the
worlds? This question is discussed in the next chapter.
References- J.H. Rashdall, The Theory of Good And Evil, Vol. H. p. 77.
- A. N. Whitehead, Adventures of Ideas, p. 373.
- J. W. T. Mason, Creative Freedom, p. 226.
- Quoted by Rashdall, op. cit, Vol. I. p. 133.
- Julian Huxley, Religion without Revelation, p. 113.
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