Islam and Modern Life — Page 18
ISLAM AND MODE RN LIFE 18 it says that a time will come when the advent of this prophet will be spiritually repeated. Today the Muslims are not quite to the same degree, naturally, because they have had the Islamic traditions and so on, but as compared with the first Muslims, the M uslims today are in a condition of stagnation, the Muslim society. And through this guidance they will be revived to a position of active strength, the mighty. And they will be enabled to take full advantage of the benefits which this atomic age offers for the service of man, the wise. Now here is a prophecy. I shall stop here with regards to this, but I shall go on. Now, take what the prophet himself said. This is the revelation coming to him, the word of God. The prophet said and his way was to say in aphorisms, simple, not requiring any commentary or explanations. He said, t he pursuit of knowledge is a duty laid upon every Muslim man and Muslim woman. That ’ s simple. That’s direct. No conflict could arise. That’s a duty. It has to be performed. Or A word of wisdom is the property of every believer. He should grasp it wherever he finds it. Not merely that the attitude of Islam is it does not condemn knowledge o r philosophy or science. It incites all the time. Go forward. Wherever you find it, whether you find it in the West, whether you find it in the East, whether you find it in the North, whether you find it in the South, it is the property of each of you. It is the lost property. The lost camel, meaning the lost property of every woman. He should grasp it wherever he finds it. Make it his own. And then improve upon it. Or, for instance, here is a practical proof. When the first battle in Islam took place, the Quraysh of Mecca brought an army