Islam and Modern Life — Page 17
ISLAM AND MODE RN LIFE 17 book, by the laws, by acting upon which they would make progress in life. The sovereign, the holy, the mighty. And fourthly, he teaches them wisdom. And the fourth attribute mentioned was the wise. He is the source of all these things which the prophet wil l perform. But we do not stand here. We go a little further, and you will find a much more interesting sequence that follows. He has raised among the unlettered, and it happened. These unlettered people, first they became believers in the unity of God and in all the attributes that God possesses. Then, from the depths of moral degradation, they became an example to the world in purity of life. Third, from weakness, and of course it started with one man who was mercilessly persecuted, they, by following thes e laws, became for centuries the greatest power in the then known world , t h e m i g h t y. God the mighty, through his attribute. And they not only rescued all the knowledge of the ancients, Greek philosophy today, would not be known to us here, were it not for the translations which the Arabs made from Greek into Arabic and preserved it for us, and then enriched it by their own contribution. Mathematics, algebra, chemistry, all the sciences known in those ag es, some of them were the inventions of the Muslim Arabs, and some of them were developed almost out of shape from the stage at which they found them, and they carried it further. The wise, the wisdom of God requiring that these people should so apply them selves. And God will raise this prophet, now that’s a spiritual advent, among others, from among them, who have not yet joined them. He is the mighty device. Now this requires further reflection. Here only two of the original attributes are mentioned. And yet