The New World Order of Islam — Page 112
New World Order 112 this as meaning that in the Sh a hpur district, the peasants go on borrowing from the money-lender and their indebtedness increases steadily until the whole tract becomes heavily indebted and all their earnings are appropriated by the money-lender towards the interest due on the loans. When this stage is reached some big landlord in the locality collects the peasants together and inquires from them what the amount of their indebtedness is. Each specifies the amount due from him, and the landholder then inquires whether they have any means or hope of repaying. Everybody expresses his inability to do so. It is then proposed that the matter should be settled by "saying final prayers. " All of them pray and arming themselves with various weapons proceed to the house of the money-lender, put him to death and burn all his papers and books. In this verse God enjoins that those who have surplus means should employ them in the service of humanity and should thus save themselves from destruction. In other words, Islam permits the acquisition of wealth by proper means but forbids storing it up, as this would ultimately lead to revolution and destruction of property. The verse then proceeds to say: 'And do good to others. ' That is to say, it exalts Muslims to go a step further by reducing their own requirements and