Real Revolution — Page 35
35 movements was due to the fact that the propagators of these cultures not only took possession of some territories and countries; they also enslaved the minds of the people they subdued, so that the mental slavery in many cases continued for centuries even after the political yoke had been thrown off. . In the religious sphere also real success comes only from revolution. . The same law applies to the religious sphere, real success in this field as well being dependent on. Revolution. No religion can succeed without this inner driving spirit and urge, success on any other basis being against the law of nature which cannot be ignored, for that law is the Act of God from which there can be no running away. . Revolution means a total and absolute change. . If you desire to raise a new structure in the place ot an old one, with a radically new design, the existing building has to be pulled to pieces, razed absolutely to the ground. Only a fool will aspire to the construction of a new building and ye hope to retain the old one in tact. . The Holy Quran makes religious progress dependent upon revolution. It says: وَمَا نُرْسِلُ المُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ فَمَن