The Call of the Quran
1. Divine Planning
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is this event of discovery: all of a sudden a new
personality is born within him, marked by
conviction, courage, determination, manliness,
generosity, the spirit of sacrifice and the desired
unity – all qualities required for the performance of
great tasks, and all part of the questing spirit.
All the best qualities found in western nations in
modern times are linked with this urge to explore.
The western nations may be said to have discovered
the world in the scientific as opposed to the
traditional sense, and it is this urge to understand
all aspects of truth, which has produced individuals
of such high calibre in western nations.
The same was true of the companions of the
Prophet in the first phase of Islam. God’s religion
came to them as a discovery: Islam as against
jahiliyah
(period of ignorance); monotheism as
against
shirk;
Akhirah
(Hereafter) as against this present world. It
was this, which was responsible for producing
those extraordinary qualities in them. If today the
campaign of Islamic revival is to be effectively
launched once again, such people will have to come
