The Call of the Quran
1. Divine Planning
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forward as conceive of Islam as a fresh discovery
rather than as an inheritance by birth.
2. Islam came to the world fourteen hundred years
ago, setting in motion historical processes marked
by cultural grandeur and political conquests. Those
who call themselves Muslims today are the
products of those processes. But any group of
people, which has such a brilliant past, is invariably
pre-occupied with its recent history. It fails to go
back through history to drink afresh from the
original springs of inspiration.
This is true of Muslims today. The Muslims of
present times, consciously or unconsciously, are
deriving their religion from history instead of from
the Qur’an and
sunnah,
the true sources of Islam.
This is why Islam has become for the Muslims of
today a matter not of responsibility but of pride.
This psychology so pervades their thoughts and
actions that its effects are visible everywhere. Islam
as set forth in the Qur’an and the hadith stands out
as a religion of responsibility and accountability,
but if viewed in the mirror of its cultural and
political history, it appears to be an object of pride
