The Call of the Quran
1. Divine Planning
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The training of talented individuals in such an
isolated location would be the equivalent of the
setting of Hagar and Ismael in barren, uncultivable
terrain, so that their religiosity would grow and be
strengthened.
For this proposed training centre to give the
maximum benefit, parents like Abraham should be
willing to sacrifice talented children, in the sense of
taking them away from the lure of economic
opportunities and putting them in surroundings
where, even by giving of their best, they would
have nothing in return save the concept of reward
in the Hereafter. The successful running of such a
training centre would be akin, in the words of
Philip Hitti, to producing a nursery of heroes.
But unless a considerable number of such
individuals are made available, no real steps can be
taken towards the revival of Islam. That is to say, a
group of intelligent, talented individuals of the
nation should be brought to a different, special
environment, set apart from mundane things,
where they are given training and education
specially to prepare them to successfully undertake
