Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
Man’s Ignorance
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MAN’S IGNORANCE
Talking is the easiest thing in the world, and
keeping quiet the most difficult. But there will soon
come a time when speech will seem to be such a
grave matter that one will wish that one had
remained silent all one’s life; one will wish that one
had renounced the power of speech and that one’s
tongue had been frozen into a perpetual silence.
There is no greater source of temptation in man’s
body than his tongue, yet it is his tongue that he
misuses more than anything: he uses it to deny
rather than accept truth; he uses it to utter evil
instead of righteous words. People are quite happy
with the way they explain themselves in this world.
They do not realize that eventually they are not
going to have to answer to any human being; they
are going to have to answer to God. If they were
conscious of this fact, they would prefer to own up
to their worldly disgrace rather than pretend to
maintain their honour.
This is all because man wrongly considers himself
to be his own master. He forgets that, before long,
