Islam Rediscovered
5. Islam in Brief
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spiritual revolution. This inner transformation finds
expression in his external behaviour, in worship, in
character, in social relations, etc. To produce a
person like this is the main target of Islam. All other
aspects of Islam hinge on the fact that man lives in a
society, and the greater the number of such
individuals in a society, the greater the changes
brought about at the social level. This process leads
to what may be called the social system of Islam.
This revolution among individuals and society goes
on developing until, conditions being favourable, it
culminates in what is termed the Islamic State. This
process is mentioned in the Qur’an:
God has promised to those of you who believe
and do good works that He shall make them
masters in the land as He made their
ancestors before them, and that He shall
certainly strengthen the religion which He has
approved for them, and that He shall certainly
change their fears to a feeling of security and
peace. Provided they worship Me. (24:55)
In a garden it is the individual tree which has the
real existence. The garden is only a collective
