The Moral Vision
The Secret of Success
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THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
Eighty per cent of the information received by a
human being from the outside world comes to him
through his eyes—provided he keeps his eyes open.
There is an abundance of oxygen in the air, but if it is
to do him any good, he must assiduously breathe it
in. If, however, we are to benefit from our
environment, it means rather more than just
depending upon our own spontaneous biological
functioning. It means that we must have the will and
ability to seize the opportunities given to us by God
and to learn to grapple with whatever their built-in
conditions may be. We cannot expect the world—of
its own—to lay its gifts at our feet.
This concept is of the greatest importance in the
sphere of
Dawah
work. The spreading of the Islamic
message is not something which is going to happen
automatically, and, if it is to come about, it will
depend upon our grasping whatever opportunities
come our way. In modern times the greatest
opportunity that has presented itself is the
widespread freedom of belief enjoyed all over the
world. (Only in a few communist countries are curbs
