The Moral Vision
Our ‘Turnkey’ Civilization
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OUR ‘TURNKEY’ CIVILIZATION
In the modern, industrial world, the term ‘Turnkey
Project’ has come to be widely used. Ready-made
houses and factories are made today in which
everything is provided by the seller. The buyer has
only to turn the key in order to use it. The
behaviour of certain Muslims of the present day
suggests that they think the world is theirs for the
taking, that God has handed it over to them ready-
made and that all they have to do is ‘turn the key’
and everything and everyone will be ready to do
their bidding.
Little do they realize how far this is from being the
true state of affairs. This world, in reality, is one of
vigorous action and keen competition, and no
worthwhile position can be attained without
working hard on every aspect of the project in
hand, and no job is well done unless carried out
with scrupulous care from beginning to end. Our
very right to live has to be proved by competing
with others. Only when we plunge wholeheartedly
into the fray, can we hope to attain the place we
