Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
9. The Prophetic Method
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What this means is that we should concentrate our
efforts in that field of action where—without any
confrontation with others—there are opportunities
for us to advance. As for other fields, those in which
no opportunities present themselves—one should
let the forces of nature go to work. If we reserve our
efforts for those areas in which we are able to
operate effectively, God will help us in others
where we can do nothing. If we leave the arena of
action that has been allotted to us, and seek to
operate in some other where we have been afforded
no opportunities, it is as if we have tried to function
not from our own arena, but from God’s. To try to
usurp God in His work can only lead to His
displeasure; it cannot earn us His succour.
NOTES
1. Qur’an, 74:1-7.
2. Qur’an, 6:15.
3. Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall,
The Glorious
Qur’an,
London, 1938.
4. Sardar Pooran Singh, Article “Bravery.”
