The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
Trusting Human Nature
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One important part of the
sunnah
of the Prophet of
Islam is trust in human nature. We find examples of
his following this principle throughout his entire
life.
Man is not a statue made of stones. Rather he has a
precious gift within him in the form of human
nature. This nature is the most important part of a
human personality. This is what is referred to in the
Qur’an in the following verse:
‘‘By the soul and Him who proportioned it and
inspired it with its impurity and purity.” (91:7-8)
This shows that everyone by birth wants to know
what is good and what is bad; what is wrong and
what is right. This means that the
dawah
about to be
presented by the
dayee
is already vaguely or
unconsciously known to the
madu.
Therefore, when
the
dayee
issues to man the call of truth, it is as if it is
a known message for the
madu
and as if the
dayee
is
trying to bring the message to the
madu
from the
unconscious to the conscious.
This fact gives the
dayee
conviction that the
message he is going to deliver to the
madu
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