The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
Prophetic Guidance for the Modern Age
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to contribute anything positive to humanity,
because of the unnatural premises which these
thinkers took as their point of departure, i.e. they
envisioned a social system in which all sections of
society would find an equal position.
When we judge this projection by the criterion of
nature, we find a basic weakness in the underlying
theory. The difference existing between men
socially and economically is not in reality traceable
to exploitation. Nor is it due to the plotting of
tyrants. The real difference stems from the fact that
people are born different. For instance, some are
more intelligent, some are less intelligent; some are
strong, some are weak; some find every
opportunity to work, while others are faced with
some accident or early death; some are born in
favourable circumstances, while others live and die
in penury.
This difference, created by nature itself, is largely
the result of the different status of people in society.
And this difference is related to external factors,
which are beyond human control. Then how can
human beings ever root out these differences?
