Spirit of Islam

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Spirit of Islam

I once happened to meet a young employee of a multinational company, who complained that his boss promoted other employees, while denying him promotion. I advised him that instead of complaining about his boss, he should improve his own performance, and then the boss would be compelled to acknowledge his good work and would certainly give him in the future what he was not willing to give him in the present. In response to this, he said, “You are right, but that would be very difficult to do.”

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Spirit of Islam

The British MP Enoch Powell once said: “For a politician to complain about the media is like a ship’s captain complaining about the sea.” This comment by the British MP is true. It applies not only to politicians, but to all human beings, both men and women.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Spirit of Islam

Every man and woman wants peace of mind. But it is hard to find an individual who can say that he has attained such a state of mental equilibrium as will allow him to live a life of tranquillity. Peace of mind is a distant dream for all of us. What is the reason for this? The reason is that people hanker after ideal peace, that is, pure peace—a peace that is free from all kinds of non-peace items.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Spirit of Islam

Man has been granted total intellectual freedom in Islam. Islam with its message of freedom of expression brought a revolution in human history. Earlier in all periods of human history, the system of absolutism prevailed in the world. Man was denied intellectual freedom and the secret of all human progress lies hidden in intellectual freedom.