The successful are those who can be saved from their own selfishness.

The Qur’ān began by criticizing two closely related aspects of that society: the polytheism or multiplicity of gods which was symptomatic of the segmentation of society, and the gross socioeconomic disparities that equally rested on...

the Qur’ān appears to be interested in three types knowledge for man. One is the knowledge of nature which has been made subservient to man, i.e., the physical sciences. The second crucial type is the...

People belittle or ignore or even rebel against God, because they view theprocesses of nature as having self-sufficient causes, normally regarded by them asultimate. They do not realize that the universe is a sign pointing...

Philologists assure us that żulm in Arabic originally meant “to put something out of its proper place,” so that all wrong of any kind is injustice, i.e., an injustice against the agent himself) is, therefore,...

To hold that the Qur’ān believes in an absolute determinism of human behavior, denying free choice on man’s part, is not only to deny almost the entire content of theQu r’ān, but to undercut its...

This unstable character of man, this going from one extreme to the other, arising as it does out of his narrow vision and petty mind, reveals certain basic moral tensions within which human conduct must...

All evil, all injustice, all harm that one does to someone else—in sum, all deviation from man’s normative nature—in a much more fundamental way and in a far more ultimate sense one does to oneself,...

The corruption of religious leaders, who were expected to be the source of spiritual force and regeneration, is the last step in the decay of a community.

Empirical” knowledge itself is of little benefit unless it awakens the inner perception of man as to his own situation, his potentialities, his risks, and his destiny

The simple truth is that nowhere in human history is there another manwho combined so uniquely and effectively in his person both the idealist and realist factors as did Muħammad (Peace be upon him)

The idea behind verses about the sealing of hearts appears to be the psychological law that if a person once does a good or an evil deed, his chances of repeating that kind of action...

For the Qur’ān, it is neither strange nor out of tune nor blameworthy for a prophetthat he is not always consistent as a human. It is nevertheless as a human that hebecomes an example for...

The removal of God from human consciousness means the removal of meaning and purpose from human life.

The purpose of man’s creation is that he do good in the world, not substitutehimself for God and think that he can make and unmake the moral law at his ownconvenience and for his own...

It must be constantly remembered that the Qu r’ān is not just descriptive but is primarily prescriptive. Both the content of its message and the power of the form in which it is conveyed are...

Nature exists for man to exploit for his own ends, while the end of man himself is nothing else but to serve God, to be grateful to Him, and to worship Him alone.

The Qur’ān does not appear to endorse the kind of doctrine of a radical mind-body dualism found in Greek philosophy, Christianity, or Hinduism; indeed, there is hardly a passage in the Qur’ān that says that...

This struggle between good and evil, fresh and stale, new and decrepit,between the vigor of moral youth and the dotage of senility, is of positive benefit, for it keeps the perennial moral values alive

Taqwā means to protect oneself against the harmful or evil consequences of one’s conduct. If, then, by “fear of God” one means fear of the consequences of one’s actions—whether in this world or the next...

The Qur’ān definitely seems optimistic about the future, while rather grim about the past It is absolutely imperative for successor civilizations and their bearer communities to study well and learn from the fate of earlier...

This idea (Taqwa)can be effectively conveyed by the term “conscience,” if the object of conscience transcends it. This is why it is proper to say that “conscience” is truly as central to Islam as love...

The essence of all human rights is the equality of the entire human race, which the Qur’ān assumed, affirmed, and confirmed. It obliterated all distinctions among men except goodness and virtue (taqwā): The reason the...

Nor can one take an unfair attitude even towards enemies: “Let the enmity of a people[towards you] not determine you upon an unjust course; be fair, it is closer to taqwā. Quran