The Standpoint Of The Man

But The Perception Of Life As An Organic Unity Is A Slow Achievement, And Depends For Its Growth On A People's Entry Into The Main Current Of World-events.

It Is The Mysterious Touch Of The Ideal That Animates And Sustains The Real, And Through It Alone We Can Discover And Affirm The Ideal.

If Faith Is Lost, There Is No Security And There Is No Life For Him Who Does Not Adhere To Religion.

Words, Without Power, Is Mere Philosophy.

I Have Already Indicated To You The Meaning Of The Word Religion, As Applied To Islam. The Truth Is That Islam Is Not A Church. It Is A State Conceived As A Contractual Organism Long Before Rousseau Ever Thought Of Such A Thing, And Animated By An Ethical Ideal Which Regards Man Not As An Earth-rooted Creature, Defined By This Or That Portion Of The Earth, But As A Spiritual Being Understood In Terms Of A Social Mechanism, And Possessing Rights And Duties As A Living Factor In That Mechanism.