"It was not Muslims that had made Islam……" — Muhammad Asad
"It was not Muslims that had made Islam great; it was Islam that had made the Muslims great."
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Muhammad Asad
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19 Quotes by Muhammad Asad
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...all the answers are but waiting for us while we, poor fools, ask questions and wait for the secrets of…
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The religious urge in man is not a mere passing phase in the history of his spiritual development, but the…
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...the Muslims of recent times had fallen very short indeed of the ideals of their faith, ...nothing could be more…
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If the Muslims keep their heads cool and accept progress as a means and not an end in itself, they…
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...all cultural imitation, opposed as it is to creativeness, is bound to make a people small...
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It is not enough to say, 'We are Muslims and have an ideology or our own': we must also be…
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If water stands motionless in a pool it grows stale and muddy, but when it moves and flows it becomes…
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Every age requires a new approach to the Qur’an for the simple reason that the Quran is made for all…
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I do not feel that the West has really become less condescending toward foreign cultures than the Greeks and Romans…
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But who, except God, can say whether a man is right or foolish if he follows the call of his…
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I conceived from the outset a strong objection to Zionism. I considered it immoral that immigrants should come from abroad…
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Of all religious systems, Islam alone declares that individual perfection is possible in our earthly existence.
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