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Political Status Quoism

According to the divine scheme, honour is based on merit
and not on any kind of external features. The Prophet of Islam
once said that, before God, red and white, black and brown,
were all equal. He said: “Behold, God has removed from you
the arrogance of pagan ignorance (jahiliyyah) with its boast of
ancestral glories. Man is but a God-conscious believer or an
unfortunate sinner. All people are children of Adam, and Adam
was created out of dust.”
There may be differences in colour or physical features, but
man is what he is in his inner being and, in this sense, everyone
has the same potential. Everyone is born with the same inner
qualities, so one who discovers himself and tries to turn his
potential into a reality is the one who will be successful.
You are not what others think you are: you are what you
prove yourself to be. Everyone has the capacity to become a
self-made man. Everyone has the capacity to dispel others’
misunderstandings about him, and the Creator expects you to
make use of this capacity. God has not shown any discrimination
between different people. It is men and women themselves who
give others the chance to discriminate against them.

Political Status Quoism

ow is political power defined in the Quran? It is clearly
Hset forth in the chapter Al-‘Imran (The Family of Imran). The
translation of the relevant verse is as follows:
Say, ‘Lord, sovereign of all sovereignty. You bestow
sovereignty on whom You will and take it away from
whom You please; You exalt whoever You will and

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