Documents of the Right Word

ights and being idle. Contentment means being content with one’s
rights, with what one earns, and not violating others’ rights.
Moreover, this does not make people idle, but encourages them to
work and make progress. Islam, contrary to this impostor’s
falsification, does not defend slavery but commands the
emancipation of slaves. Slavery exists not in Islam, but in the
regime of a dictatorship and in communism. Heavenly books and
Prophets (’alaihimu ’s-salâm), whose miracles were seen, reported
the existence of the next world and wisdom; knowledge and
science cannot deny it. The words of this deviated ignoramus,
however, are merely emotional and obstinate sophistry. He
provides neither a reference nor a scientific basis. Belief in the
next world causes order, justice, mutual love and unity in societies
and countries. Disbelief in it leads to vagabondage, inactivity, loss
of the feeling of responsibility, egoism, discord and hostility. It is
certainly good to believe in something useful. It is reasonable and
necessary to avoid something unsubstantiated, baseless and vain.
Islam rejects exploitation and negligence of human rights. Just as
exploitation is a sin, so it is not permissible to approve being
harmed. In Islam, ignorance, laziness, neglecting one’s rights and
being deceived are not excuses; they are crimes. There is a famous
saying that goes, “He who is content with being harmed is not to
be pitied.” How can exploitation ever exist in Islam? How can a
person with knowledge and reason ever say so? Hasn’t the
ignorant person who said so ever heard about the âyats and the
various hadîths defending human rights? Not knowing or not
having heard of them is not an excuse for him!
4- “The East, absorbed in and intoxicated with religion, has
become ill. Having imân means slavery,” he says.
Answer: Any reader of history will clearly see the superiorities
of the Sahâbat al-kirâm (’alaihimu ’r-ridwân) and the fact that
Islam has formed active, studious, equitable and courageous
nations. Thousands of examples and millions of books exposing
this fact are available. It is a shame that a blind person does not
see the sun. Is it the sun’s fault that he does not see it? What is the
value of an ignorant, deceived person’s calumniation of this
exalted religion, this source of happiness and civilization, which is
admired by all wise and cultured men whether friends or
enemies? What is said and written reflects its owner. Many
people, when they get angry with their enemies, impute their own
evil behavior to them. Every container leaks what it contains. So
the words of a base person are like him. The object to which these
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