The Proof of Prophethood

“The Great Prophet of Islam (’alaihi ’s-salâm) explained
everything by saying. ‘Work for the next world as if you were to
die tomorrow, and work for this world as if you would never die!’
Islam has control over not only the material but also the spiritual.
Therefore, these two cannot be separated from each other. How
can they be separated since Islam states: ‘Learn knowledge even if
it is in China,’ and ’Scientific knowledge is the lost groperty of the
Believer; he should get it wherever he finds it!’ Knowledge and
working are not limited in Islam. Possessing no limits concerning
these two facts, which bewilder the world, Islam has bewildered
the world.
“By defining man to be ‘the superior and the most honourable
creature,’ Islam means that he should not be exploited. It is a
conglomerate of systems that disapproves extravagance,
ostentation and luxury, defines income as those earnings obtained
thru the sweat of one’s brow, transfers growing capital to the poor
by means of a well-balanced and moral rule, prohibits interest, a
cause of laziness, and thereby destroys unlawful wealth. Islam has
made it obligatory that the Caliph and the slave shall share the
same rights. There was the case of the ‘camel’ which is a reality
sharper than a king’s sword: Hadrat ’Umar and his slave rode a
camel by taking turns as they travelled from one town to another,
the halter being held by the Caliph and by the slave alternately...
Here is the revolution of Islam in the field of justice and law.
“Both Marxism and capitalism are systems that exploit man. In
contrast to them, Islam is a heavenly religion that restores human
prestige to humanity.”
– 76 –