#muhammad asad

[howieabel]

The vast majority of administrators, at all times and in all societies, are prone to commit grievous errors if left entirely to their own devices. Hence, they should not be left to their own devices, and should be allowed to govern only in consultation with the accredited representatives of the whole community, which is one of the classical lessons of history that no nation may neglect except at its own peril.

Muhammad Asad, The Principles of State and Government in Islam

[thestateofardadreaming]

[T]hou and I, we allow ourselves to be blown by the winds because we do know what we want : our hearts know it, even if our thoughts are sometimes slow to follow – but in the end they do catch up with our hearts and then we think we have made a decision…

The Road to Mecca - Muhammad Asad

[tanyushenka]

@confettisalesman

I think you would really like the book called The Road to Mecca by Muhammad Asad

Thank you, I have read it … about a year ago :-) Enjoyed and learned a lot. I  posted some quotes from that book on my other blog here and also shared one on this one…  "… it is this longing for inner disсоvегу that has driven mе, over the years, into a world entirely different, both in its perceptions and its outer forms, from аll to which mу European birth and upbringing had seemed to destine me …"

[catchingjinns]

It is this acquiescence of the Muslim spirit to the immutability of the past- the recognition that whatever has happened had to happen in this particular way and could have happened in no other- that is so often mistaken by Westerners for a 'fatalism' inherent in the Islamic outlook. But a Muslim's acquiescence to fate relates to the past and not to the future: it is not a refusal to act, to hope and to improve, but a refusal to consider past reality as anything but an act of God.

The Road To Mecca, Muhammad Asad

[all-my-books]

The Road to Mecca by Muhammad Asad A classic memoir about Asad’s travels in the middle east and conversion to Islam. Originally published in 1954 it covers 1900-1932, some periods in great details, some less so. Out of necessity it is more personal than many memoirs of the period (though men’s memoirs usually are able to be freer than women’s in the first half of the 20th century). This was another choice for an online book club I’m in, which manages to be effortlessly diverse, in part due to diversity of nationality, but still. I really enjoyed Asad’s style, and it was a quick read with some lovely moments that I’ll want to look back on (hence the post-its).

[noorinhereyes]

islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. all its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other. nothing is superfluous and nothing lacking. and the result is a structure of absolute balance and solid composure.

[islam]

Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other; nothing is superfluous and nothing lacking; and the result is a structure of absolute balance and solid composure.

Muhammad Asad

[catchingjinns]

The Principles of State and Government by Islam by Muhammad Asad