Ideals and Realities of Islam Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: ABC International Group, Inc.

It is unfair to compare Islamic IDEALS to Western realities…and as far as Muslim realities go, if the West is a corpse, then we are so decayed only bones are left. Al-Nisa (The Women) Chapter 4: Verse 31 If you shun the great sins which you have been forbidden to do, We shall efface your failings and cause you to enter. (5) Islam is a way of life that has compatibility and understanding between ideals - ideals and reality, (6) Islam emphasizes the relationship with God (hablum minanallah) and human relations (hablum minan nas). IDEALS AND REALITIES Selected Essays of Abdus Salam by C H Lai & Azim Kidwai The latest edition of “Ideals and Realities” includes some of the most. The amoral society: General society has become amoral and lapsed in faith, believing that truth and reality is based on what can be touched, smelled, seen, heard and tasted. Therefore, my perception and understanding of Islamic ideals and Muslim realities as presented here ought not to be taken as those of Muslims in general. The Zionists, in their ongoing propaganda war on Islam, love to conjure up alleged Judeo-Christian ideals that compare favorably with alleged Muslim realities. We know that sin, pain and sorrow are constantly mentioned in the Quran. Or they assume an ISLAMIC IDEAL…which doesn't exist. What is the central ideal in Islam which determines the structure of the entire system? In addition, higher education, particularly within the sphere of business and entrepreneurship are very much biased towards 'western theories' and 'ideals', which excludes the possibility that Islamic concepts can form an alternative and unique framework for the practice of business and .. On the whole, Muslims lived up to the Islamic ideals for male-female relations; and they worked.