60. The revival of religion is the revival of the nation. The life of religion is the light of life.

61. The Qur’an, which is a mercy for mankind, only accepts a civilization that comprises the happiness of all, or at least of the majority. Modern civilization has been founded on five negative principles:

(1) Its point of support is force, the mark of which is aggression.

(2) Its aim and goal is benefit, the mark of which is jostling and tussling.

(3) Its principle in life is conflict, the mark of which is strife.

(4) The bond between the masses is racialism and negative nationalism, which is nourished through devouring others; its mark is collision.

(5) Its enticing service is inciting lust and passion and gratifying the desires. But lust transforms man into a beast.

However, the civilization the Shari‘a of Muhammad (PBUH) comprises and commands is this: its point of support is truth instead of force, the mark of which is justice and harmony. Its goal is virtue in place of benefit, the mark of which is love and attraction. Its means of unity are the ties of religion, country, and class, in place of racialism and nationalism, and the mark of these is sincere brotherhood, peace, and only defence against external aggression. In life is the principle of mutual assistance instead of the principle of conflict, the mark of which is accord and solidarity. And it offers