—he first longs to obtain it, and only then to seek an increase of it!

Are not all these people in urgent need of such intellectual studies, so that the truth may become clear to the party that has gone astray—whoever that party may be—allowing it to join the party that is in the right; so that the latter may grow in faith upon faith in the soundness of its stance, deepen its knowledge of its creed, and invite others to it? In this way we move toward the hoped-for Islamic society.

Nor does it follow that, if some preachers devote themselves to this task, others may not address the ailments of the soul and its morals, as the Doctor did in his previously mentioned treatise, “The Hidden Sin.” The only condition is that they neither denounce the former for their greater jihad, nor demand that they abandon their path to adopt the others’ method of tackling the alleged problem. “Each has a direction toward which he turns; so compete, then, in good works.”