TRACES AND EFFECTS OF THIS RELIGION OF ISLAM

by Shaheed Sayyid Qutb

When the first hightide of Islam passed away; when ignorance of divine guidance resumed its sway after being deposed by Islam; when Satan shook the dust of battle from his shoulders, arose and summoned his followers who again held the reins of power - when all of this happened the life of mankind did not return to the state it had been in during the previous period of ignorance. Islam was there, even if it had retreated from its position of dominance in the world. It had left behind it broad traces, significant principles that had become established in human life and familiar to people. They had lost the strangeness with which they had first been received when proclaimed by Islam. These broad traces and significant principles we wish to indicate briefly in this treatise.