ATH: Imam W.D. Mohammed(ra) "The World and the Hereafter" Cleveland 1996

Jesus was an impulse to shoot the world in that direction, trusting the

Lord Who’s Will forces men in that direction. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

was the teacher bringing the rational message to educate the people,

to bring us into rational contact, rational command of our life and our

environment. How wonderful that is! Can any of you Muslims now go on

living a spiritual life, neglecting this life that must be consummated with

the tools of intelligence? No, if you Muslims are for real and if you have

understood what we are teaching, you cannot rest until you meet your

destiny in this better sense and intelligence to cultivate for the Hereafter.

Isn’t that true? Yes, we are never satisfied until our tools of intelligence are

working in this world to make it more useful, more productive, pleasing to

Allah and more beneficial to us.

Qur’an 11.7