Many people have criticized Islam for being just automatic, having no individuality, just surrendering your will to God, but we Muslims know very well that every moment of the day we have to practice the fact that to surrender one's self to God is an act of free will.
Seyyed Hossein NasrThe quest for truth must be carried out by each person individually. It is like breathing, something which no one else can do for us.
Seyyed Hossein NasrThe traditional doctrine of man and not the measurement of skulls and footprints is the key for the understanding of that anthropos who, despite the rebellion of Promethean man against Heaven from the period of Renaissance and its aftermath, is still the inner man of every man, the reality which no human being can deny wherever and whenever he lives, the imprint of a theomorphic nature which no historical change and transformation can erase completely from the face of that creature called man.
Seyyed Hossein NasrIn traditional societies, nature was seen as oneโs wife, but the modern West turned it into a prostitute.
Seyyed Hossein NasrWhy does one need a doctor if God has given us our body and we pray to Him for our help?
Seyyed Hossein NasrPeople who were also traders were also men of Sufism, as we see around Java, people who were outwardly trading but were also men of very high spiritual character. Otherwise no trader would be able to convert a person from one religion to another. It was because they were men of spiritual character.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr