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Chapter 6

Searching for Ways of Soundness for Man

1. What sort of program and what kind of school should be established in the world, that if its graduates do not do goodness to the human race, they would never do harm?

2. Is it possible to design an intransitive educational program with a broad range of books so that its graduates will never again do harm, and that 80% to 90% and even 100% of them become exemplary servants of society in whatever profession they may be?

3. How could we strengthen in ourselves the angelic inspirations and beneficence, and destroy the evil, satanic temptations?

4. How could we prevent present-day socially destructive crimes?

5. What could always keep Man sound, and through which ways could he attain this goal?

6. What could become the cause of total soundness and improvement in Man's body?

7. In your opinion, which organ is the steering wheel of Man's body in doing good or evil?

8. What is the meaning of this noble Hadith? "There is a piece of flesh in the body. If it is sound, the whole body is sound. If it is bad, the whole body is bad. Verily that is the heart." (Hadith 103, Bukhari and Muslim)

9. What relation does the improvement or the corruption of the body have to the soundness of the heart?

10. What is the aim of soundness or corruption of the heart?

11. In your opinion, is the corruption of the heart due to tainted blood, or, conversely, does the well being of the blood induce the heart's soundness?

12. Though the nonbelievers claim that, from the medical point of view, their hearts are healthier than those of the followers of monotheism and Islam, what is the reality of "In their hearts is sickness...?" (2:9 Quran)