Allah has created various powers and abilities in man...

Allah has created various powers and abilities in man, but has also advised that they should be utilized in a correct manner for the benefit and welfare of mankind. For example the object of the creation of sexual power is the procreation of human species. Similarly desire for food and hunger have been created in man so that he may eat enough food to remain alive.

If the sexual power is not used properly it can, instead of becoming the cause of procreation of species, become the cause of extinction of species. The result of gluttony and sensuality is that instead of living for eighty or one hundred years one passes away at the age of thirty or forty years which is a sort of suicide.

If the sexual power is used in an unlawful manner a man instead of being the agent of reproduction falls a prey to gonorrhea and syphilis and his power to generate comes to an end. Same is the case with the power of anger. When this power appears in man he should use this weapon in a proper manner and should defend his right, honour, reputation and country.

However, if this power is used in a manner other than the one prescribed by Allah, for example, if wars are started on lame excuses or an effort is made to attack and occupy the territories of others without just cause, this very power will become the source of genocide. As the power of anger is present in man, it should be bound by rules, and the manner in which it should appear should be wise and healthy.

Even if religion and law had not existed the wise and righteous men of the world would have desired to sit together and find out ways and means for reformation. Now as regards the question as to what they would have done 'we can say that it is possible that they might have thought of a plan to eliminate war totally from the world. However, this is more easily said than done. Even today such claims are made. Arms reduction and control committees and reconciliation commissions work day and night.

This is, how- ever, in conference rooms and palaces, but the underground factories remain busy in manufacturing most destructive arms. Meetings are held to discuss peace, banning of wars and stopping of atomic experiments and right under the very nose of the participants of those meetings atom bombs are manufactured. Then what should be done? What should be done is that the power of anger should be spent in the path of Allah. This is what Islam says.