"The old Muhammadan books and the tone of their writings do not teach the followers of Islam independence of thought, perspicacity and simplicity; nor do they enable them to arrive at the truth of matters in general; on the contrary, they deceive and teach men to veil their meaning, to embellish their speech with fine words, to describe things wrongly and in irrelevant terms, to flatter with false praise . . . to puff themselves up with pride, haughtiness, vanity and self-conceit, to hate their fellow creaÂtures, to have no sympathy with them, to speak with exaggeration, to leave the history of the past uncertain and to relate facts like tales and stories."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Philosophers from IndiaPoliticians from IndiaEducators from IndiaAcademics from IndiaMuslims from India
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
as quoted in Tariq Ali-Can Pakistan Survive__ The Death of a State-Penguin Books Ltd (1983)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Syed_Ahmed_Khan
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (17 October 1817 â 27 March 1898), also known as Sir Syed and also Sayed Ahmad Khan, was an Indian educator and politician, and an Islamic reformer and modernist.
58 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Syed Ahmed Khan â
Related Quotes
"âIf it were my fortune to be Viceroy; I speak from my heart when I say I would not be equally, but more, anxious to sâŚ"
"âIf the Government fight Afghanistan or conquer Burma, it is no business of ours to criticise its policy. Our interesâŚ"
"âWould our aristocracy like that a man of low caste or insignificant origin, though he be a B.A. or M.A., and have thâŚ"
"âNone but a man of good breeding can the Viceroy take as his colleague, treat as his brother, and invite to entertainâŚ"
"âI believe that the Bengalis have never at any period held sway over a particle of land. They are altogether ignorantâŚ"
"âIt is incumbent on me to show what evils would befall my nation from joining in the opinions of the Bengalis: I haveâŚ"
"âOh! my brother Musalmans! I again remind you that you have ruled nations, and have for centuries held different counâŚ"
"âIs it possible that under these circumstances two nations â the Mahomedans and the Hindus â could sit on the same thâŚ"
"âThen our Musalman brothers, the Pathans, would come out as a swarm of locusts from their mountain valleys, and make âŚ"
"India is like a bride which has got two beautiful and lustrous eyesâHindus and Mussulmans. If they quarrel against eaâŚ"