yaum al-ahad 14th Dhu al-Hijjah 1428
Bismillah ar Rahmaan ar Raheem,
As salaam alaikum wa rahmaatuulahhi wa baraakaatuu,
I have been reading Micheal Wolfe’s book the Hadj. I was given this book when I was on Hajj 6 years ago, and never got around to reading it until now… subhanAllah.
I found this interesting quote, and it is not Abdul-Majeed (M. Wolfe) is actually a quote of Paul Bowles that he referenced in his book.
“How much we could learn from them about man’s relationship to the cosmos, about his conscious connection to the soul. Instead of which we talk about raising their standard of living! Where we could learn why, we try to teach them our all important how, so that they may become as rootless and futile and materialistic as we are”
P. 143 The Hadj, M. Wolfe
I would like to send this quote to Bush, Hillary, Bill, and everyone else who looks down on the “3rd” world.
When I finish with the book I will write a review…Inshaa Allah.
