ATH: Imam W. D. Mohammed (ra) Material vs. Spiritual Motivations

"The values of the natural social conscience which when understood from a sacred/divine perspective need human, flesh and blood, representatives that will carry their force into the world. This speaks to the embodiment of the proverb “nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come”. This is also the common representation of “and the Word became flesh”.  Consequently, the various battles in the “four birds” arenas of life are battles of one value against another in that domain (a battle of narratives; labels [are words as containers] which promote a particular narrative which promotes a particular kind of behavior [social logic] as a consequence). And the value to be supported and that is divinely supported is the one that is most consistent with the Will of God under the circumstances." Imam Faheem Shuaibe