"The scorn of the idiot is praise."
In other words, it is a waste of time to criticize the opinion of foolish people. Regardless of what you say, they will benefit from the publicity that your criticism will give them.*
If you don’t like someone’s opinion, just ignore them.
Instead of criticizing an Islamophobic website, promote an Islamic website. Instead of criticizing an Islamophobic writer or speaker, promote a Muslim one.
Instead of talking about what is wrong with the world today, talk about good Islamic manners that create a better place for everyone.
Criticizing people gives you an air of negativity. Nobody likes negativity. It is better to promote Islamic causes with a happy smile. People follow positive messages.
If you want to support Islam, make sure you do it through positive messages, not negative ones.
* It can also mean: When a foolish person expresses anger at you, consider it praise. When I first read the quote this interpretation didn’t come to my mind, though now it seems to be the more intuitive one.
from QuranClub
2 Responses to “The scorn of the idiot is praise”
August 4, 2010
AasiaI was thinking to post something along the same lines, especially now.
August 4, 2010
Tauseef Ahmad Malikit is really 100% true and i think that it was basically the method of Prophet (peace be upon Him) ordained by Allah (the exalted one) …….The Glorious Quran ordains “Revile not those gods that they worship besides Allah , lest in their ignorance they will revile Allah ” ……..so my brother his is something that we as muslims should consider ………..