Road to hell is paved with good intentions…

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• By Muhammad Faizan Akhter

Dedicated to my sweet sister “Paarsa Malik”

Department of CS and IT, Superior University

• Group Members:• Tahir Ijaz

• Muhammad Faizan Akhter • Muhammad Usman

Outlines

• Definition• Origin

• Meaning• Artistic references

• Examples from ISLAM

Definition• The road to hell is paved with good

intentions is a proverb.• An alternative form is “hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of

good works”.• A person who may have the intention to

undertake good actions but therefore fail to take action.

Continued• A good intention is meaningless unless

followed through.• The road to hell is paved with good

intentions,• it has different further aspect with

respect to the meanings, but more favorable and suitable meanings

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• are these “if you want to do righteous, then get ready to face the

circumstances and conspiracies”.

Origin

• The saying is thought to have originated with Saint Bernard of Clairvaux who

wrote in 1150.

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• That is "L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontés ou désirs" (hell is full of good

wishes or desires).

Continued• An earlier saying occurs in

Virgil's Aeneid: "facilis descensus Averno (the descent to hell is easy)".

Meaning

• One meaning of the phrase is that individuals may have the intention to

undertake good actions but nevertheless fail to take action.

• As such, the saying is an admonishment that a good intention is meaningless

unless followed through.

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• A different interpretation of the saying is wrong doings or evil actions are often

masked by good intentions, or even that good intentions, when acted upon, may

have unforeseen bad consequences.

Artistic references

• Authors who have used the phrase include:

• Lord Byron

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• Samuel Johnson

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• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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• Sir Walter Scott

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• Søren Kierkegaard

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• Karl Marx

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• In the movie, Highway to Hell, the phrase is taken literally to create one

particular scene.

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• The phrase appears in the song "4 Minutes" by Madonna on her 2008

album Hard Candy.

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• The phrase is also used as the title for a song by Metalcore band In Fear and

Faith.

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• A version of the phrase is used in the song "Road to Hell" by Bruce Dickinson.

Examples from ISLAM

• In order to understand this fact we have to return to our historical background.

Where our Holy Prophet (May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) had

good intention to convert the man into humanity.

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• Where our Holy Prophet had intention to protect the ethics, good manners,

Godly values, and Oneness of Allah, yes yes!

• He was our master Our leader Prophet Muhammad (SAW) had good intention

to save the mortal being

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• from the punishment of hell fire. But in return, Holy Prophet had to face the eminety of Quraish, and all the tribel

authorities.• It was the time of Prophetic era. When

the horizons of Islam were about to widen.

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• Holy Prophet (SAW) went to the City of Ta'aif, wherein He PDUH proclaime the

message of Oneness of Allah with good intention, but in return the people

contrary to respect him, they threw the stone at him and make him wounded.

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• Then continuously threw stones at him until He Saw wet with blood till feet.

• In this incident there are alot of moral and intellectual lessons are existed.

• (1); whenever you want to have plan in order to perform righteous act, then

you should surely get ready to face lurch.

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• (2); if you have to face circumstances and conspiracies, you should never loss

your heart.• Similarly the Grandson of Holy Prophet

SAW Imam Hussain became victim, while he had come out in order to forge

the proclaimation of truth.

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• But he also had to face the biggest lurch.

• Merely for good purpose, Imam Hussein accepted and set out from Mecca with

his family and an entourage of about seventy followers.

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• But on the plain of Kerbela they were caught in an ambush, set by Yazzid.

• Though defeat was certain, Hussain refused to pay homage to Yazzid.

• Only for their good intention, hussain and his seventy followers had to pay the

cost with their blood.

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• Finally Hussein the adults and some male children of his Family and his

companions were cut to bits by the arrows and swords of Yazid's army.

• Nobody in the history of the human kind has seen such atrocities.

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• Holy prophet had good intentions• Imam Hussein had good intentions• but people treated with them badly,

• both Grandfather and Grandson wanted to remove the obstacles from the path

of the humanity, intentions.

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• but People created a lot of Obstacles in the way of Prophet and his Grandson

Imam hussain.• Hence concluded that, every good deed

without struggles, and sacrifice, is an illusion. So get ready in order to offer

sacrifice and perform struggle, if you have good

Conclusion

• In this article, we revealed that the quote, “The path to Hell is paved with

good intentions,” is often misunderstood. We discussed that when we do our best to follow the

teachings of the ISLAM, we can rightly say that the path to Heaven is paved

with good intentions.

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• We presented the notion that scrupulosity is often the psychological

result of having been repeatedly shamed.

References

• Aquinas, T. (1920). The summa theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas

(Second and revised edition).• Kevin Knight, Copyright 2008. Retrieved

November 5, 2010 from http://www.newadvent.org/summa/30

49.htm#article3.

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• Baars, C.W. (2001). Born only once: The miracle of affirmation. Chicago, IL:

Franciscan Herald Press.• Hogan, M.M. (date unpublished).

Maternal-fetal relations. Class notes for Medical Ethics course.

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• Notre Dame, IN: International Catholic University. Retrieved November 5, 2010

from http://home.comcast.net/~icuweb/c041

10.htm.

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• Libreria Editrice Vaticana. (1993). Catechism of the Catholic Church.

• Retrieved on November 5, 2010 from http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htm

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•Thank you for your concentration •Allah Hafiz• Designed and prepared by Muhammad

Faizan Akhter