私有财产是否是一种天然的倾向？

Is private ownership a natural propensity?

共产主义者及其同类坚称事实并非如此。他们声称，在"原始共产主义"盛行的最早社会中并不存在私有财产。他们说，一切事物都是公共财产，由受着爱、合作与兄弟情谊精神引导的全体人民共享。他们遗憾地感叹，这样一个"天使般的时代"并未持续下去，因为农业的发现引发了对耕地和生产资料的争夺，这不可避免地导致了战争。共产主义者断言，只有让人类更多地回归"原始共产主义"——那时没有人拥有财产或属于自己的东西，一切生产都由全体人民平等分享——人类才能终结这种可怕的罪恶。他们相信，这是恢复世界和平、爱与和谐的唯一途径。

Communists and their likes insist that it is not. They claim that there was no private property in the earliest societies where the "first communism" prevailed. All things, they say, were public property shared by all people who were guided by a spirit of affection, co-operation and brotherhood. They sadly regret that such “an angelic era" did not last because the discovery of agriculture involved disputes over the cultivated land and the means of production. This inevitably led to war. The Communists allege that humanity can put an end to this dreadful evil only by returning more to “the first Communism" where no one had a property or one's own and all production was equally shared by all people. They believe that this is the only way to restore peace, affection and harmony to the world.

另一方面，心理学家和社会学家并未就人类天生的情感、观念与行为方式与后天习得的之间，达成清晰的区分。

On the other hand, psychologists and sociologists do not agree upon a clear distinction between natural and acquired human emotions, concepts and manners.

同样,他们在私有财产问题上also存在分歧。一些心理学家和社会学家主张,私有财产是人与生俱来的天性,与其所处环境的条件无关。另一些人则认为,私有财产是人通过环境习得的。他们说,孩子不肯把任何一件玩具让给别人,要么是因为玩具太少,要么是因为他担心别的孩子会抢走它们。若十个孩子只有一件玩具,必然会引发争吵;但他们说,若十个孩子有十件玩具,每人都会有自己的一件,也就不会有冲突。

Likewise they differ regarding private ownership. Some psychologists and sociologists maintain that private ownership is a natural propensity born with man regardless of the conditions of his environment. Others believe that it is acquired through man's environment. A child, they say, refuses to part with any of his toys either because they are too few or because he fears that another child may take them. When there is just one toy for ten children, quarrel is sure to break out, but, they say, where there are ten toys for ten children everyone will have a toy of his own and there will be no conflict.

我们对共产主义者以及其他心理学家和社会学家所提论据的回应如下：——1. 没有任何科学家能够毫无疑问地证明，私有制并非出于一种天然本能。左翼人士在这一点上所能说的只是，目前没有确凿证据表明它出于天然本能。但那是另一个问题了。

Our answer to the arguments put forward by communists and other psychologists and sociologists is as follows:- 1. No scientist has been able to prove beyond all doubt that private ownership is not the outcome of a natural instinct. All that the leftists could say in this regard is that there is no conclusive evidence available that it is the outcome of a natural instinct. But that is another question.

2. 共产主义者用来支持其立场的关于孩子和玩具的例子，并不能导出他们所要的结论。当给十个孩子十件玩具时不会发生争吵，这并不能排除占有欲的存在。它说明，在健康的情况下，占有欲可以通过绝对的平等得到满足。上述例子并不排除这种欲望的存在，但它或许有助于界定其本质。此外，没有人能否认，许多孩子如果不是因为某些他们无法控制的原因而被阻止，就会毫不犹豫地抢夺朋友的玩具。

2. The example-about children and their toys-which the communists give in support of their stand cannot lead to the conclusions they aim at. That quarrels do not break out when ten children are given ten toys does not rule out the existence of a natural desire for ownership. It means that the desire for ownership may, in healthy cases, be satisfied by absolute equality. The aforesaid example does not rule out the existence of such desire but it may help to define its nature. Besides, no one can deny that many children would not hesitate to usurp the toys of their friends unless they are prevented from doing so for reasons beyond their control.

3. 至于共产主义者所设想的伴随最早社会而存在的"天使时代"，可以说并没有真正的证据表明这样的时代确实存在过。即便曾经存在过这样的时代，当时也不可能有生产资料。对于并不存在的东西，又怎会引起争执？那时的人们轻易而直接地从树上获取食物。外出狩猎时，他们因惧怕野兽而必须结伴而行。被猎杀的动物无法储存，很快就会腐坏，因此必须尽快吃完。在那种情况下没有冲突，并不能排除人类对所有权的天然欲望的存在。事实上，没有冲突是因为缺少值得为之争夺的东西。这正是农业的发现引发冲突的原因。这一发现激发了一种迄今为止处于潜伏状态的倾向，而在此之前，这种倾向缺乏促使其行动的动因。

3. As to "the angelic era" which the communists suppose to have accompanied the earliest societies, it may be said that there is no real evidence that such an era did really exist. Even if there had been such an era, there could have been no means of production at the time. How could disputes arise over something that did not exist? At that time people got their food easily and directly from trees. When they went hunting they had to go in groups for fear of wild animals. It was impossible to store slain animals for they would soon go bad. So they had to be eaten up as soon as possible. The absence of conflict in that case does not rule out the existence of a natural desire for ownership. As a matter of fact, absence of conflict is due to absence of anything worth the strife. This is why the discovery of agriculture brought about conflict. The said discovery stimulated a hitherto dormant tendency which till then lacked the incentive for action.

4. 没有人能够断然否认，在如此早的时代，若干男子为争夺某一女子而发生冲突是完全可能的。尽管那个时代存在性共产主义，但没有人能够肯定地说，它在整个社会中普遍存在，或者说它的存在就阻止了男子们为争夺他们认为极具吸引力的女子而互相争斗。

4. No one could firmly deny that at such an early era a conflict could have existed among a number of men for the possession of a particular woman. In spite of the existence of sexual communism in that era no one can say for sure that it was prevalent throughout society or that its existence prevented men from fighting each other for possessing a woman whom they considered very attractive.

这就引出了一个重要的结论:在一切事物都平等、相似的地方,冲突的可能性可以被排除。但只要事物存在差异,即便在共产主义者所构想的那个想象中的"天使社会"里,冲突与斗争也必然会爆发。

This leads to an important conclusion: where all things are equal and similar the possibility of a conflict may be ruled out. But as long as things are different, conflict and struggle are bound to break out even in the imaginary "angelic society" upon which communists build their future prospects.

5. 最后,没有人能够排除这样一种可能:那个早期时代的一些人,希望通过展示勇气和体力,或借助其他方式,来赢得个人的荣誉与声望。直到今天,一些原始部落——即所谓"第一个共产主义社会"的例子——仍然拒绝把女儿嫁给任何人,除非那个男子能够承受一百鞭而不露出任何疲惫或痛苦的迹象。

5. Finally, no one could rule out the fact that some men who lived in that early era desired to achieve personal distinction either by showing their bravery and physical strength or by any other means. Some primitive tribes-examples of the so-called "first communist society"-do still refuse to give their daughters in marriage except to those men who would endure a hundred lashes without showing any signs of weariness or pain.

毫无疑问，促使年轻人投身于如此痛苦磨难的唯一原因，是他们渴望获得个人的声名与荣耀。

There is no doubt that the only reason that invites young men to set out for such a painful ordeal is their desire to achieve personal distinction.

如果说万物都遵循绝对平等的状态，那么我们就必须探究，是什么原因促使一些人断言自己不仅与他人平等，而且比他人更优越。由此可以得出结论：如果私有制并非源于某种自然倾向，那么它必定与另一种自然倾向密切相关，即人自古以来就有的追求个人卓越的欲望。

If it is true that all things follow a state of absolute equality, we must then search for a reason that leads some people to assert that they are not equal to but even better than others. This leads us to the conclusion that if private ownership is not the outcome of a natural tendency it must be closely connected with another natural tendency namely the desire to achieve personal distinction present in man from time immemorial.

共产主义者声称，私有制在历史的各个时代都与不公正相伴，因此，人类若想维护和平、摆脱痛苦的冲突，就必须废除私有制。

The communists allege that private ownership has been coupled throughout the ages with injustice and, therefore, if humanity wants to maintain peace and rid itself of bitter conflicts it must abolish private ownership.

但共产主义者似乎忘记了两个重要事实：个人的努力推动了人类的进步，而且所谓"原始共产主义"的"天使时代"里也曾取得过进步。可以说，人类只有在围绕所有权的冲突出现之后才开始取得任何进步。这意味着，这种冲突归根结底并非绝对的恶。相反，在合理的范围之内，它的存在是心理上、社会上和经济上的必然需要。

But communists seem to forget two important facts: that individual efforts contributed to the progress of humanity and that do progress had been achieved during the so-called "angelic era" of "the first communism". It can be said that humanity started to make any progress only after the existence of conflict over ownership. This means that such conflict is not after all an absolute evil. On the contrary its existence, within reasonable limits, is a psychological, social and economic necessity.

此外,还应当注意,伊斯兰教并不认为私有制是人类所遭受的一切不公正的根源。欧洲及其他非伊斯兰国家的私有制所伴随的严重不公,原因在于那些国家的有产阶级既是立法者,也是统治者。这样一个阶级制定保障自身利益、以牺牲其他阶级为代价的法律,这本是很自然的事。伊斯兰教不承认统治阶级的存在。在伊斯兰教中,法律不是由某个特权阶级制定的;法律是由创造了所有阶级的真主制定的。真主偏袒某些个人或阶级、而让其他人受损,这是难以想象的。祂有什么理由去如此偏袒呢?根据伊斯兰教,统治者由全体穆斯林自由选举产生,他并非凭借任何阶级因素被任命为官员。在就任职务之后,统治者必须遵守一部并非自己制定的法律,即真主亲自启示的法律。在这方面,我们可以引用第一任哈里发艾布·伯克尔的一句话:"只要我在治理你们时遵从真主,你们就应服从我;如果我违背真主,你们就不必服从我。"在伊斯兰教中,统治者没有任何法律权力授权他为自己或他人赋予立法特权。他无权偏袒某一阶级而牺牲另一阶级,也无权因受有产阶级的政治影响而通过保障其利益、同时压迫其他阶级的立法。

In addition to this, it should also be borne in mind that Islam does not take it for granted that private ownership underlies all the injustice which afflicted humanity. The serious injustice that accompanied, private ownership in Europe and other non-Islamic countries in general was due to the fact that the propertied classes in those countries were themselves the legislators as well as the rulers. It was only natural that such a class should make the legislations that safeguarded its interests at the expense of the other classes. Islam does not recognize the existence of a ruling class. In Islam laws are not made by a specially privileged class; these had been made by God who created all classes. It is beyond imagination that God should favor some individuals or classes at the expense of others. What reasons could He have for such favoritism? According to Islam, the ruler is freely elected by all the Muslims. He is not nominated to office by virtue of any class consideration. After assuming the duties of his office, the ruler must follow a law which he did not make, a law that was revealed by God Himself. In this connection we may quote a saying by Abu Bakr, the first Caliph: "Obey me as long as I obey God in my rule over you but where I disobey God you shall not obey me". A ruler in Islam has no legal power authorizing him to confer upon himself or others any legislative privileges. He has no power to prefer one class to another or to act in response to the political influence of the propertied class by enacting legislations which safeguard its interests while oppressing other classes.

需要指出的是,当我们谈论伊斯兰统治时,指的是伊斯兰历史上那一时期:伊斯兰的原则与教导得到了完整、真正意义上的实施。我们并不是指那些腐败使统治制度蜕变为君主制的时期。伊斯兰不承认此类政权,也不能为这类统治负责。

It should be pointed out that when we talk about Islamic rule we refer to that period in Islamic history wherein the principles and instructions of Islam were fully applied in their true sense. We do not refer to the periods when corruption changed the system of rule into a monarchy. Islam does not recognize such governments nor can it be held responsible for such rule.

那种伊斯兰统治虽然充满公正与理想，却只在短暂的时代里持续存在，这并不意味着它是一种虚幻的、不适于实际应用的制度。毕竟，曾经成功实行过的事物，将来同样可以再次实行，而所有人都有责任为恢复那样的时代而努力奋斗。然而，如今的时代比以往任何时候都更有利于重建伊斯兰统治。

That Islamic rule with all its justice and idealism remained in force only for a brief era should not mean that it is an imaginary system unfit for practical application. After all, what was successfully applied once may be applied again, and it is the duty of all people to work hard for the restoration of such an era. The present time, however, is more propitious than ever for the re-establishment of Islamic rule.

在伊斯兰统治之下，有产阶级不会获得制定仅符合其自身利益之法律的机会。伊斯兰规定，所有人都必须依照同样的法律被对待，在人权或尊严方面不存在任何歧视。若对法律某些条款的解释存在分歧——地球上的每一部法律都会遇到此种情况——则由法学家作最终裁定。值得自豪地记载的是，伟大的穆斯林法学家从未以损害贫困阶层利益、而有利于有产阶级的方式解释任何法律。相反，他们始终特别倾向于满足劳动阶层的基本诉求，并给予他们应有的全部权益。事实上，一些穆斯林法学家甚至认为，工人或农民在利润方面与其雇主是合伙关系。

Under Islamic rule, the propertied classes will not be given the chance to make laws which serve their interests only. Islam prescribes that all people must be treated according to the same laws without any discrimination regarding human rights or dignity. In case of any differences as to the interpretation of some provisions of law-which happens with respect to every law on earth-the jurisprudents will have the last word. It is to be recorded with pride that the great Muslim jurisprudents did never interpret any law in a manner which might serve the interests of the propertied classes at the expense of the poorer ones. On the contrary, they have always been especially inclined to satisfy the basic demands of the working classes and to give them their full due. In fact, some Muslim jurisprudents went so far as to regard the workman or the peasant to be in partnership (as far as profits are concerned) with his employer.

另一方面,伊斯兰教并不贬低人性,不认为拥有财产必然导致不公和压迫。在净化和教育人性方面,伊斯兰教取得了无与伦比的成就。一些穆斯林拥有财产,却"他们心中不因给予他们的东西而有所渴求,宁可自己贫困,也把别人置于自己之上"(59:9)。因此,他们甘愿与他人分享自己的财产,除了期望真主的宽恕和报酬之外,别无所求。

On the other hand, Islam does not rate human nature so low as to take it for granted that ownership will always inevitably lead to injustice and oppression. In the field of refining and educating human nature, Islam achieved an unmatched success. Some Muslims owned property yet "they entertained no desire in their hearts for that which hath been given them but give preference to others over themselves though poverty become their lot" (Iix: 7). So they willingly shared their own property with others without expecting any return save forgiveness and recompense from God.

我们应当始终铭记这些崇高而高尚的榜样,尽管它们十分罕见。应当把它们视为一道光芒,指引我们未来的脚步,并向我们展示人类未来可能努力实现的高尚成就。

We should always try to remember such noble and lofty examples-rare as they may be. They should be regarded as a ray of light that guides our future steps and unfolds to us the noble achievements which humanity may aspire to realize in future.

应当明白，伊斯兰从不要求我们生活在梦想之中，也不会让公共利益完全依赖于不确定的“善意”。

It should be understood that Islam never wants us to live in a world of dreams nor does it make the public interests wholly dependent on uncertain "good intentions".

尽管伊斯兰教极为关注灵魂的净化与提升,却从未忽视现实层面的考量。伊斯兰立法确保财富的公平分配。伊斯兰教不仅注重灵魂的净化,还颁布了公正的法律,从而为健康的社会奠定了适当的基础。或许正是这一点,使第三任哈里发奥斯曼·伊本·阿凡心中有所考虑,他曾说:"真主以权力约束那些《古兰经》未能约束的事物。"回到所有权的问题上,可以说,所有权在某些时代存在而并未导致不公。伊斯兰允许土地所有权,但从不允许它像欧洲那样演变为封建制度。伊斯兰采取了必要的预防措施,颁布经济与社会立法,杜绝了封建制度,并保障了即便是没有任何土地的人也能拥有体面的生活水平。正是这种保障,使贫困阶层免受有产阶层的剥削。

Despite its excessive care for the purification and refinement of souls, Islam never forgets practical considerations. Islamic legislation ensures a fair distribution of wealth. By not only concentrating on the purification of the soul but also enacting just legislation, Islam lays the proper foundations for a healthy society. Perhaps this was what Othman Ibn Affan, the third Caliph, had in mind when he said: "God restrains by power what He does not restrain by the Quran." To return to the question of ownership, it can be said that ownership existed in certain ages without leading to injustice. Islam permitted ownership of land but never allowed it to lead to feudalism as it did in Europe. Islam took the necessary precautions by enacting economic and social legislations which precluded feudalism and ensured a respectful standard of living even for those who did not own any land. It was such a guarantee that protected the poor class from exploitation by the propertied one.

另一方面,即便假设伊斯兰教中曾经存在资本主义,也必须明白,伊斯兰教只会允许那种服务于公共利益的资本主义。通过净化和提升人的本性,同时制定必要的立法,伊斯兰教不会允许资本主义发展成为压迫和剥削的力量。如此一来,伊斯兰教便能使世界免受当今西方世界所饱受的种种弊病之苦。此外,伊斯兰教下的私有财产权受到某些限制。例如,规定公共资源属于公共财产。当公正原则要求时,伊斯兰教禁止私有制,只有在针对不公与压迫已作出令人满意的保障之后,才允许私有。

On the other hand, granting that capitalism might have existed in Islam, it must be understood that Islam would have permitted only such type of capitalism as would serve the public interest. By purifying and refining human nature and at the same time making the necessary legislations, Islam would not have allowed capitalism to grow into an oppressive and exploiting force. By so doing Islam would have relieved the world from the evils which plague the present western world. Besides, the permission of private ownership under Islam was subject to certain restrictions. It was prescribed, for example, that public resources are public property. Where principles of justice required it, Islam prohibited private ownership and permitted it only when satisfactory guarantees had been made against injustice and oppression.

为了把这一点说清楚,我们可以借用非穆斯林国家的一个例子,即斯堪的纳维亚诸国。英国人、美国人和法国人——这些种族与民族歧视的坚定支持者——也承认,斯堪的纳维亚民族是世上最文明、最富有人情味的民族。需要指出的是,这些国家并未废除私有制,而是建立了必要的保障机制,以确保财富的公平分配。这些保障缩小了各阶层之间的差距,同时规定工资应与劳动相称。可以说,在这一方面,斯堪的纳维亚诸国比世界上任何其他国家都更接近于实现伊斯兰教的某些方面。

In order to make this point clear, we may borrow an example from non-Muslim countries i.e., the Scandinavian states. The English, the Americans and the Frenchstaunch advocates of racial and national discrimination-admit that the Scandinavian peoples are the most civilized and affectionate peoples on earth. It is to be pointed out that such countries have not abolished private ownership but made necessary guarantees for a fair distribution of wealth. Such guarantees bridge the gap between the classes and at the same time prescribe that wages should be proportionate to work. It can be said that the Scandinavian states have in this connection come closer than any other state in the world-to a realization of some aspects of Islam.

不可能将任何经济制度与其背后的社会和思想哲学割裂开来。如果我们回顾目前所宣扬的三种学说——资本主义、共产主义和伊斯兰教——就会认识到，每种学说中的经济制度和所有权理论都与其社会背景密切相关。如前所述，资本主义建立在这样一种假设之上：个人是不可侵犯的存在，其自由不得受到任何社会限制。由此可见，资本主义倾向于允许不受限制的私有制。

It is impossible to separate any economic system from the social and intellectual philosophies underlying it. If we review the three doctrines that are currently propagatedcapitalism, communism and Islam-we shall realize how the economic system and the theory of ownership in each doctrine are closely related to their social background. As previously mentioned, capitalism is based on the assumption that the individual is an inviolable being whose freedom must not be subjected to any social restrictions. It follows that capitalism tends to permit unrestricted private ownership.

另一方面，共产主义建立在这样一种信念之上：集体是根本，个人没有独立的存在。因此，共产主义将一切财产的所有权交给国家（作为集体的代表），从而剥夺了所有个人的这一权利。

On the other hand, communism is based on the belief that the Community is the base and that the individual has no separate existence of his own. Therefore, communism renders unto the state (as representative of the community) the ownership of all properties, thus depriving all individuals of such a right.

伊斯兰持有一种不同的社会观念,因此也采取了不同的经济制度。就个人与社会的关系而言,伊斯兰认为个人同时具有两种身份:作为独立个体的身份,以及作为社会成员的身份。个人对其中某一种身份的回应,有时可能比对另一种身份的回应更为强烈,但最终他会将二者结合并加以协调。

Islam holds a different social concept and, therefore, it adopts a different economic system. With respect to the individual-community relationship, Islam maintains that an individual has two simultaneous capacities: his capacity as an independent individual and his capacity as a member of the community. His response to either capacity may at times be greater than his response to the other one but he will finally combine and harmonize both.

基于这一信念的社会观念，既不将个人与其所属的社群割裂开来，也不把二者视为彼此冲突、力图压倒对方的两种力量。个人既有其独立的存在，同时又是社群的一员，因此立法必须在个人的倾向与群体的倾向之间，以及每个个体的利益与他人的利益之间，建立起和谐。然而，这种和谐的实现不能以牺牲任何一方的利益来成全另一方。立法不应为了社会而压垮个人，也不应为了一个或几个人而任由社会瓦解。

The social concept based on such a belief does not separate the individual from his community nor does it regard them as two conflicting forces trying to overcome one another. Since an individual has an independent existence and is at the same time a member of the community, it is required of legislation to establish harmony between individual and communal propensities as well as between the interests of each individual and those of others. But such harmony must be achieved without sacrificing either interest for the good of the other. Legislation should not aim at the crushing of individuals for the sake of society nor should it allow society to disintegrate for 'the sake of one or more individuals.

伊斯兰的经济制度建立在上述和谐理念之上,可以说是资本主义与共产主义之间的一种中庸之道。它融合了两种制度的优点,同时避免了二者的错误与偏差。伊斯兰原则上允许私有财产,但对其施加种种限制,使其不致为害。伊斯兰授权社群,以及作为社群代表的统治者,制定必要的立法以规范所有权,并在其认为公共利益需要时修改这些立法。

The economic system of Islam is based on the above-mentioned concept of harmony which is some sort of a happy medium between capitalism and communism. It combines the merits of both systems without making the mistakes or deviations of either. It permits private ownership in principle but subjects it to such restrictions as would render it quite harmless. Islam authorizes the community and the ruler in his capacity as the representative of the community to enact the necessary legislation organizing ownership and to change such legislation whenever he deems that the public interest requires it.

伊斯兰认可私有财产，因为它有能力通过各种方式消除由此可能产生的任何弊端。须知，原则上允许私有财产，同时赋予社会组织和限制私有财产的权力，远比彻底废除私有制要好得多。后者所依据的假设并不确定，即私有制既非人的天性倾向，也非人的必然需要。苏联不得不允许一定程度（虽然很小）的私有财产存在，这一事实清楚地表明，满足人性的各种倾向，对个人和公共利益都是最有益的。

Islam approves of private ownership since it has ti1e power to eliminate by various means any evils that may result from it. It will be remembered that permission of private ownership in principle while vesting the community with the power to organize and restrict it is a much better arrangement than outright abolition of ownership on the uncertain assumption that it is neither a natural propensity nor a human necessity. The fact that Soviet Russia has had to permit a certain (small) degree of private ownership is clear evidence that satisfying the propensities of human nature is the best thing for both the individual and public interest.

为什么我们要废除私有制？我们为了什么目的而呼吁伊斯兰这样做？

Why shall we abolish private ownership? For what ends shall we call upon Islam to do so?

共产主义声称，废除私有制是在人们之间建立平等、压制人与生俱来的统治欲和权力欲的唯一途径。俄罗斯废除了生产资料所有制，但它是否实现了其通过这一废除所希望达成的目标？人们应当记得，斯大林时期的俄罗斯不得不为那些有精力的人引入自愿加班的轮班制度，以额外工资作为回报。通过这样做，俄罗斯实际上是在制造工人工资的差别。

Communism alleges that the abolition of private ownership is the only means to establish equality among people and to suppress the inherent desire for domination and power. Russia abolished ownership of the means of production but has it realized the objectives it hoped to achieve by such abolition? It will be remembered that Russia under Stalin had to introduce a voluntary overtime work shift for those who had the energy to do it in return for extra wages. By so doing Russia was creating differences in the wages paid to workers.

在俄罗斯，所有人的工资都一样吗？医生和护士的薪水可能相同吗？共产主义宣传者常常告诉我们，俄罗斯工程师的工资最高，艺术家的收入最多。他们这样说的时候，无意中承认了俄罗斯各阶层之间工资存在差异。这种差异不仅存在于不同阶层的成员之间，也存在于同一阶层的成员之间。

Do all people in Russia receive the same wages? Is it possible that doctors and nurses draw the same salaries? Communist propagandists often tell us that engineers get the highest wages in Russia and that artists collect the biggest income. By saying this they unwittingly admit the existence of differences in wages among the various classes in Russia. Such, differences are noticeable not only among members of the various classes but also among members of the same class.

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Has communist Russia managed to wipe out the instinct of domination or the desire to achieve personal distinction? If so, how are trade union leaders, factory managers, senior administrators and commissars selected? How do they sort out active members of the ruling Communist Party?

除了废除或维护私有制的问题之外，我们难道不应承认，对支配和个人显耀的渴望是人性中固有的吗？

Apart from the question of the abolition or approval of private ownership, should we not admit that the desire for domination and personal distinction is inherent in human nature?

既然废除所有权未能将人类从共产主义所认为的巨大罪恶中解救出来,我们又为何要效仿它,采取一条与人性相悖的道路,从而试图实现一个不可能实现的目标呢?

Since the abolition of ownership could not rescue humanity from what communism regards as a great evil, why should we follow its example by taking a course that conflicts with human nature and thus attempt to realize an impossible end?

如果共产主义者说，俄国各阶层和个人之间的差距太小，不足以造成奢侈或贫困，那么我们可以说：早在共产主义出现之前的十三个世纪，伊斯兰教就已将缩小人与人之间的差距、禁止奢侈、消除贫困列为其原则之一。

If the communists say that the differences among the classes and the individuals in Russia are too small to lead to luxury or deprivation we may say that-thirteen centuries before communism came into existence-Islam included among its principles the necessity of bridging the gaps among people, prohibiting luxury and wiping out deprivation.