experiences when living separately. Wisdom lies in opting for the easier course. MENTAL WORRIES What can become a major domestic problem is the presence of stepchildren. The very existence of children

are on the edge of the greatest die-off humanity has ever seen. We will be lucky if 20 of us survive what is coming.” (p. 22) A letter on this subject, written by Sir Isaac Newton, the famous British scientist

experiences that force him or her to become a victim of limitations. For instance, we do not always get what we want. We often find ourselves in situations where we feel totally helpless. We all experience fear

end in this world: he is bound for eternity. How ignorant man is of his own fate! How different from what he imagines his real destination. Man spends his life ensuring that his children make the most of

of these perfect divine attributes, rather than by such names as people have themselves concocted. What is God? God, in one respect, compensates for our helplessness. Man by his very nature lives in total

evident, like the sun appearing bright and shining after the dark clouds have moved away. Moreover, what is God’s creation plan? The critical aspect of this creation plan is that man has been created with

all eternity and in the most total sense, he should create in himself the strong desire for this. What should one do to become deserving of Paradise? In a word, it is that man should make himself a purified

engineer’s drawings who made it. Besides the engineer’s mind, there is no other thing that can clarify what the machine is meant for. The case of man is the same. Only by understanding the Creation Plan of

reason, he will become like a dried up tree. Remembrance (zikr) of God is the link to God Almighty. What does ‘to remember God’ mean? It is not just the repetition of certain words. It means to remember

is munificent and all-knowing. Those who spend their wealth in the way of God then do not follow up what they spend with reproaches and insults shall be rewarded by their Lord; they shall have nothing to