spent. No, it is better to ignore the injustice done to you, and to put your trust in hard work to get what you want out of life. It is perfectly possible that, through sheer diligence, you will succeed in

intelligent committing the same mistake in their lives. When an individual tries to accomplish instantly what should be worked for over a long period—like the youth who sought to reach ground level by jumping

unpleasant experience with another, he should not permit his feelings of anger and revenge to be aroused. What, ideally, he should do is allow his sense of mercy to prevail over his ire. He would thus refrain

one of preparation, and the stage after death is that of reward commensurate with this preparation. What is man’s trial? It rests on man’s discovery of God, who is in the Unseen. Before seeing Him, man should

will find a place in the Hereafter who have made God their supreme concern in the life of this world. What is Paradise? Paradise is another name for eternal life in the neighbourhood of God (66:11). In the

of this divine nature. God’s prophets came to the world to make men aware of this nature, so that what exists within man at the unconscious level, should be discovered by him even at the conscious level

is a form of self-glorification. This kind of attitude should be anathema to seekers of tazkiyah. What man should do is develop in himself anti-self thinking, so that he may stand up to criticism. This

being necessary for nearness to the Creator: “Prostrate yourself and come closer to God.” (96:19) What is this self-prostration? It is, in fact, the obeisance made by one who is filled with the love and

and woman and no one can change this fate. Living in this present world, we must first of all know what the creation plan of our Creator is. Why has the Creator created this strange world and why has He

realities will be laid bare. But when this happens the opportunity for action will come to an end. What man wants to do, he will not be able to do. Man will want to return, but he will not be able to return