accordingly, he prayed to God, and then God accepted his supplication. Here, the question arises as to what the form of this talaqqa was. It does not mean that God called to Adam, or that an angel came and

covered with a veil of power. What man has to do is to tear asunder this cover, even when ostensibly in possession of power. In that way he will discover his own helplessness. This discovery is without

second stage of full acceptance. All other prophets came to the world and also left the world in what was a period of controversy. They were not, therefore, able to leave behind them a group of sincere

world have so bedazzled people that even when they stand before this opened door, they see nothing of what is on the other side. Even though they stand so close to Reality, they remain totally unaware of it

being hurt, and so on—on such occasions one discovers that a person’s inner reality is not the same as what appears from the outside. Ugliness is hidden under a beautiful garb. Selfishness, superficiality,

to them. Once the Prophet passed by a Companion when he was performing ablutions and said to him: ‘What is this extravagance?’ The Companion asked, ‘Can there be extravagance in ablutions?’ The Prophet

identify one’s own shortcomings, we must possess an objective mindset and should not get offended by what another person tells us about ourselves. We should imagine the other person to be like a mirror, which

research does not yield an immediate outcome. The price of development and planning is future progress.60.WHAT IS A REALISTIC APPROACH TO LIFE?The realistic approach is ‘the art of the possible’. That which is

quite entranced by it. When a handsome child is born to a couple, their joy knows no bounds. Then what of our experience of God, who is the source of all beauty, joy and virtue? On dis- covering Him, can

just right—the season, the soil, the temperatures, the sunshine, the rainfall, all must be exactly what the plant needs and only then will our seed sprout and produce the most wonderful of foliage, blossoms