forces watch you from where you do not see them! THE QURAN 7:27 This Quranic description tells us what the Creation Plan of God with regard to man is. Man was created as a free creature. He was free to

to discriminate between right and wrong, through the divine agency that we call our conscience. What does it mean to stray? To stray is to act contrary to nature. Inherent in everyone is the ability

possesses wisdom. Generally people live in a wrong dichotomy, that is, of right and wrong. They take what they think is right and reject that which appears wrong to them. But this is not wisdom. Wisdom demands

one of these ways and not in the other. With regard to other people, wisdom lies in expecting only what is realistically possible. Any over-expectation in this regard always leads to harm. While forming

Rather, the real problem is the one that will appear after death. If only people gave a thought to what they might have to face after their death! A person leaves this temporary world and heads towards

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

WHAT TO DO IN AN UNFAVOURABLE SITUATIONRight Reaction IN this life the choice is not always between right and wrong. The choice is rather between the lesser evil and the greater evil. In every situation

facts with which it presents us, we should take a lesson from it. An unfavourable situation, no matter what, is nothing but a new challenge. Try to meet that challenge and very soon you will find that it was

different way. A person who has stooped so low feels neither shame nor any urge to make amends for what has passed. In fact, he would be happy to see his opponent suffer more. If he has a grievance against

destitution. The reason for this is that Muslims consider whatever they have got, to be less than what they imagine they should have, because of their false pride. It is this false pride that is the real

likes for his brother what he likes for himself.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 13) The simple and natural principle of ethics is that one should like for others what he likes for himself. He should disapprove of

acting in this way with others. Similarly, everyone knows what he likes. Everyone knows what makes him happy. So everyone must crave for others what he craves for

himself. In the map of nature what we can achieve by hard work, we cannot achieve by making concessions. What we can achieve by patience, we cannot achieve by hasty actions. What we can achieve through the

the power of peace, we cannot achieve by violence. What we can achieve gradually, we cannot achieve at one fell swoop.

Religion of IslamThe major religions of the world can be divided into two broad categories—the Aryan and the Semitic, with Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism in the first and Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the

always speaks the truth. In all matters he says just what is in accordance with reality. A true believer cannot afford to tell lies, or hide facts. What does it mean to speak the truth? It is to have no contradiction

between man’s knowledge and the words that he utters and for that matter; whatever he says should be what has come to his knowledge. Falsehood, by contrast, is the utterance of statements, which do not tally