Maulana Wahiduddin Khan's blog

This world is full of possibilities and opportunities. Here, after losing one opportunity, man will find another. Here, if he finds one door closed to him, he will soon find many other doors open to him. In this way, there is always the possibility that, after the failure of one set of plans, he may work on another set and build his life afresh. One reliable feature of our world is that here the night is always followed by the morning.

The present world is governed on the principle of “no risk, no gain”. It is, therefore, necessary for people to incur losses of different kinds. At times, they are unfairly challenged by others, they fall a prey to economic difficulties, they suffer losses of land and wealth, they meet with an accident or are deprived of certain benefits that should have been theirs by right, and so on. These should be met with patience and tolerance.

When man avoids violence and war, although the way of war is open to him, he chooses the noblest line of conduct – restraint.

It is commonly believed that one born into a wealthy family is fortunate, while one born into a poor family is unfortunate. This is a fallacy. A person is privileged no matter what the circumstances. Even if one is not born with the proverbial silver spoon in one’s mouth, one still had the ‘incentive spoon’!