The Sunday Guardian

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I 9th June 2013 I Page 10

When the Prophet of Islam left his hometown of Mecca for Medina, these words were on his lips: "Mecca, my dear and beautiful town, if my people had not expelled me, I would never have lived anywhere else."

The Prophet resigned himself to being deprived of his beloved country and the result of this was that Medina became a powerful centre of Islam.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I 2nd June 2013 I Page 12

From the religious point of view, the highest ranking mortal is one who goes in constant fear of his Lord, turning to Him in all matters.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I 26th May 2013 I Page 12

Man is an imperfect being in the midst of a perfect world. The stars and the planets, wind and water, trees and animals, are all just as they should be. They do not deviate from the path prescribed for them in nature.

Man, on the other hand, deviates from his natural path. The actions that he performs, the person that he develops into, are a contradiction of nature. He follows a path far removed from what has been laid down for him.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I 19th May 2013 I Page 12

"Nature works on a method of all for each and each for all". This saying sums up the process at work in the universe. There are innumerable forces in nature functioning with amazing coordination, in complete harmony with one another. The whole corresponds to the part and vice-versa.