The Sunday Guardian

PRIDE COMES BEFORE A FALL

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Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | February 21, 2021

“Evil can have no beginning but from pride nor any end but from humility.”

When the English author William Law (1686-1761) wrote these words, he placed them in an ethical context. But they could well be interpreted in a spiritual sense, for the most sinful attitude that man can adopt before God is one of pride. Other sins may be forgivable, but for pride there is no forgiveness.

PROCESSION OF DEATH

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Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | February 14, 2021

A coffin is being carried aloft towards the grave. It seems like a journey, not just from one point to another, but from man’s beginning to his end.

When man is born into this world, he immediately has recourse to a mother’s compassion and a father’s protection. He grows up among friends and relatives. Then he reaches adulthood and forges ahead on his chosen path through life.