Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Principles of Life
The Prophet of Islam has been recorded as saying by Abu Hurayrah: “A man sometimes says something to which he has not given due consideration and, because of this, he falls into the Fire – a distance further than that between east and west.” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 8923)
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Principles of Life
Have you ever watched Person A struggle to open a lock, passing through every emotional stage from mild impatience to blazing anger, then finally throwing away the key and picking up a large stone to smash the lock? At that moment, Person B arrives and says, “Try my key. That’s a new lock, you know. Your old key won’t fit.” Person A is by that time so over-wrought that he cannot bring himself to do anything but stand back and watch Person B insert the key in the lock. It opens, of course, in an instant.
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Principles of Life
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Principles of Life
Power is generally associated either with wealth, or muscularity, or both. But the greatest aspect of power has nothing to do with either material things or physical prowess. Its real secret lies in strength of character – something which can be possessed by the poorest and the weakest amongst us.
