Building Life

The Real Issue against them. They imagine themselves capable of passing judgment on others, whereas in truth, they do not even have the power to decide their own fate. The lesson from this incident is that no one can claim victory over another’s land. A plan to take someone else’s property to expand oneself will never succeed. In this world, everyone has the right to live and grow, but no one can erase another to move forward. Events show that progress made within one’s own limits is steady and lasting, while the progress gained by taking someone else’s share is never stable. In the end, such a person suffers double loss: he loses what he had, and the other’s share was never really his to take. Whether a person is of humble status or a holder of political power, no one is exempt from this law of life. No one is so powerful as to escape it. This law is as unchanging for one person as it is for all others. THE REAL ISSUE Maulana Shakeel Ahmed Qasmi (38 years old) is the Head Teacher and Sheikh-ul-Hadith at Madrasa Imdad-ul-Islam in Meerut. On December 18, 1993, I met him in Delhi. He shared an experience that is very instructive. He said that in November 1992, Mr. Inderjit Singh Ahluwalia, an educated Hindu from Sadar Bazar (Meerut), visited his madrasa. Mr. Ahluwalia stated, “I want my two sons, Gaurav Ahluwalia and Charlie Ahluwalia, to learn