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ORGANISATION

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By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Organisation ~ 161 ~ ORGANISATION Within even the tiniest of seeds, God has concealed the beginning of a verdant plant: from one tiny kernel can spring forth the loftiest of trees. But this potentiality can be realized only when all of the conditions for its growth are just right—the season, the soil, the temperatures, the sunshine, the rainfall, all must be exactly what the plant needs and only then will our seed sprout and produce the most wonderful of foliage, blossoms and fruits. Suppose we just dropped our seed on a table top and left it to its own resources, there would be no question of its producing a plant, green or otherwise. Why should this be so? It is because God has created the correct combination of conditions for growth to take place, and has laid down a definite pattern for the functioning of every single thing and every single living creature on this earth. This divine pattern has been ordained for all time, and there is nothing which can exist without conforming to it. The slightest deviation from this pattern produces bad results, or no results at all, whereas acting in accordance with it causes all of God’s

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