The Distinctive Features of Religious Schools
English book, p. 76
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
This is true for people trained in secular institutions everywhere, whether they are from India or abroad. Practical experience with this ideology reveals that it is disastrously flawed. People with this mindset spend their entire lives striving to acquire things they perceive as sources of happiness and pleasure. However, after enormous effort and accumulating a pile of desired possessions, they suddenly realize that no matter how much they have, these things cannot truly bring them happiness or pleasure. The simple reason for this is that humans, in terms of their natural capacity, possess an unlimited capacity for fulfillment. Meanwhile, everything in the world can only provide limited happiness and limited pleasure. In essence, humans, driven by their inherent desires, seek complete satisfaction, while material things, due to their limitations, can only offer partial satisfaction. The outcome of this disparity is what is known as boredom. This gap between what is sought and what is attainable is so definitive that not even a king can bridge it. This is why we see today that, despite the overwhelming abundance of material resources in the world, what they have given humanity is only frustration, not the fulfillment for which these resources were amassed. The situation of a person educated and trained in a religious seminary is entirely different. Such individuals emerge from their alma mater with a philosophy of life that teaches them that the present world is meant for testing, not for seeking pleasure. This perspective

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