Per Ardua Ad Astra
English book, p. 38
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
gives rise to political outcries that, in terms of results, are as meaningless as can be. The most important thing in a person’s life is the spirit of action. When the urge to act arises within a person, all their dormant powers awaken. They think better, devise more successful plans, and diligently engage in completing their tasks. Conversely, a person who lacks the urge to act remains lethargic, like a machine that is silent and motionless. Experience shows that states of satisfaction and contentment generally lull a person’s faculties, failing to awaken their inner capabilities. On the other hand, when a person faces difficulties and obstacles in life, their hidden strengths are jolted awake. Their abilities spring to life just as a person who is unaware and asleep suddenly awakens when a stone falls upon them. However, this benefit does not come to anyone automatically. In every situation, a person must play an initial role. Whenever a ‘destructive’ event occurs in a person’s life, it places them between two possibilities. They can either learn from it that they must reactivate themselves and reconstruct anew, or they can derive sustenance from despair and complaints, continuing to sigh in frustration. At the initial stage, the tendency a person adopts determines the entire course of their life. Their internal capacities begin to function in accordance with this direction. Whenever an accident occurs in a person’s life, they should look at themselves rather than merely the accident. The outcome of any future event entirely depends on how a person reacts to the circumstances. If the spirit of reconstruction arises, it

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