The Last Word

The book aims at developing a spiritual bent of mind in its reader. The author believes that to attain spirituality one does not need to retire to the jungles, rather one must live in the midst of all the activities of the world and develop the ability to convert material events into non-material or spiritual events. According to the author, “If you want to live as a spiritual person, learn the art of extraction. That is, you have to be able to extract spiritual content from material things. This will give you spiritual food, and thus you will be able to develop yourself as a spiritual person.” Spiritual living is the greatest need of the day and in the various chapters of the book, the author enlightens the reader on how to deal with day-today problems of failure, stress, unhappiness and conflict. “Converting revenge into forgiveness and anger into peaceability is the highest form of spirituality.” “Success brings you contentment, and this eventually brings to a halt your thinking processes. On the other hand, failure makes you discontented, and discontent is the greatest source of continuous effort in life.” “The best formula in life is not to concern oneself with what has been lost, but by wise planning, to avail of what is still extant. Sooner or later, you will emerge as a super-achiever. This holds true for both nations and individuals.” “At the time of a controversy, if you choose to fight, you will need arms but when you opt for the spiritual method, you don’t need any arms.” “Challenges come into our lives in order to train us, to increase us in wisdom and to strengthen us. The difficulties that we face in life are experiences, and without going through such experiences one cannot become a more complete person.” ISBN 9789351791515 9 7 8 9 3 5 1 7 9 1 5 1 5 Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is the founder of Centre for Peace and Spirituality, New Delhi. The Maulana believes that peace and spirituality are two sides of a single coin: spirituality is the inner content of peace and peace is the external manifestation of spirituality. The Maulana is the author of The Prophet of Peace, Quranic Wisdom, Islam and World Peace, and numerous best-selling books on Islam. He has been internationally recognized for his contributions to world peace.