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Turning the other Cheek

English book, p. 166

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

tensions, whereas retaliation and revenge only serve to aggravate the situation. however, it is no simple matter to stifle such feelings. Man can give up something only when he receives something more significant. The feeling of a cause being lost, and justice not being done can only be overcome by gaining some ‘greater good’. The only such ‘greater good’ is the life of the hereafter. Faith in the next eternal world gives man this greater good and everything else is rendered insignificant. That is why those who have discovered faith in the life hereafter will readily bear any other loss. ALL FOR THE SAKE OF 31 DAYS How extraordinary it is that man should come into the world and live here as if he will never leave, yet a departure from this world is inevitable and comes sooner than he plans! The January 1983 elections in the indian state of andhra Pradesh brought the Telugu desam party under the leadership of n.T. rama rao, into power. on august 16, 1984, however, n.T. rama rao’s government was dismissed by the then Governor, Mr ram lal, and a Telugu desam dissident, n.T. Bhaskara rao was invited to form a Government in alliance with the Congress party. Mr

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