God’s Will Be done

sayyed’s heart, and a month later, the setback took his life.” (Hindustan Times, March 23, 1985) The lesson from his untimely demise is that we must never attach too great an importance to the material successes or setbacks in this life. on the contrary, however, it should so discipline our thoughts and emotions that what looms largest on our horizon is the rewards we are to receive in the hereafter, not for having striven for material things in this world, but for having bowed in all humility to God, whether in success or adversity, victory, or defeat. CLUTCHING AT STRAWS People build false props: wealth, friends, and religious personalities, thinking they will protect them. Doomsday will reveal the flimsiness of these ‘structures’. There will not be so much as a straw at which to clutch. once in a shop in azamgarh, i greeted an old acquaintance. There was no response. i greeted him once more, but still, he gave no sign of recognition. although he looked straight at me, he did not utter a word. “Can it be someone else?” i thought. however, my eyes gave the lie to my doubts. he was the person i had known for the last fifteen years, and i did not think he could have forgotten me. The owner of the shop, noticing my astonishment, explained that a tragic happening had caused him to lose his senses.