Just Words, no action
English book, p. 273
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
JUST WORDS, NO ACTION Everyone knows that the answer sheet a student fills up sitting in a library instead of an examination hall is utterly useless. alas! if only people knew that, in the same way, actions are wholly valueless when performed in any ‘place’ other than where God wants them to be done! JUST WORDS, NO ACTION People present themselves as models of decency and humility, but when their egos are bruised, they vent their jealousy and pride with a vengeance! Today, paper is so readily available that you will find at least one bit of it lying wherever you look. however, these scraps of paper have no value. a currency note is also a bit of paper, but it has a definite value. its value is so sure that no one can doubt it. The difference between a currency note and any ordinary piece of paper is that no one has undertaken a guarantee to honour it in the latter’s case, while the former carries a guarantee from the government’s bank. Every note has printed on it the promise that its bearer would be entitled to the total value printed on it. it guarantees that the bank will honour the note’s value which provides value to the bit of paper that is the currency note. The same is valid for words. Today, we are surrounded by words all around us. however, much of what we speak has no value at all. These words are not accompanied by the

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