My Journey to Switzerland

I managed to get deep sleep on the flight. Sleep is a great blessing of God. It has innumerable benefits. About sleep, the French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1821) said: ‘What a delightful thing rest is—The bed has become a luxury place to me. I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world.’ (Napolean Bonaparte) The entire flight was very smooth, and so was the landing. How strange it is! A plane flies into the air, climbs to a height of eight or ten kilometres, and then later begins to descend slowly, finally landing at its destination. People consider such things as the handiwork of technology, but in fact, it is a great blessing of God that, in the words of the Quran, ‘He has given you all that you asked of Him.’ (14:34) CHALLENGE AND COMPETITION IN A GLOBALISED WORLD A t Zurich airport, we met some delegates at the conference. We then set off by car for Zug. It was a journey of around an hour. The very smooth road passed through beautiful surroundings, with