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Quranic Wisdom

English book, p. 199

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

High Thinking constantly under double forces, will prove to be successful, and one who fails to realize this fact he is doomed to failure. The single point formula of success for every man and woman therefore can be described in one line: Be cautious. Try to establish contact with God and angels, and try to detach yourself from the evil forces of both man and Satan. Attachment and detachment are psychological processes and can be established only in the world of consciousness. High Thinking T he chapter Al-Ahzab (The Confederates) of the Quran refers to what is called zikr Allah in the Quran. The translation of the relevant verse of the said chapter is as under: Believers, remember God with much remembrance. (33:41) God Almighty is the Creator of the Universe. God is the highest reality. God is beyond time and space. God is omnipresent. God is greater than all great things. God is supreme in every sense of the word. Remembering God, in other words, means remembering the Higher Reality. This kind of remembrance inculcates in one’s mind, high thinking and high thinking is the source of all kinds of high ideals. It is high thinking that makes one’s personality a great personality. High thinking leads to spiritual uplift and intellectual development. There are two worlds—material world and immaterial world. High thinking means thinking about the immaterial world. High thinking means living in the immaterial world. It is this

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