The Book of Life

pages of wisdom who channels all the energy of the body into the mind. Most people scatter their strength in many directions; they fail to focus themselves on one goal. That is why they live incomplete lives and leave this world without real accomplishment. Every task demands a person’s full strength. The one who achieves great success is the one who devotes all of it to a single purpose. THE CAUSE WITHIN Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) once said: “A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.” This saying, in simple symbolic language, expresses a truth about life. If you are standing straight, no one can jump onto your back. A person can only do that if your back is bent. Riding is possible on a bent back, not on a straight one. Life works the same way: defeat in this world is really the price of one’s own weakness. Someone gains control over you only when you give them the chance by becoming weak. That is why reason and realism demand that whenever you see someone gaining power over you, your first step should be to look within and remove the weakness that gave them the opportunity. In the life of the Prophet Muhammad (), during the battle of Uhud, the Muslims at first were winning. But their victory later turned into defeat. The reason was the mistake of a group among the Muslims themselves. When