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The Book of Life

English book, p. 34

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

the Quran commented on this event, it said nothing about the injustice or aggression of the other side. In its comment (3:152), the entire warning was directed only at the Muslims, so that they would become deeply aware of their own shortcomings. By correcting these shortcomings, they could ensure that in the future no one would be able to take advantage of them and defeat them. Whenever someone is defeated by another, it happens because of his own weakness. Identify your weakness, overcome it, and you will have no cause for complaint or protest against anyone. ONE’S OWN MISTAKE I knew a man who was very healthy. God had blessed him with a good mind. Yet he never succeeded in life. Whatever work he began always ended in failure. In the end, he lost his mental balance. One day, in that state, he met with an accident when a jeep collided with him, and he died as a result of the accident. The simple reason for his failure was that he never used his abilities in the right direction. He always blamed others for his setbacks. But the truth is, apart from himself, there was no one who could really be held responsible for his failures. He enrolled in a school for his education. But before he could complete matriculation, he became interested in

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