English book · The Spirit of Islam

Be Like the Fruit-Bearing Tree

English book, p. 221

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Be Like the Fruit-Bearing Tree The case of a believer is identical. The society in which a believer lives has many things to offer him. With this provender his mental and physical personality keeps developing until he becomes a complete human being. But it is not lawful for a believer to keep on taking without being ready to give. In this matter, a believer does exactly as a date tree or any other fruit-bearing tree does. It accepts that others must have a share in its fruits and lives in such a manner that its existence is beneficial not only for itself but also for others. Whatever it has received from the world it does not keep for itself, but rather regards it to be the common asset of the whole humanity. When whatever a person finds in this world, he returns in a better form, that shows human perfection.

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