Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS
English book, p. 419
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
WORKING FOR A HIGHER GOAL Man should learn to work in spite of excuses and should continue his activities. Such people achieve higher goals in the present world, and they are destined for success and progress in the next world as well. T he Prophet of Islam once observed: “There are two blessings about which people are deceived: health and free time.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 6412) In leading one’s life in this world, there are two things which are necessary if anything is to be accomplished. These two things are health and time—undoubtedly great blessings of God. It generally happens that a person is so engaged in economic activities that he is not able to devote his time to higher purposes, while living for higher purposes in life is the essence of humanity. Those who live only for making money are leading a life like that of the animals. When the time comes for working towards a higher goal in life, most people think that only when they

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