Giving the Credit to God
Al-Risala (English), June 1990, p. 4
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
Giving the Credit to God
1990 6 June 4 Giving the Credit to God (288) Ms. Bharati Mukherji, an Indian now settled in the USA since 1961, has authored a book called, The Middleman and Other Stories which has been awarded a prize for the best fiction of 1988 by the National Book Critics Circle of New York.
On receiving this information, the Times of India (January13) contacted Ms. Mukherji on the telephone in Manhattan and asked her how she had reacted to the news of this award. Ms. Bharati replied that she was thrilled about it.
There are endless multitudes of people in this world who are thrilled at the news of recognition and reward. But is there a single soul anywhere who is thrilled that God, our true Benefactor, has endowed us with minds and bodies and given us the right set of circumstances to win our laurels? Possibly not. But it is true, nevertheless, that without these gifts from the Almighty, we should never win through to ultimate success.
It is the mind, with its extraordinary capabilities, a healthy body, plus all the other factors which go towards building up a favourable set of circumstances, which enable human beings to think, plan, act and to bring their aspirations to fruition. All this is undoubtedly the gift of our Maker. The truth is that in this world every feat is a feat accomplished by God. Man on his own can do nothing. The credit for success must, therefore, go to God. If human beings could only realize this, they would prostrate themselves before God at every single one of their success. It is the foolish man who regards his success as his own single-handed, unaided achievement. What should fill him with gratitude to God becomes a mere source of worldly pride.
The hypocrisy of climbing on bandwagon.
1990 6 June 4 The hypocrisy of climbing on bandwagon. (79) When the Prophet emigrated from Mecca to Medina, ‘Abdullah Ibn Ubayy and his associates did all they could to make life difficult for the Prophet, and obstruct him in his mission. With the Battle of Badr, when great leaders of the Quraish were slain, ‘Abdullah Ibn Ubayy’s group realized that there was no stopping the progress of Islam. Outwardly, they accepted Islam. But since they were not sincere in their conversion, they soon took to plotting against the faith.
