FROM MAULANA'S DESK

anger is concerned, that was an emotional problem. So, I told her that when you reach home late and your mother becomes angry, tell her politely “Oh Mother, I am hungry right now. Please give me food and we shall talk later!" She followed this formula and in this way her problem was solved comfortably. Emotional pressures are always manageable but rational demands do not give man a second option. Life is governed by reason and not by emotions. What is reason? It is only another name for the law of nature. The laws of nature cannot be altered. It is beyond man’s capacity to alter these laws. They do not give you any alternative other than following them. Emotions on the other hand, can be managed. Here the formula is: either follow the laws of nature or perish. Man has always been amidst two factors: external factors and internal sentiments. Successful is the one who makes his plan by considering the foreign factors. Those who follow their internal sentiments are doomed to fail. Always remember that inner sentiments are manageable while rational factors have to be followed. No excuse is permissible in this regard. o Maulana Wahiduddin Khan editor@thespiritofislam.org Let not the fire rage on Rage is nothing but a temporary provocation. It is like a fire which flares up for a short duration and then dies down on its own if it is given no further fuel. If people realized this, anger would not result in any serious disharmony.