Spirit of Islam · PATIENCE Personality Development

PATIENCE Personality Development

Spirit of Islam, Jan 2015, p. 15

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.

All qualities—wisdom, positive thinking, love, generosity, forbearance etc. are innate in man. Given a chance to grow, just as a seed grows to become a complete tree, a child would also grow into a complete man. What hinders the growth or personality development in man? Man has to live in society where he encounters unwanted situations which can always disturb him. This could lead to the development of anger, hatred, malice, violence and negative thinking. These qualities then obstruct the natural course of growth of man. In such a scenario, man’s personality development has just one requirement: that he develops in himself the quality of patience. He must learn to remain unaffected despite unwanted experiences. In other words, he must learn the art of unaffected living. Only for patience does Quran say that the reward would be countless in measure. Now the question is how to lead an unaffected life? The method is very simple. It is all a matter of thirty seconds. Whenever you encounter an unwanted situation, you become impatient. If left unchecked, it would reach the state of a breakdown. If you want to check your unwanted reaction, you need to empty your mind for thirty seconds by observing silence. As a result, the anti-wave that had arisen would break and disperse. It would not become a part of your personality. If you practise this, you would realise that for thirty seconds you were very disturbed but after thirty seconds, you became absolutely normal. After thirty seconds, the natural process returns. If you want to check the veracity of this formula, you need to test it and practise it. In the first experience itself, you would find that this method is hundred percent successful. o Use of The Printing Press The best use of the printing press is to publish positive news, opportunities of life and scientific knowledge that unveils the signs of God.

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