DON'T BE A SLAVE TO YOUR DESIRES
Spirit of Islam, Dec 2015, p. 29
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.
Desire can serve as a motivating force, but mindless yielding to desire will be disastrous. Right desires are helpful for the development of your character. And bad desires are detrimental to your personality. Pursuing your bad desires can ruin your future to the extent that you can never recover from their effects. Therefore live a life that is reasonbased and not desire-based. Never judge a desire for its own sake—always judge it in terms of the results of its fulfilment. This is the only criterion to determine whether a desire is good or bad. Desire cannot be eliminated, but it can certainly be controlled. Don’t become a victim of your desires. Prove to be well in control of your desires and success will be yours. o Intelligent Designer When we behold a magnificent machine for the first time, we immediately become aware of the skill of its manufacturer. In the same way, if we observe the world and ponder on the many wonders it contains, the Creator Himself will appear before us; we will gaze on creation and see there the face of the Lord.

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