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NOTICE Subscribers are requested to inform us about non-receipt of their copies, latest by 18th of the month providing their full name and address. SMS 8050202626 email: thecentreforpeace@gmail.com A fresh copy will be promptly despatched. According to the Quran, this mindset has always been there—giving most importance to material wealth, running after material gain. So, the method that was used when the Quran was revealed should be used today, too. We don’t need to invent any new method. The people whom the Quran addresses—they were told that their race to hoard money was useless. Death will overtake us some day. Just today, I was thinking of this politician who established a multi-crore empire and was shot dead. He wasn’t very old. And his son is in the intensive care unit in a hospital, hovering between life and death. Ask them what they have gained from this race for name and fame. Ask them what they have got out of all the money and fame they have earned. The Quran says: “Greed for more and more distracted you till you reached the grave.” (102: 1-2) o