FROM MAULANA’S DESK

to bring about any real achievement. It is said that man’s average life expectancy has now increased. However, this statement is highly debatable. It is not an accepted fact. But for the sake of argument, I would say that even if it is right, it doesn’t mean that one now has a greater number of active years of life. It rather only means that man is now capable of spending some years before death in hospital or in old age homes. This kind of ‘longevity’ has no real importance at all. The right attitude towards life is that which takes into account the post-death period. The concept of life that is based on the pre-death period alone will be certainly unnatural, and an unnatural attitude is certainly harmful. o Maulana Wahiduddin Khan editor@thespiritofislam.org The right attitude towards life is that which takes into account the postdeath period. Success The conviction that one's goals are worthwhile, the observation of discipline with no contradiction between words and thoughts, cool thinking even in times of crisis—all these are qualities of mind and heart which determine success, and obviate failure in the wider field of life.