A HIGHER FORM OF WORSHIP

Your critique is likely to provoke them to oppose you. In order to insist that they are right, they might malign you. You are likely to face annoyances from others especially when you act according to the principle of enjoining good and forbidding evil, which is a cardinal teaching of Islam. You criticize others when you find they are doing wrong. When you do this, people are compelled to introspect. If, for instance, you see people fomenting violence in the name of jihad, you have to criticize them. If in the name of their leaders they project as ‘right’ something that is clearly wrong, you have to tell them what is really right and wrong. If they are exploiting religion for their perceived communal interests, you have to openly speak out against this. These are the instances of interaction that make interactions synonymous with facing annoyances. In addition, when someone who calls others to God, interacts with others, he has to bear with different kinds of hardships and inconveniences. These things may be a source of concern for him, but it is a necessary price for conveying the message. o Defeat When a man is beset by defeat his inner forces are released. His senses are aroused. His concealed strength comes to the fore and he sets about redressing his setback. Spurred on with new resolve and determination, he devotes himself to the task of regaining what has been lost. An irresistible spirit arises within him. Nothing can arrest his advance. Like a river flowing to the sea, he surmounts every obstacle in relentless pursuit of his goal.