MAKE YOURSELF ELIGIBLE

Like Muslims, there are many other minority communities who are flourishing in society. If you study them closely you will find that they are contributing positively to society in the form of services, in the field of health, education and many other types of social work. Their institutions serve people from all walks of life. In comparison to this Muslims fall short of providing such services to their own community, leave alone serving others. This situation is completely against the law of nature. In such a situation, the biases or discrimination that Muslims complain about are actually in accordance with divine laws, and not, as they allege, a result of discrimination by perceived oppressors. God has created this world. In this world, whatever God wants, happens. God has made water to quench thirst. He has made petrol so that people can use it as fuel for vehicles. And so, your success lies in availing of God’s bounties in the appropriate manner—by using water for quenching your thirst, and using petrol for your car, for instance. But, if you behave contrary to this and try to quench your thirst by drinking petrol or try to drive your car on water, you are, needless to say, bound to fail. God has made this world as a world of competition. Here, everyone enjoys freedom of choice. Everyone is trying to move ahead, through hard work and skill. This principle of competition has been established by God Himself. You simply cannot destroy it. And so, you have just one choice: that is in the field of competition, you need to prove your capability and win your place. If you want that the world should stop functioning on the basis of competition, and that, instead, it should start running on the basis of your demands on others, you are living in a fool’s paradise, because this can never happen. If you want to lead your life by simply protesting and demonstrating against others and demanding things for yourself, you will have to make a different world of your own other than this world of God’s, for this simply cannot happen in this world. God has made this world a testing-ground. Here, everyone enjoys freedom of action. This is the reason why the world is characterized by constant competition between individuals and communities. This environment of competition can never come to an end. Now, there are two ways of thinking and responding in this regard. One way is by Success comes through proving oneself capable, not through making demands, protesting and stirring up a big hue and cry.