MAKE YOURSELF ELIGIBLE

books in Urdu which are impossible to ignore if one wants to gain such an understanding. In a climate of such utter intellectual poverty, the ‘inheritors’ of Urdu themselves cannot give it adequate importance, leave alone others. And so, to expect others to give it importance is simply wishful thinking. According to the Quranic verse cited earlier (13: 17), the key to a successful life in this world is to be beneficial to others. Here, the giver receives. Here, success comes through proving oneself capable, not through making demands, protesting and stirring up a big hue and cry. This principle, according to which the world functions, has been devised by God, the Creator of the world. People who refuse to accept this God-ordained principle, on the basis of which His world runs, can make an imaginary world of their own if they want to. They need to remember, however, that in this world, success can only be achieved by abiding by God’s will, not by following their own. o People who rise above the conditions they are faced with and exercise their minds soon realize that unfavourable conditions and factors that they sometimes face are actually in accordance with the law of nature, rather than a result of other people’s oppression or discrimination. Life's Experiences Life's experiences for both the spiritual and the non-spiritual are like the grasping of a rosebush. On each branch are beautifully shaped and coloured blossoms whose scent refreshes from afar the weary in body and spirit. But also on each branch are the inevitable thorns. The spiritual individual will carefully avoid the thorns in order to take possession of the blossom and even if accidentally his hands are pricked by the thorns he dismisses it as a trivial matter.