ASK MAULANA

populations, but no one thinks to stop the rain. Rather, everyone thinks about how to protect oneself despite the rain. This is the way we deal with the problem of tension. We cannot end the tension. However, if we consider tension as an inerasable reality, we can definitely protect ourselves from becoming its prey. This is the natural solution to this problem. The fact is that the only successful formula for a tension-free life is to accept the tension as an essential part of human life. Are mental abilities God-gifted or acquired by one’s efforts? Is the human brain limited or unlimited? Can a person store all knowledge in his mind? What exactly is the human brain? Please enlighten me about the function and capabilities of the human brain in the light of your study. The human brain is still a mysterious reality. Despite 5,000 years of research, little is known about the human brain. In my experience and study, the human brain is a treasure trove of infinite potential. This mental capacity is bestowed almost equally to every human being. But research shows that the capacity of the human brain remains latent. Knowledge and experience awaken this ability. In the present age, the ideology of ​brainstorming shows that the greatest stimulus in awakening the latent potentialities of the brain is ‘mental shock’, provided it is not so severe as to crush a person’s personality. However, in the light of my experience, acknowledgement and gratitude are the greatest source of mental development. A person should look at the facts with an open mind and accept them without any reservation. There are very few people in the world who reach the stage of high mental development. The biggest reason for this is that people usually spend their lives with a closed and prejudiced mind. Due this, they do not understand any concept other than those that are familiar to them, and therefore they fail to adopt it. On page 27 of Al-Risala December 2001 (Urdu monthly), you write that God has created the present world for the purpose of test. If we consider this sentence, we have to believe that God is not the Knower of the unseen, nor does He know what is in anyone’s heart. Because the advantage of the test is that what we did not know before becomes known after the test. It is not the purpose of the test that God Himself should know the outcome of the test. The purpose of the test is selection. This test is not in relation to God, but in relation to man himself. Namely, human