Spirit of Islam · FOLLOWING THE MODEL OF NATURE

FOLLOWING THE MODEL OF NATURE

Spirit of Islam, January 2021, p. 45

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.

light and warmth to inhabitants of our little world, but it does not take anything in return. The atmosphere continuously provides lifesustaining oxygen, without taking anything in return. Similarly, all the natural resources of the world serve us without taking anything in return. This entire world is a world that gives, not takes. This is a culture of giving. Everything in the world continuously conveys the message that we should give, without taking anything in return. We should adopt this culture, and live as givers, rather than takers. The universe around us serves as a vast model. The secret of success for us is to follow this model of submission, but with a difference. In the rest of the universe, the model has been established compulsively, under the laws of nature, while we have to adopt this model in our lives consciously, of our own free will. We have to bring our free will under the universal discipline, living as though we are following the laws of nature, as though we have no choice. We have to submit to the will of God, which is expressed in the universe in the form of the laws of nature. This attitude of submission is the only right behaviour, which will guarantee us eternal success. o We have to bring our free will under the universal discipline, living as though we are following the laws of nature, as though we have no choice. We have to submit to the will of God, which is expressed in the universe in the form of the laws of nature. Realistic planning has every chance of being successful, while emotional planning is certainly doomed to failure.

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