THE UNIVERSAL MODEL
Spirit of Islam, September-october 2023, p. 35
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.
Everything in this world continuously conveys this message that one should be a giver without taking from others. Man must adopt this giver culture. He must live as a giver in his society rather than a taker. all the things of the present world are engaged in the service of people without any return, none of these send their bills for their services to the people. This shows that the entire world around us is a giver world, it is not a taker world. The culture of this world is a giver culture. Each and every thing in this world continuously conveys this message that one should be a giver without taking from others. Man has to adopt this giver culture. He has to live as a giver in his society rather than a taker. The universe around us serves as a vast model. The secret of success for man is to opt for this model in his life. In the rest of the universe this model is established compulsively under the law of nature, while man has to establish this model in his life consciously, of his own free will. To bring one’s free will under the universal discipline is like living as if one has no choice even though he has been given the power to choose. This attitude of submission to the laws of nature is the only right behaviour for man. This is the behaviour which will guarantee his success in his life. o

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