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Just Speech and Correct Conduct

situations and make objective assessments. He is able to say in
the face of adversity: “I will surmount it.”
Patience is a very important quality. Life is full of problems
and untoward events, so you have to avoid being a victim of
provocation and, going beyond immediate circumstances, refrain
from any reactionary approach. Only a patient person is in a
position to practice the necessary self-restraint. Only a patient
person can go beyond his immediate circumstances and properly
plan his life by taking into consideration every relevant factor on
a long-term basis.
Only a patient person is able to do future-oriented planning,
and it is future-oriented planning that leads to great success.
In life’s struggle, there are frequent occasions when immediate
decision-making becomes essential. This being so, every member
of the group must be a programme maker, and not just a
programme receiver. Super achievement is destined only for
groups whose members have this kind of superior quality. A
large group consisting of weak individuals is vulnerable like a
balloon, while a small group with strong members is rock-like in
its strength.

Just Speech and Correct Conduct

he chapter Al-Ma’idah (The Table) of the Quran gives
Tguidance on correct conduct in matters of justice. The
translation of the relevant verse is as follows:
Believers, be steadfast in the cause of God and bear
witness with justice. Do not let your enmity for others
turn you away from justice. Deal justly; that is nearer

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