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Quranic Wisdom

is certainly a wrong option if he focuses on the acquisition and
hoarding of money as the principal ends in his life.
Money gives you material comfort, but it cannot give you
wisdom and learning. The best course is for you to live as a seeker
of truth, wisdom, learning and ultimately a goal that is elevated.
That is the only right way of life for man.

It is true that money does effectively render material assistance.
In that sense, it is a good helper. But it is not a good leader. A
money-obsessed man is like one who has made money his leader.
Money which is commensurate with needs is good, but excess
money is bad. Save yourself from greed and then you will be able
to save yourself from being overly money-minded.

Money gives you material comfort, but it cannot give
you wisdom and learning. The best course is for you
to live as a seeker of truth, wisdom, learning and
ultimately a goal that is elevated.

Money is very helpful in some respects, for example, when it
is used to acquire knowledge or to establish a library or a college.
There are many such activities which need money. Indeed,
without money it is very difficult to have a successful life on this
earth.

Money has both its plus points and its minus points. One
plus point of money is that it provides a good material source for
worthwhile objectives, while a minus point is that its possession
can be like taking an overdose of sleeping pills. And an overdose
of sleeping pills sometimes kills the person who takes it.
Money for the sake of money is bad, but money for the sake
of some higher purpose is good; money as a necessity is good, but
the money culture per se is a disaster. The money culture reduces
a man to the animal level.

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