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Quranic Wisdom

symbolizes the succession of positive experience and negative
experience.
In our life also there are dark nights and bright mornings,
despair and hope, obstacles and ways out. These show that one
should not become the victim of frustration by looking only at
one’s present. One must be hopeful about the future.

The present is temporary, like the night, and it is certain that
after some days there will be a bright future. So, the best policy
for a person is to work in the present and be sure that some day
success will come and bear him aloft.
In the case of the Prophet of Islam and his Companions, this
principle proved to be true in the complete sense of the word. In
their present, they adopted this Quranic formula and then, in
the later days, they achieved an unprecedented success in their
mission.

The present is temporary, like the night, and it is
certain that after some days there will be a bright
future.

This law of nature is eternal; it applies to individuals as well as
to groups of people. Individual success and group achievement
are both covered by this common principle. Quite simply, this
principle means: work hard in the present and be hopeful about
the future.

Life is divided into two parts: the period of struggle and the
period of achievement. The period of struggle is like night and
the period of achievement is like day. Night certainly leads into
morning, and this is true likewise of human life. One’s struggle is
bound to create a bright future. The only policy we are required
to adopt is ‘wait and see.’

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