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Quranic Wisdom

The present situation is a blessing from God. It is God’s
will that man should adopt the principle of contentment as
regards material things. But as far as intellectual achievement
is concerned, there is no limit at all. God Almighty wants to
see every man and woman as a super achiever—but in terms of
intellectual goals and not in terms of material goals.
If you travel westward across the Atlantic and start your
journey from the African coast, the American coast will be the
limit. But if you try to discover the laws of the universe, then
there is no limit. The world of facts has no limits, so you can
continue your journey in it forever.

If you want to have a peaceful mind, adopt the formula—
simple living, high thinking.

Mission and Profession

he Book of God is a book of guidance. It gives people the
Tkind of guidelines that make them able to receive the blessings
of God when they follow them in letter and spirit. But in the
latter days the divine book has become the central symbol of a
religious community. With this second phase, a new dimension
has been added to the divine book, that is, the commercial factor.
For the generation of latter times, the Book of God has
become a source of pride—a kind of market commodity, an easy
device by which to secure the respect of others. In the first period
the Book of God was strictly a book of guidance but, in the later
period, it became a book of material interest.

Taking the Book of God in its first sense then is a mission.
It means that you do not attach any material interest to the
Book of God and do not want to derive any commercial benefit

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