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Sound Speech

of adjustment. You have to avoid all kinds of clash, so that you
may save your energy and your time.
Adopting the policy of reconciliation is not just a question of
being accommodating towards others. It is much more than that.
It allows you to continue your journey of life without any break.
It saves you from deviation and permits you to dedicate your life
more and more to worthy goals.
If you adopt the policy of confrontation, you will very soon
discover that there is no end to your difficulties. Arising out
of differences, it leads to clashes and clashes will culminate in
violence. And, of course, the next stage after violence is war
and fighting. The best policy, therefore, is to rid oneself of the
confrontational mentality at the very outset.

Adopting the policy of reconciliation is not just a
question of being accommodating towards others. It
allows you to continue your journey of life without
any break.

Conciliatory approach seems to be directed against another
person, but in fact the confrontational approach is against the
law of nature. It is a man-versus-nature issue rather than a man-
versus-man issue. You cannot change the course of nature, so
there is no option other than to seek settlement with nature.
This is the only way of success in this world.

Sound Speech

he Quran greatly emphasizes on sound speech or straight
Tspeech. This is very important in social life. In the chapter Al-

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