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Peaceful Planning on

the Basis of Realities

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ne aspect of the creation plan is referred to thus in the
OQuran:
‘We shall certainly test you with fear and hunger, and
loss of property, lives and crops. Give good news to
those who endure with fortitude.’ (2:155)
This means that according to the creation plan of God, loss
is an integral part of life, in both political and non-political
spheres. Therefore, the right attitude to this is to accept loss
as a reality and then plan peacefully for the future in non-
confrontational fields. This is the only wise formula for success
in this world. On the contrary, those who engage in planning
in order to recover what they have lost are certainly doomed
to failure.
For example, Pakistan was earlier a part of the Indian
subcontinent. It was formed in 1947 after Partition with
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876 – 1948) as its founding leader.
However, the Pakistan Jinnah got did not measure up to his
dream. In one of his speeches, he denounced the geographically
truncated Pakistan.
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This statement of the founder of Pakistan became a
trendsetter for all the Pakistani people. It then became the
national policy of Pakistan to inveigh against the truncation
of Pakistan.

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