Page 10 - Seekers Guide Book

God and His Creation Plan
placed us in a world of challenge so that we develop. I
found the answer to this through Arnold Toynbee’s
12-volume book A Study of History, in which he studied
and analyzed for thirty years nineteen civilizations of the
world. In his words, the development and evolution of
civilizations have challenges at the root. When a group
faces a challenge, it begins to work to respond to it and
thus a ‘challenge-response mechanism’ unfolds.

I came to Delhi in 1967 and became the editor of a
fortnightly magazine Al-Jamiat. The magazine became
very successful, but due to some difference of opinion
the magazine’s secretary developed complaints against
me and to finish me off, he ceased the publication of the
magazine. It was apparently an instance of ‘evil’. But
because of this incident I gained the incentive to start
my own magazine Al-Risala. This became a huge success
and enjoyed great popularity among readers both in the
Indian subcontinent and abroad.

So, I did not consider my experience with the secretary of
Al-Jamiat as an occasion of evil, rather I took whatever
happened as a challenge. My response to this challenge
has brought me where I am today. I learnt the lesson that
when others do not give you a chance, this becomes an
opportunity for you to create a chance for yourself.

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