Notes

Allah says “and those who strive in our cause – we will guide them to our paths.” (29:69)

If there will be a determined will to take to a path that leads to God’s Grace, the wayfarer cannot go
astray! Going astray betrays one of the two causes. Either vision is blurred or the goal is not definite and
confirmed.

In the words of Allama Iqbal: “We become by ceasing to be what we are. Life is a passage through a
series of death. (The Reconstruction P.56)

And this “becoming”, the self-realization, is ceaseless, in the lives of determined individuals, with higher
and higher goals to attain: “Every day there should be a new Mount of Sinai and a new light Divine. By
the Grace of God, this fond Odyssey may never end.”

Yet an individual who is really awake and who has not only ‘known’ himself, rather than ‘chosen’ himself
acts steadfastly to achieve his cherished goal only through strong conviction. It is with strong conviction
which is the pivotal point in one’s being. Without conviction a personality cannot become centralized. A
person can tame his savage instincts, which like fiery horses, want to have their own way, only with the
educative whip of strong conviction.

Life is veiled in quest. It is rooted in aspiration. Rise’O you who are unaware of the warmth of life. Rise,
drunk with desire, rise like an exhilarated person.

The goals should be higher than the firmament. It should be fascinating, captivating, absorbing.

A saying of Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) is

“He whose two days are equal has been deceived and he whose yesterday was better than his today has
earned deprivation.”