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I<\/span>N Islam, mother has been given a very high and prominent position. In this regard, one of the famous sayings of the Prophet is: Paradise lies under the feet of the mother (Musnad al-Shahab al-Qaza\u2019i). The way this Hadith is generally interpreted is quite contrary to its true meaning. This Hadith is taken in a way in which the mother is given a high position. That is, if the child wants to enter Paradise, then he should completely obey the mother, without which the child cannot get Paradise. But this is not the true meaning of this saying.<\/span><\/p>\nThe Prophet Muhammad established a duty-conscious society. According to Islamic teachings, it is the responsibility of the individual to perform his duties, not to see what others are doing. The Prophet stated this fact in another place: A believer should fulfill his duty and as far as his rights are concerned, ask God for them. (Sahih al-Bukhari).<\/p>\n
Based on this principle, \u201cParadise is under the feet of the mother\u201d would mean that the mother\u2019s responsibility is much greater than that of the child. This Hadith actually addresses a mother. Mother plays a very important role in a child\u2019s life. This Hadith means that it is in the hands of the mother to create a passion for Paradise in a human being. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan writes, \u201cAs a mother, a woman\u2019s biggest task for her children is to try to make her children a good human being. Every child is born on true nature. By birth, every child is Mr Nature, but as a result of later conditioning, every child loses his true nature. This is where a mother has to play her constructive role.\u201d (Al-Risala, December 2007)<\/p>\n
The first 10 years of a child are called formative period in psychological terms. The formative period is very important. Because in this formative period, the personality that is formed within someone remains throughout the later age.\u201d (Al-Risala, March 2019)<\/p>\n
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“The role of a woman as a mother is the preparation of the next generation. The human race is like a flowing river. In human society, the previous generation goes away and the new generation continues to take its place. Mother\u2019s job is to prepare children for this new generation. Mother\u2019s responsibility is to send a better person to the next generation every time. Who is a better person? A better person is one who has the courage to live his life, who rises above negative thinking and displays positive thinking. He is one who is able to plan life on a constructive basis, who does not create any new problem for his <\/span>society, who is a giver member of his society, not just a taker member.\u201d (<\/span>Al-Risala, December 2007<\/span>) <\/span><\/p>\nChildren generally live with their mothers. Early in their lives, they observe her the most and unconsciously imitate her. Whatever the mother does, it is her thought out action. Therefore, the mother should take great care that whatever work she does, she should do it according to God\u2019s will. <\/span><\/p>\nThe path to Paradise is a path of proper planning, education, training, and gratitude instead of ungratefulness, patience instead of impatience. It is a way of God-realization. Based on this interpretation, it is as if in this <\/span>Hadith <\/span>a mother has been given the responsibility to play her role in making her child a good human being. This <\/span>Hadith <\/span>is a serious call <\/span>for mothers to understand their importance and develop high qualities in themselves, because children follow their mothers the most in their formative period. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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May God give us the true benefit of this month and save us from just observing it in a superficial form as witnessed in the present culture! It is a month of abstinence and control, not a month of indulgence after a few hours of ritualistic hunger and thirst. <\/span><\/p>\n\n
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A better person is one who has the courage to live his life, who rises above negative thinking and displays positive thinking. He is one who is able to plan life on a constructive basis. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”IN FOCUS” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n
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We bring you two articles every issue under the headings of ‘Personal Experiences’ and ‘Journey towards God-realization’ of our mentor and founder of CPS International Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (1925-2021). Though he is no more with us, we feel the presence of his guiding spirit motivating us through his teachings and his advice. <\/span><\/p>\nMaulana, through his study of science, religion, psychology and the experiences of his own life, enlightens about the path to discovery of God through one\u2019s journey of life. A discovery of this kind involves pondering on the Word of God, converting one\u2019s material experiences into spiritual insights, constant introspection, and contemplating on the numerous phenomena of the universe. <\/span><\/p>\nThe journey of realization begins with a questing spirit. Seeking is an intellectual journey. If a person is sincere and honest in his discovery of God, if there is no negativity in his thinking, if he is free from prejudices, if he has become a completely complex-free soul, attainment of God-realization is as certain as the dawn of light after the rising of the sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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The greatest success in this world is to live life in such a manner that you should not have an iota of negative thought against any person. You should depart from this world with a totally positive mindset. This is my last discovery in this <\/span>world. <\/span><\/p>\n-Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (1925-2021) <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”A LESSON IN SIMPLICITY” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”on” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES<\/span><\/p>\n
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(The following article is taken from Maulana Wahiduddin Khan\u2019s Diary, May 20, 1986) <\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTODAY <\/span>(May 20, 1986) is the tenth day of the month of <\/span>Ramadan<\/span>. <\/span>This year, the month of <\/span>Ramadan <\/span>falls in May-June. Before the month began, I was extremely apprehensive of how this year\u2019s fast would pass in the hot summer season. But the ten fasts ended in such a way that it did not feel that something very unusual had happened in life. <\/span><\/p>\nIn normal times, if you want to remain without food and water from morning to evening, it seems very harsh. It even becomes intolerable. But these days of hunger pass in such a way in the month of fasting that it is not felt when the month of fasting has come and when it has <\/span>gone. <\/span><\/p>\nFasting has many religious and spiritual benefits. Perhaps one of the advantages of these is that fasting is a lesson in boosting morale. Every year a person is made to experience that the difficulties encountered in practising God\u2019s commandments should not be considered difficulties. No matter how difficult a task in God\u2019s way may seem, if you start this work on God\u2019s trust, God\u2019s help will be with you. And that work will be accomplished in such a way that in the end you will not even feel that it was a difficult task. <\/span><\/p>\nMy life is very simple. I have no interest in food and drink. I eat even the seemingly ordinary food items considering them great blessings from God. But due to my physical weakness, I am in such a situation that I cannot tolerate hunger and thirst. Therefore, before the commencement of <\/span>Ramadan <\/span>every year, I become apprehensive about how this month will pass. But when the month of fasting comes, it passes so quickly, as if the 30<\/span>th <\/span>day has arrived immediately after the first day. I think it happens with the help of God. Through fasting, the fasting person is shown that God\u2019s help makes every difficult task easier. The only condition is that a person should start his work putting his complete trust in God.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”MAN IN THE WORLD OF GOD” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n
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JOURNEY TOWARDS GOD-REALIZATION<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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THE <\/span>W. M. Keck Observatory is a two-telescope astronomical observatory set up on Hawaii\u2019s Mauna Kea. Astronomers in California spent more than a decade designing a revolutionary telescope having a 10-metre aperture that enables four times the \u201cseeing power\u201d of any functional telescope on earth. Millions of dollars were needed to make the project a reality. It was named after the W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles that financed the project. Completed in 1993 (Keck 1) and 1996 (Keck 2), they are the 3<\/span>rd <\/span>and 4<\/span>th <\/span>largest telescopes. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Man\u2019s vision itself is proof of the all-reaching vision of God. His own existence is proof of the existence of God. The vastness of the universe is proof of <\/span>the infinite vastness <\/span>of God. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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The telescopes were designed by astronomers at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley. While under way, Howard B. Keck, chairman of the foundation said that these would be so powerful that, \u201cIt will permit one to see the light of a single candle from the distance of the moon.\u201d The Keck Telescope enables astronomers to see objects 12 billion light years away. Scientists are now able to investigate the nature of quasars and explore how galaxies and stars formed. When the telescopes were being built, Marvin L. Goldberger president of Caltech said: <\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIt should provide answers to the most challenging and basic questions of the universe.\u201d <\/span>(Newsweek, <\/span>January 14, 1985). <\/span><\/p>\nGod has created an incredibly vast universe. He has also given man the power and technology to behold the vastness of His creation. This is so that man may see the universe in all its greatness, and then wonder at the greatness of the One who created it; so that he may be able to actually see things happening millions of miles away, and thousands of years ago, and be so dazed by the expanse of his vision that he is moved to cry out: \u201cLord, You have given light to the world. How infinitely more <\/span>radiant You must be. Lord, You have given man sight. How infinitely more penetrating Your vision must be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nMan\u2019s vision itself is proof of the all-reaching vision of God. His own existence is proof of the existence of God. The vastness of the universe is proof of the infinite vastness of God. God has created the world, and man, in His own image. He wants man to be able to look at himself, and the world around him, and see there a reflection of the face of his Lord. He wants man, not only to find answers to questions relating to creation; He wants him to get to know his Creator as well. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”A NON-VERBAL MESSAGE” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n
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RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE<\/p>\n
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A certain student from Rajasthan failed in his high school examinations. He appeared again the following year but failed again. After having failed for the third time, the next year, he was so ashamed of his performance that he left his home too embarrassed to show his face to his family. <\/span><\/p>\nHe just kept walking about aimlessly. After a long time, he stopped at a well to quench his thirst. Women and children had gathered around it, filling their pots by turns. There he caught sight of something, something small, but of great significance. He was deeply moved, and his thirst was gone. All of a sudden, he felt as though he had found something far greater than the water he had come for. What happened was quite simple. The villagers, who visited the well for water, usually brought two earthen pots. They would place one pot <\/span>on a stone near the well while lowering the other on a rope inside the well to draw water. To his astonishment, the part of the stone on which the pot was placed had rubbed away and there was a hollow there. The pot was made of clay, he thought, but when it was placed on the same spot over and over again, it had worn away the stone which was a far harder substance. The strong element had given way to the weak just through constant action. \u201dThen why should I not succeed in my examinations if I too persevere? I can surely overcome my shortcomings by putting greater effort into my studies!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\nSuch thoughts brought him to a halt. He immediately decided to go back home and start working hard on his studies once again. The following year he appeared for the fourth time in his high school examinations. This time the result, astonishingly, was the opposite of the previous year. He had done his papers so well this time that he secured first class. After having failed three times he had finally distinguished himself. The lesson of the stone had worked like a miracle, and this had altered his attitude altogether. The same student who had run away from home, unable to face defeat, passed <\/span>with flying colours in all the examinations he took. When he topped in his MA examination, he was given a scholarship to study abroad and from there he took his doctorate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Any seemingly trivial event can teach a lesson pointing to man\u2019s shortcomings and failures provided <\/span>he shows sufficient <\/span>receptiveness to the message it conveys. If he only cares to look, <\/span>he will find around <\/span>him some \u201cstone\u201d or the other, which he needs to set him on the right course again. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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This may be a solitary instance that occurred in a certain village, but, indeed, at every place there exists such a \u201cstone\u201d. This stone can teach a lesson pointing to man\u2019s shortcomings and failures provided he shows sufficient receptiveness to the message it conveys. If he only cares to look, he will find around him some such \u201cstone\u201d or the other, which he needs to set him on the right course again. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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THE TRUE CLASS DISTINCTION<\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nTHE <\/span>highest-ranking individual, from the religious point of view, is one who goes in constant fear of his Lord, turning to Him in all matters. Such a man leads his life as if God were watching over him. He fears invisible God far more than any visible objects of this world, and bows before his Lord with a penitent heart. Such are the souls desired by God. The Almighty is pleased with those who have suffered for His cause. When they meet Him on the day of the Great Reckoning, God will shower upon them His choicest blessings. He will send them into evergreen gardens where they shall remain forever. There they shall have all that they desire, and more. God\u2019s blessings are infinite. <\/span><\/p>\nRanking somewhat lower is the occasional and inadvertent wrongdoer. Yet he too can be forgiven by God and share His blessings, provided he is a true believer, has mitigated whatever evil he has done by good deeds and is not obstinate about giving up his evil ways. All he has to do then is turn to God in penitence and confess his sins; God will then turn to him in mercy and forgiveness. <\/span><\/p>\nThe mortal who ranks lowest is one who is preoccupied with the love of the world, love of himself and pride. He is interested in mere externals, mere fripperies. He never holds his tongue for fear of his Lord. He does not stop short when reminded of the word of God. It is true that he will be rewarded for his deeds in the course of his own lifetime. Success and glory will be his. He will never suffer setbacks or losses. But it is just such a one who in the next life will suffer Hellfire and brimstone, having lived for himself alone with no thought for God. It is then that he will learn what it means never <\/span><\/p>\nto have cared a whit for the next world. It is in the life Hereafter where he will learn that his strivings were in vain and his ambitions fruitless. <\/span><\/p>\nMan should endeavour to belong to the first category. He would still be counted as fortunate if he finds himself among the second category. As for the third group, one should strive utmost and keep praying so that he does not fall among the lowest of the low. Eternal damnation awaits such people.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
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The Almighty is pleased with those <\/span>who have suffered for His cause. When they meet Him on the day of the Great Reckoning, God <\/span>will shower upon them His choicest blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A new phenomenon has emerged in the modern era, i.e., to give an inventor the monopoly to use his invention for a limited time. This is called patent in the language of law. It is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to stop others from using or selling something he has invented for a limited period of time without his permission or to receive some royalty from the invention. Thus, the law of patents gives the inventor special rights over its use for a fixed period of time. <\/span><\/p>\nA patent is a temporary Government grant of a monopoly to the inventor in return for complete disclosure about the invention to the Government. <\/span><\/p>\nThis is a temporary grant. Because no invention is the result of the efforts of a human being alone, but more than fifty percent of it directly or indirectly cooperates with natural resources and other human beings. According to the <\/span>Encyclopedia Britannica<\/span>, the first recorded patent was granted in 1421 to the Italian architect and engineer Filippo Brunellesco (1377\u20131446). <\/span><\/p>\n