The Qur’an For All Humanity
Day and Night
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world for himself, for the fulfillment of such a
desire has no place in the divine scheme for our
world.
Impatience is one of man’s greatest weaknesses. He
feels that he should never have to face any phase of
darkness and should receive light without waiting.
This unwillingness to accept the divine scheme of
God is a serious weakness. This antipathy to God’s
plan is the cause of much human destruction.
God wants man patiently to restrain himself from
indulging in the ephemeral pleasures of the world
in order that he may continue his journey towards
the next world. But, in unseemly haste, he seizes
upon temporary delights. Then he is unable to
continue his journey onwards. It is this foible which
is the cause of his being deprived of the blessings of
the next world.
In our present world, real success is achieved only
through patience, not through haste.
