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patience and when Mecca was conquered, he forgave all of them by saying: la tasreeba alaikumul yauma. How great is the excellence of these morals; it is not to be met with in any other prophet. Allahumma salli alaa Mohammadin. . . . . . . in short you should have high morals, for, that is the key to virtuous deeds. (Malfoozat Vol. II, p. 79, 80) GOOD OF THIS WORLD Let nobody think that one should have nothing to do with this world; this is not what I mean. And God also does not forbid the people to acquire worldly gains, rather, Islam restrains its followers from cutt"ing oneself off fro. m the world. 1his is cowardice. The wider the relations of the believer with the world, the higher are the ranks that he attains to, for, his target is 'religion'; the world and its belong- ings are the servants of religion. The truth is that the acquisition of the worldly gains should not be the sole aim; the real aim should be the acqui- sition of religion. One should acquire the worldly gains in a way that they can serve the religion. It is as if a man is travelling from one place to the other; he needs a transport and the provision for the journey. As every one can understand, the target of this person is to reach the destination and not the transport or the provision. One should acquire the gains of the world keeping before him the aim of making them the servant of religion. God the Almighty has taught us the prayer: Rabbana aatina fiddunya hasanatan wa fil aakhirati hasanatan. Here, it is ''this world" that precedes. But what is meant by "this world". It is hasanatuddunya: that become-the cause of hasa- naat in the next world. Tilis prayer makes it quite clear that the good of the next world must be kept in view while acquir- 65