Deve Gowda, Allama Iqbal and a photo

 

Here in this photo an overly reverential party worker does not hesitate to show Janata Dal (Secular) national president H.D. Deve Gowda‘s his diving skills at a meeting of the party in Chikamagalur on Tuesday.

Allama Iqbal said:

Yeh ek sajda jise tu giraan samajtha hai!
hazaar sajde se deta hai aadmi ku najaat

You find it very labourious to submit and surrender before God
It will liberate you from thousands of prostration

Those who do not fear God, fear EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING. Those who fear God alone. fear nothing. They don’t have the need to bow before other humanbeings.

Cross posted in Luthfispace.

Do not ask....

 

N Ataullah Bhai sent me this gem of piece. The rough translation of it is as follows: 

"Always pray to God to bestow what is good for you. Do not ask something you like. It is quite possible that the thing which you deserve and rightfully yours is much much bigger than the thing which you like to have."

"உங்களுக்கு விருப்பமானதை அல்லாஹ்விடம் இறைஞ்சாதீர்கள். "எனக்கு நன்மையானதையே அருள்வாயாக" என்றே எப்போதும் அல்லாஹ்விடம் பிரார்த்தியுங்கள். உங்களுக்கு உரித்தானதை விட உங்களுக்கு விருப்பமான பொருள் மிக மிகச் சிறியதாக இருப்பதற்கு வாய்ப்பு இருக்கிறது."

Jazakallah, Ataullah Bhai.