following God's commands without
hesitation, regardless of how little sense it
may seem to make at the time, that a soul
can ever achieve true greatness, in an eternal
sense.
"All do We aid - these as well as those - out
of the bounty of thy Lord, and the bounty of
thy Lord is not limited. See how We have
made some of them to excel others. And
certainly the Hereafter is greater in degrees
and greater in excellence."
The Holy Qur'an, Part XV, Chapter 17, Section
2, No. 20-21, (Islam, Words of Mohammad)
Standing within a school house, two
women were arguing. One was a party girl,
and the other was more reserved and
virtuous. Walking away, the virtuous girl
was no longer present as I walked towards
the party girl. Dressed very sexually, I
looked at her calmly and said. "I used to be
just like you. I thought it was cool to be the
party-girl, the fun one, the one that
everybody noticed and wanted to hang
around. But I was wrong. It is much more
virtuous to be somewhat reserved and more
prudent about what you wear and how you
behave. It is a very different thing to try to