Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Apr 27, 20203 min
In order to be receptive to truth, one must make efforts to develop a prepared mind. Man, by virtue of his societal existence, becomes a conditioned entity. It is this conditioning that is a major obstacle in his way
Trying to deride the discovery of a scientist, a man said to him that all discoveries were nothing but chance occurrences. Calmly the scientist replied that the man was right, but such chances took place only with scientists. This was a befitting answer.
It is only a prepared mind that is able to achieve the goal assigned. There is nothing mysterious about this. It is quite understandable that only a mind that has engrossed itself in trying to unravel a phenomenon that can eventually decipher it. However, a price must be paid to attain such a state where one can be referred to as a prepared mind. One must be sincere in one’s efforts, objective and unbiased in one’s approach and ready to admit a mistake and reassess the approach towards the target.
In order to attain wisdom, we must purify our mind and make it free of all impure thoughts.
In order to be receptive to truth, one must make efforts to develop a prepared mind. Man, by virtue of his societal existence, becomes a conditioned entity. It is this conditioning that is a major obstacle in his way. To be able to overcome this hurdle, man must be ready to revisit his existing ideas. He must be willing to rise above all kinds of biases and prejudices and become receptive to truth that may come to him from anywhere
Source: Spirit Of Islam