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The Brothers Karamazov & Islamic Spritualism

  The Brothers Karamazov is the last novel penned by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Earlier I was sceptical about reading it as I was under the false impression that it would be a dull and boring novel but once I started, I found it to be very interesting and in line with the islamic teachings. This book coherently uncovers the charade of liberals and free thinkers. The one who think he is free from the dogmas of religion is actually the slave of his desires. One may argue, what's bad in it to follow one's desire? At least he is following his own desires, not anyone else. This argument appears to be cogent and makes sense to many but if you go a little deep you will find, the desire that you have fed has grown wild over the time and it is not in your control but it has enslaved you instead. The habits that are harming you and your family and you want to shed them but instead of all your efforts you are not able to shun them, Do you know why? The answer is simple the slave has taken the co...
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The Power of Eloquence

When you ask to a person that which is the most potent weapons of all times then his obvious answer would be nuclear bomb or hydrogen bomb but I am of opinion that "Eloquence" is more powerful than any other weapons. It has the ability to change the attacker into victim and victim into attacker. The one who is holding a gun towards a person is a simple man but his prey is the owner of the finest tongue, master of words, lord of eloquence. Then this possibility could not be ruled out that by the eloquence of this victim the owner of the gun may kill himself. Some people may argue the opposite but the history of the world is full of these charismatic orators who were able to move the mountains and stop the flow of rivers with the movements of their tongues and flow of their pens. For their comforts and for their power the ordinary people sacrificed their lives. Oratory is the skill of kings and masters. It brings master out of slaves and kings out of subjects.
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