THE JOURNEY OF LIFE
One rule of geometry says: “A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.”
This is perfectly true for light, because experiments show that light always travels in straight lines. But if someone tries to apply this principle to the journey of human life, their path will only lead to confusion.
If you set out from home determined to walk in a perfectly straight line until you reach your destination, you may fall into a pit, crash into a mountain, or drown in a river. That is why no sensible traveler does this. Every wise traveler decides their route according to the terrain, not by geometry.
In the present time, Muslims across the world are engaged in a struggle against the assumed enemies of Islam. As they embark on their journey of life, they feel that certain nations, like rivers and mountains, stand in their way. They immediately declare jihad against these nations.
This approach is like trying to travel in a straight line. Such efforts can never succeed. They are not acts of life but of destruction.
The journey of life is not traveled by geometric rules. It requires adjusting to favourable and unfavourable conditions. The realistic plan for life is the one that fully takes account of external circumstances—and only such a plan succeeds in this world.
