'' Our Lord ! grant us good in this world and good in the hereafter and save us from the torment of the Fire '' [Ameen]
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{in Arab} :->
Rabbanaa aatinaa fid-dunyaa hasanatan wafil aakhirati hasanatan waqinaa 'athaaban-naar/-
(Surah Al-Baqarah ,verse 201)
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This is an extremely interesting and inspiring essay that appeared in
the BBC's online news magazine. And since changing ourselves, and
thereby changing the world, is a frequent focus of my articles here at
IslamicSunrays.com, I felt this piece was a good fit. Maybe later I'll
use it as a springboard for a similar piece with a specifically
orientation, Insha'Allah:
The secrets of changing the world
Transforming society is a feat that only a select fewof us will ever
accomplish. In the second of a series of articles about
innovation,Stephen Sackur looks for common qualities that unite the
genuine revolutionaries he has encountered.
I paid a brief visit to my teenage son's school the other day. The sun
was outand the air was thick with restless, hormonal energy.
If only we could tap into these kids' hopes, dreams and creative
urges, I mused, we could reinvigorate our jaundiced adult world.
It's a tempting proposition,is it not? That all of us, in our youth,
have the capacity to be innovators, free-thinkers, resolute refuseniks
when it comes to accepting the status quo.
Tempting, but alas, illusory.Most of us figure out from a very early
age that it's safer to conform than rebel. We tend to go with the
flow, rather than ask why it has to be so.
That's why so many young people today tell pollsters their ambition in
life is to be a celebrity, a sports star or a glamorous model.
Yes,they want to be rich and famous, but they want success simply to
fall into their laps. Change the world? Sounds too much like hard
work.
But without innovators we're stuck. Every new generation needs people
determined to find a betterway. Of thinking, doing, and living.
So I've set myself a task. I'm going to try to distil what I've
learned from years of encounters on my TV interview programme,
HARDtalk, with some of ourplanet's great contemporary innovators.
Is it possible to find a common thread which runsthrough these diverse
and daring minds whether it bein business, science or art?
Well, it's worth a try. Here are the qualities that seem to separate
us sheep from the innovative goats.
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