Those who can translate, are most welcome.
A page from a book: Teacher or Character builder
Ok, got it translated. Please do read it now, it has taken quite some efforts.
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“When God wishes to make someone on this earth helpless, He takes away his helplessness from him”. The Teacher started his talk with a realistic and uncommon statement. Including myself, about 40 clever and mischievous boys were sitting quietly as usual. He was the only teacher in our High School about whom, leave alone the students, even his colleagues never voiced any complaint. Whoever mentioned him and whenever he did so, remembered him with words of goodness and praise.
The Teacher continued: “For a poor person to be ashamed of his poverty is as bad as a rich man’s pride in his property. Whoever is not satisfied with his destiny [kismet] is asking for the disapproval of God. Because, in this way, he is rebelling against the adjudication of God. But this does not at all mean that Man should give up the path of hard work and struggle. To be content with what one has is identical with giving thanks to God and to strive for what one does not have is another name for completing God’s wishes”.
“You might ask, where does God’s Will come into this?” said the Teacher, looking at our inquiring faces. “If you study the creation of Man you will observe that Man has been built for work; his hands, feet, physical strength and the limitless mental strengths with which he has been endowed are proof of the fact that Nature intended him and wishes him to labour. Just as the inventor of a machine does not feel genuine happiness and acquire satisfaction until the machine made by him begins to function properly, in the same way God can never be happy with the person who has rendered the body made by Him useless, or who instead of making use of it has left it for others to support.” The Teacher lightly cleared his throat and went on: “As you know, in the matter of wealth and fame people envy each other. But the reality is that powerful minds think only about solutions. In my opinion, the worst type of envy is the wish to change one’s destiny for that of another.”
While the Teacher stopped for a little while a student requested permission to ask a question and said: “Sir, we are human beings, though we realize that envy is bad we still find ourselves involved in it. Please tell us some simple method by which we may save ourselves from this evil.”
The Teacher smiled and then said: “This is an easy question with an even easier answer. If you offer prayers for the goodwill of those whom you envy, your envy will keep on decreasing.” All students were amazed by the response of the Teacher.
“Do you know what the description of a morally solid person is?” asked the Teacher looking at us all. We, who were looking at him with reverence and love, kept silent. Perhaps the major reason for our silence was that we realized that in spite of our efforts we would be unable to hit upon that “logical answer” that would find suitable favour with him.
“Then let me tell you” said the Teacher. “There are two types of strong, upright persons. Firstly, there are the poor persons who do not envy the wealth of the rich, and neither does the ambition to gain wealth keep them agitated. And secondly, those rich persons who are not proud of their wealth, nor do they use it to intimidate others.” The Teacher kept an eye on the students and said: “In my opinion, the poor man who hates the rich and the rich man who hates the poor are both equally guilty, because for both of them the cause of hating each other is just ‘wealth’. Those who are not arrogant about their wealth know that “Al Mutakabbir = Greatest of the Great” is one of the characteristics of Allah, in which any participation by anyone is polytheism [ascribing partners to God], and this is a crime not pardoned by Allah.”
“But, Sir!” I put a question. “Can Man not take pride in his earthly achievements? Would this also come under polytheism?”
The Teacher smiled and replied: “If pride remains within its limits then it is not bad, but if it exceeds its limits then there remains no difference between pride and arrogance. Now look, and deliberate upon my words. Pride means that ‘I too am here’. And arrogance means that ‘only I am here’. When you see an arrogant or haughty person, then realize that he is the victim of ignorance and misapprehension. Stay away from such a person; he wants praise from the world, and wanting praise is an indication of lack of self-confidence. I think that if you pass close to those who consider themselves very great then perhaps they may appear very small indeed.”
We were all attention. We were filling our laps with stores of knowledge and wisdom. Believe it or not, this used to be the only period where the lecturer never ever had to say “Silence please!”
The Teacher went on: “My only fear is that our society, in blindly imitating the West, should not reach a stage where money becomes the criterion for civilization and rank, and poverty becomes only a measure of shame, because the tragedy of the New Age is that to attain ‘respect and position’ it has dealt a heavy blow to basic true philosophy. I do not know to what extent I am correct or incorrect, but it appears to me that, with the passage of time, qualities like humanity, family decency, education and training and moral values are becoming secondary in status and only wealth has remained as the ‘standard of respect’.” He completed his sentence and the bell announcing the end of the period rang.
This took place many, many years ago but the words of the Teacher are still fresh in my mind. I think what a wise and intelligent man that dervish-like teacher was. How correct were his ideas and fears about the times to come. In many affairs of my life I seek guidance from his philosophy even today. And it is my belief that everyone who is willing to hold himself to account can also benefit from the same philosophy.
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Yea i read it before too.
Its definitely worth reading.
urdy mai perhnay ka ziada meza hai.
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Nice one =]
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excellent article... thanx for sharing
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nice article.
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Bohat khoobsurat sharing Master g!
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Bohat umda . .
thanx for sharing . .:k:
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nice sharing 
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**Ju kisi qabil aur shreef log hain on ko aisey falsafey bol bol ker ajzi ikhtiyar kerwa di gai aur nachez log cheez ban giy. Allah ki di hoi aqal aur inaam per fakhar kerna aur os ka idrak kerna ghuroor ke zumrey main nahi atta. **
**Is ajzi ke falsafey se mujhy QTV yad a giya, woh ju agley din Q TV per begam Belqees Edhi keh rahi thi na ke **“AUrat bewaquf ban ker rahey gi tu theek rahey gi warna ghar khrab” Abbey Allah ne aqal bakhshi aur tum log kis trha keh rahy hu ke woh istymal na kery:aq: Allah ki bakhshi hoi dolat ka inkar kery aur nuqsan uthey Allah ke bandey ke hathon o sko tum kehty hu ke Allah ki merzi??? Jab ke srasar khrab aurton aur merdon ko tahafuz dainey wali hain yeh cheezain. Magar ham soch hi nahi sakty majbri ka nam shukriya Ajiz ker ke sahih bandon ko sahih kam kerny nahi daity yehi masla hai hamrey muashrey ka:chai:
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Peeer Saheban ko waseela Allah tak puhanchney ka ka waseela keh ker paisa baniya ja
sakta hai (sarey peer biradri dekh lo Multan hu ya Pagra ka gain) Ameer tareen hain Pakistan main apney ap ko waseela keh ker ab bato jis Allah ne aqal di **
**Bechara teacher banda pochey mian WEST woh jaga hai jahan koi degree yafta lerki aik plumber se shadi kerny main koi muzaiqa mehsoos nahi kerti ke woh aik insan hai agar acha insan mehsoos hota hai os ko tu Hmarey EAST main hai Paisa aur acha paisa kaman tu masla yeh West se nahi aiya hmarey han hai.
Arrogant hona as a student haram hai magar as a HUSBAND hala hai aur ham os ke haq main dalail bhi istymal kerty hain koi nahi kehta mian hamrey muashrey main merd fraon kion ban giey??? kion ke on ko is fakhar se ke main paisa kamat hon koin nahi rokta ulta tahfuz dosri traf aurat yani bivi bhi kamaey tu mer quam hai(dr Israr yad agiya qwami per tu)
Main bat ko kisi aur traf nahi le ja rahi hon magar is behas se kai nukat mery zehan main aey ju main ny biyan kiey sirf very nice sharing ke bajaey zara different zwiey se bhi sochin. Shukar hai main Master jee ki clas man nahi thi warna behas honi thi bari bherpor:Dwaisy hoti bhi tu koi faraq n aperta os zamaney main WEST main ny dekha hi kahan tha:confused:
Han aur West main aik tlaq yafta ya bewa se bhi os se kam umar lerky shadi ker laity hain aur yeh nahi ke sirf os ki jb daikh ker (yeh kam apney Pakistani lerky kerty paey hain main ne{Please if you are not that type don’t be angry, I have heard and seen this kind of PAKISTANI MUSLIM Boys living with a woman who had a good job and they are giving them favor yeh WEST hai na aurat ke pas pais ahu tu merd ki trha treat kerty haon ham})Magar ju hamrey mazhab ne bytion ko dafan kerny se mana kiya tha woh sab buriayan aurat ke ziman main hamrey East main hain West main buhat kam. Bas perdy ki kami ne mar liya WEst ghareeb ki:)
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The Teacher went on: “My only fear is that our society, in blindly imitating the West, should not reach a stage where money becomes the criterion for civilization and rank, and poverty becomes only a measure of shame, because the tragedy of the New Age is that to attain ‘respect and position’ it has dealt a heavy blow to basic true philosophy. I do not know to what extent I am correct or incorrect, but it appears to me that, with the passage of time, qualities like humanity, family decency, education and training and moral values are becoming secondary in status and only wealth has remained as the ‘standard of respect’.” He completed his sentence and the bell announcing the end of the period rang.
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I disagree with this part of the article. And i am truly amazed at how frequently the saem thing with similar wording is mentioned in Pakistan and is completely false.
There is more respect for education, humanity and values in west than in east.
**I was thinking about same paragraph, While came back to the thread:D
Masla dekhu hamrey muashrey main Khandan khandan ker key aik bhai ju kamat ahai os pe sab bojh dal diya jata hai BAP bachey paida kerty hoey nahi sochta ke main 58 ya 60 even 70 ke paity main hon bachon ka kiya baney ga mery bad??? But Bhai hain na sanbhalney ko aur aik nahi an ginat waqyat hain jahan bery bhai ki aulad ko aghwa aur qatal tak kerwa diy agiya ke khatra th nikhato bhai aur on ki aulad kahan se khain gey Ham phi rbhi bat kerty hain values ki:aq: Kiya system hai hamara bas jis ko daba liya woh ghareeb sab ki nigehbani kery Ma bap bachey paida kerty hain yeh on ki investment hai nothing else ke koi aik tu farmanberdar nikly ga 6 main se bachon ka koi nahi sochta acha muashrahai mian:ufff:
**Aisi values se ke aik bas mer ke reh jaey baqi aish kerin Allah hi mafi be value achey. Government ki stah per koi system tashkeel hi na diya ja saky yeh hai hamara EAST nothing else