Charm Strikes the Eye but Merit Wins the Soul

- Comprehensive Note CSS by Khurram Pervaiz

“My wealth let sons and brethren part. Some things they can’t share: my work well done and my virtual soul ------- they are my own to wear.”- Geber

This maxim throws light on one of the greatest truths of human life. Beauty, wealth and physical makeup are only skin deep, though they attract the eye at the first sight, yet they are evanescent in character and likely to vapour away with the ravages of time. It is the purity of soul, the goodness of heart, the merit of one’s oars that have everlasting impressions in the lives and hearts of the other people. Abraham Lincoln was a man of rustic charm.  Having been born and bred in the open skies of Kentucky; he had neither the physical charm nor the financial capital to attract the sights and sounds of his countrymen. But his heart was pure and was based on the unwavering dedication for meritocracy and hardwork, through which he pulled his country and countrymen out of the bane of slavery and civil strife. He took the American flag to victory not because of his physical charms but because of the merit of his soul. Similiarly, Hazrat Bilal (RA) was an ebony slave with neither the physical charm nor the financial strong-arm, yet be became the first “Moazzan” of Islam and rose to the pinnacle of glory in the environs of Islamic history. In the same way, a beautiful woman can attract her husband for some time, but to make this marriage a successful venture, her beauty should be backed by her good nature and qualities. Someone has rightly said that marry a woman not for her beauty, but for her nature and good qualities. Unfortunately this world has given into apparent beauty and people are judged not according to the merit of their souls, but their apparent beauty and financial position. The world has forgotten that appearances are often deceptive and things are not what they seen. The world is full of “goodly apples rotten at the core”, and new generally judged more from appearances than from reality because they do not possess penetrating eyes. Same goes for modern civilization which is skin deep only and on scratching its inwardly monster will come out.