The New Nation - Internet Edition

Money can, as the saying goes, buy wealth, happiness, even love sometimes. There is hardly any job on earth that money cannot accomplish. In fact, money is very powerful. It serves you best- with anything, in any way. But, in this regard, one thing we need to keep in mind is that we earn money to live but we do not live to earn it. The people who earn money to live should earn it in a legal way as well as spend it in proportion to the legal demand, and enjoy the gifts of life in a decent manner. They change money into happiness, prosperity, development and well-being, but money cannot change them. But, on the other hand, those who live to earn money live like slaves to it. These very people are the root of all evils in the society. These types of masses are always controlled by money. They cannot even control themselves. All of us, therefore, need to remember: money can never be our God- even the second. For ''you must have one God only, that is none but Allah.''

Habibur Rashid Ismail

Chittagong