The pen is a blessing given by God. When we say “the pen,” we think of literary and scholarly creation, of…

The pen is a blessing given by God. When we say “the pen,” we think of literary and scholarly creation, of speeches and sermons. Novels, novellas, stories; poems, qasidas, epics and so on. The pen has not been placed in everyone’s hand. God has given the pen to whomever He willed. Just as the one into whose hand the pen is given had no choice in taking it, he has no choice in casting it away either. It is impossible for a person struck by the ache of writing to be freed from that ache. Since writing has been inscribed in his nature as a trait, a child of Adam is helpless before the desire to write. As they say, the snake charmer’s death comes from the snake and the tightrope walker’s death from the rope; likewise it is quite possible that the writer’s death will come from the pen. That is, when the one who holds the pen sets it to work on the wrong path, he himself will surely be seized by its torment. For this reason the pen must be used for right aims and with a right intention. The aim of the pen is to make people aware of truths. The truth is that as long as a person does not correct himself, nothing will be right. The world speaks with your heart. Whatever is in your heart comes to face you. Every event that has happened in your destiny came out of your heart. Keep your heart straight. The straightness of the heart shows itself in such qualities as truthfulness, justice, sincerity, courage, love of people, beautiful character, patience, forbearance, gratitude, goodness, love, wisdom, composure, compassion, modesty, humility, gentleness, valor, reflection, contentment, fairness and bashfulness. The liar is unhappy; the oppressor is vile; the two-faced is base; the coward is abased; the lot of one who does not love people is lovelessness; one whose character is ugly is lonely; the impatient has lost his way; the intolerant is disgraced; the ungrateful is deprived; one without goodness is bad; the frivolous is worthless; the dull-witted is helpless; the merciless is afflicted with torment; the arrogant is a fool; one whose eyes are hard has a hard heart; the spineless one who lacks valor is downcast; one without reflection is ignorant; the greedy is trampled underfoot; the unfair is driven away; the shameless is the object of hatred. The people are in need of beautiful character and wisdom. Without beautiful character and wisdom no aim is achieved. With my pen I must open the doors of beautiful character and wisdom to people. The pen is not only the voice of a person’s private pains, nor is it charged with accusing people; on the contrary, it is a torch that shows the people the road that leads to the truth. The truth is light; it is a discovery that grants you tranquility and peace, delight and yearning, comfort and longing. It seems to me that I have understood the task of the pen correctly. What I understood came from reading the pages of the great. I hope that my God will inspire my heart with words that will be a confidant to your heart, a companion on your path and a helping hand in hardships, and that they will reach you...