This is criminal negligence by the state.

The intensity of the quake was quite strong enough - but the shoddy materials may have caused even more deaths.

This was a common practice throughout Pakistan, but particularly in NWFP. We've been tolerating this kind of corruption in Pakistan for years.

Similitude of the heart is like that of a telephone operator between man and God.

A worshipper perceives that he is near to God because he is awake all night worshipping God. But after worship, your prayers are for health, long life, wealth, and for the damsels and slaves of the Paradise. Ponder! Did you ever pray to God, ‘O’ God, I desire from Thee nothing but Thee’?

They will become Godly when they will have God in their hearts.