Because she knew the language, she understood and appreciated the words. The Navjote today is a social event, a social gathering. Let us cease to make Navjote a social gathering and let us make it a day of awareness for the young soul. Unfortunately whenever there is some discord amongst the community, be it in India or elsewhere, it is not religion but it is some 'ism'. It is for this 'ism' that again another Urdu poet has said 'Mun huque nahi shikhata afatme ber rakhna'.
Religion never teaches to harbor rancor amongst brothers.
When I use the word brother, I always tell my people in Bombay that the 'r' in the word brother stands for the right attitude and if it is removed, my brother becomes a 'bother'. Then life suffers because my right attitude to my brother is not in the whole warmth of my family but outside it. My prophet has taught me another universal element, that religion stands for progress. The word for progress in Gujerati and Sanskrit is 'gati'. My religion further teaches me 'fradat-gaethem'.