Watching General Matis being interviewed on MSNBC.An intelligent,principled,well-intentionned man.Full of clever formulas like”you recruit for attitude;but you train for skill” and “there are three things important in leadership,supposedly military, but generalizable: competence,caring and conviction”.Sounds good ,eh? Well,anything that doesn’t refer back to the Divine Will and presumes we humans are in charge is bogus to me!That was the genius of the Sahabbas(The Companions of the Prophet sal).They understood well that it all happens via the Divine Will(“Musabib al asbab”-the Causer of Causes).And they had a great teacher in Mohammed-one of the most aware beings concerning this aspect of reality and arguably its greatest teacher.This aspect of reality has not changed one iota in 1500 years! Alhumdulillah that there were people who have taught us this! We need less “experts” and more wise men and women(i.e. God-conscious ones).