So it is with man. Man meets with hardships in life, sometimes too hard to stand at the moment, but often such experiences become as higher initiations in the life of the traveller on the path. The heart of man which is the shrine of God, once purified of that poison, becomes the holy abode where God Himself resides. As a youth Muhammad travelled with his uncle, who went to Syria on a business trip. He knew the shortcomings of human nature, which have a large role to play in the world of business. He knew what profit means, what loss means, and what both mean in the end. This gave him a wider outlook on life, because he saw how eager one is to profit by the loss of another. Human beings live in this world no better than the large and small fishes in the water, who live upon one another.