SPIRIT OF ISLAM JULY 2O18

10 Spirit of Islam Issue 67 July 2018 pedestal of divinity (godhead), while some believe in the concepts of nature worship. Some, under the influence of humanism have accorded the seat of God to man, what is called ‘transfer of seat from God to Man’ in the jargon of humanism, and yet others have discovered the law of nature as an alternative to God. Some believe in the monistic concept of God, according to which God is a vague spirit, rather than a Being with whom contact may be established. The solution to this problem is that everyone should re-examine this entire matter. If a person is serious, he will certainly reach the conclusion that he has to discover the system of thought in which he may find the concept of God in its pure form. This is the problem facing all of human kind. Every person believes, ideologically, in one god or the other. But so far as the result of such belief is concerned, it is not forthcoming. Every person, from his own personal experience can understand that this problem is not one of lack of belief but it is one of lack of result of belief in God. This is a universal truth which anyone can understand from their own personal experience. A number of scholars have carried out research regarding this issue and have tried to find the answer. One of these being a highly educated Bengali scholar, Dr. Nishikant Chattopadhyaye. He related his findings at great length in one of his lectures delivered in Hyderabad (Deccan) in 1904. This lecture has now been published in the form of a booklet. That is, in this matter, the actual problem is that all the religions revealed before the 7 th century AD., gave the concept of one God but in later times their original text could not be preserved by their followers. In every religion the concept of God became subject to human interpolations. Hence the original teaching regarding the concept of God could not be preserved. Islam came to the world in the first quarter of the seventh century. Although Islam too was a religion like other religions, the distinctive feature of Islam is that its original text , the Quran was fully preserved. According to the Quran, the sacred book of God, God is one. He alone is the Creator and the Lord of man and the universe. He is sustainer of the entire universe. God is a living being. He sees and hears. At every moment and at every place it is possible for man to contact God directly, without the need for any intermediary. God Almighty can compensate Man, owing to his peculiar nature, wants to lead his life in conviction. And there is no other source of this conviction save that of God.