SPIRIT OF ISLAM DECEMBER 2018

4 Spirit of Islam Issue 72 December 2018 The true purpose of Islam is to bring what the Quran calls ‘devoted servants of God’ ( Rabbaniyun ) into existence. Islam seeks to imbue every single individual with love and fear of the Lord. The type of person that Islam seeks to form is one who fears God above all else, whose focus of attention is the next eternal world; one who subordinates all his actions and dealings to the will of God; who does not follow the dictates of the devil and his own desires but submits to one God alone. Islamic faith is essentially a discovery — the discovery of God. Islam is for one to see beyond the superficial forms of things to the reality that lies beneath; it is for one to set one’s gaze beyond creation and fix it on the Creator. This is to see something that others have not seen, to discover something that others have yet to discover. When true Islam enters a person’s soul it is the most shattering of experiences. It brings one face to face with a reality which changes the very nature of one’s life. It is rebirth, the making of a new man. Islam addresses itself to the individual, not to society as a whole, for only an individual can experience the psychological upheavals that Islam brings about. To seek to Islamize society, without individuals having undergone the inward transformation essential to Islam, does not serve to strengthen and consolidate God’s religion; it can only undermine it. o Maulana Wahiduddin Khan editor@thespiritofislam.org Follow Maulana at speakingtree.in Peace Peace is a prerequisite for all kinds of human progress. With peace, we progress without peace, we face ruin. The true purpose of Islam is to bring what the Quran calls ‘devoted servants of God’ (Rabbaniyun) into existence. Islam seeks to imbue every single individual with love and fear of the Lord.