The Way to Find GOD by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan - page 30

The Way to Find God
A Final Word
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A FINAL WORD
A city clock-tower informs people of the correct
time. People set their watches according to it.
Nobody bothers about who the engineers and
mechanics who constructed the clock-tower were,
or where the parts that they used were produced.
The fact that it keeps good time is enough to attract
everybody. God’s religion is much the same sort of
clock-tower, constructed for man’s guidance; yet
people fail to look at it and find their way by it.
There can only be one reason for this; people are
serious in wanting to know the time, but not the
word of God. God’s religion is connected with the
next life, while a clock-tower is a thing of this
world. The clock has an important part to play in
the realization of their worldly ambitions. They
recognize its importance. But they have no
ambitions for the future life, and no regard for the
importance of something which guides man to
eternal success.
True submission to God does not mean just
acknowledging His existence. It involves total
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