Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
Closeness to God
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CLOSENESS TO GOD
Only those who have recognized God in this world
will be admitted to God’s paradise in the next. The
discoverer of God is one who sees God with
conviction, despite the fact that in this world God is
invisible; who hears God speaking to him with each
throb of his heart; who reads the Book of God with
a feeling that the pages of his own nature are being
unfolded.
The discoverer of God is one whose moribund spirit
has been quickened by faith; whose heart has been
purified by remembrance of God; who proceeds by
the light of God; whose heart trembles at the very
mention of God’s name; who receives God with
tears and whose whole being surrenders to Him.
Whoever is close to God is close to heaven.
Closeness to God begins in this world and
culminates in the next. A person who experiences
closeness to God feels that he is seeing an unseen
reality. He feels very close to the most distant of
Beings. He engages in conversation with One who
does not seem to be present. He showers his
