Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
A Danger Warning
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A DANGER WARNING
What is the reality of life? Normally people do not
like to think of such things. For them, there is one
life—that of the world—and they try to live it in as
prestigious and comfortable a way as possible, for
afterwards, neither man, nor anything that concerns
him, will remain. Some do think about this matter,
but only on a philosophical level. They seek a
theoretical explanation of the world. Such
explanations are interesting from a philosophical
point of view, but they are of no basic value to man.
Theoretical discussions about whether a cosmic
spirit keeps the whole universe revolving for its
own fulfillment, or whether everything is part of
some sublime being, do not raise any personal
issues for man. Some have a religious answer to the
question, but their solution is also of no import to
man. Some religions hold that the son of God was
crucified in atonement for man’s sins; others see life
as a mysterious, recurring cycle, with man
repeatedly being born and dying; some claim that
man will be rewarded and punished in this world.
These are the creeds of which most religions are
made.
