Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
The Teachings of the Prophet
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All one’s efforts in the world become oriented
towards the Hereafter. One’s worship, sacrifices, life
and death are all dedicated to God and His
prophets.
The self-guided life, on the other hand, is a free and
unprincipled one. One who lives such a life is
unconcerned about the nature of reality. He believes
what he wants to; he passes his time in whatever
way his intellect and desires direct him; his efforts
all centre on worldly gain; he develops into the sort
of person he wishes to be, rather than what God
and His prophets would like to see.
People who adhere to the religion of some previous
prophet can only be counted as God’s true servants
if they believe in the Prophet of Islam. Belief in him
is in no way incompatible with adherence to their
own religion in its most complete and perfect
possible form. Those who deny his prophethood are
proving by their actions that all they follow is a
religion of conventional norms and prejudices, to
which they have attached a prophet’s name. Those
who follow a religion simply because it is their
national one can never discover the divine religion
