Islam As It Is
man, know theyself!
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MAN, KNOW THEYSELF!
If scientists were one day to declare that the earth’s
gravity had been reduced to zero, and that our
planet was being pulled towards the sun at 6,000
m.p.h, the whole world would be stricken with
panic, for this would mean that in a few weeks time
all life would be burnt off the face of the earth.
This globe, in fact, is always in much greater peril
even than this. But no one loses a moment’s sleep
over it. What, actually, is this peril? It is the peril of
the Last Day, to which the world from the moment
of creation has been destined, and towards which
we are rushing in the most reckless way. As a
matter of faith, most of us accept this reality, but,
strangely, we do not stop to give it any serious con-
sideration.
If different people were asked what was the topic of
the greatest relevance for mankind today, they
would all give different answers. Some would say
the spread of nuclear weapons, some would say too
high a birthrate all over the world, while others
might say that the most important of all was the
