Islam As It Is
man, know theyself!
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conscious or subconscious doubts as to its existence.
If, however, we give serious thought to this reality,
it ceases to be difficult to understand. God-wishing
to put us to the test—has not told us the secrets of
life after death. But He has scattered His signs
throughout the world, and it is then for us to mark
them, think earnestly about them, and in this way
find a true picture of the essence of all things. This
universe is, indeed, a mirror in which we can gaze
upon the image of the next world.
It is well known that human beings pass from a
prior state to their present state. Man takes shape
from a substance which, itself formless, grows
inside the mother’s womb until a fully-fledged
human being develops, ready to enter the outside
world. This process of change, which turns an
invisible, unfeeling, valueless substance into a six
foot tall human being, is an every day event, so why
should there be any difficulty in understanding
how the tiny particles of our bodies, after being
scattered in the ground, will once again take on a
human form?
Every individual that one sees walking around is, in
