Islam As It Is
FOREWORD
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mathematical formula. It is to recognise that one is
nothing, has nothing, that God is everything, has
everything in His power, is Lord of all creation.
With this realization comes the desire to become a
slave of the Almighty. One who makes this
discovery becomes, quite naturally, a completely
altered human being, for his life is then bathed in a
divine light; his heart and mind are completely
captivated. When he hears and sees, it is with the
hearing and vision of his Maker. The darkness in
which his ideas and thinking had formerly been
plunged, is banished by the discovery of God; every
fibre of his being is lit up by this discovery, just as if
a new sun had climbed into the sky.
The discovery of God takes place in the human
mind, but a man feels its effect throughout his
entire being. He loses himself and finds God. With
God living in his thoughts he belongs entirely to
Him. His entire being is enslaved and prostrates
itself before his Lord. One excellent consequence of
this is his beginning to treat his fellow human
beings as befits a devout servant of God. Where
others act out of egoism, he proceeds with humility.
Where others are vengeful in attitude, he is
