Islam As It Is
FOREWORD
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invariably forgiving. Where others are cruel and
unjust, he is always kind and merciful. Where
people, thinking only of themselves cut themselves
off from others, he comes closer to people in order
to keep up good social relations. Whereas others
prefer to keep what they have in order to increase
their own prosperity, he derives pleasure from
giving to others. While people chase after the
pleasures of this world, he remains absorbed in the
hidden world of the Hereafter. Such is the life of
truth, which has been shown in all its perfection
through the teachings and examples of the Prophet.
To follow their example is to attach oneself to God.
Those who do so also attach themselves, quite
naturally, to their fellow-men, wishing, as they do,
to share with them the goodness they have found.
Their outward conduct thus begins to reflect their
inner state.
It is natural that, in this world, everyone should live
for some thing. Some live for money, some for
power, some for glory. There is no one who does
not have some cherished desire, the attainment of
which gives him a major satisfaction in life. The
