Islam As It Is
The Five Pillars of Islam
~ 88 ~
not
for such blessings sent down by the Almighty.
When the believer is hurt, it is to God that he calls
out for comfort and consolation; when he is in
distress, it is to God that he turns for help.
Whenever he has stood to gain, he is ever-mindful
of the fact that this is part of the Lord’s bounty, and
is moved to offer Him his heartfelt gratitude.
Should he incur a loss, he bows to the reality that all
things happen at the will of God. He does not
become arrogant when showered with blessings,
neither is he driven to despair by the adversity of
conditions. The strength of his attachment to his
Lord is so great that not even the most wonderful of
attachments to another human being can impair it.
Neither can any greater or lesser degree of self--
interest divert him from his duty to the Almighty.
From time to time, important scientific discoveries
are made by brilliant minds aided by sophisticated
apparatus—the gravitational forces of the earth and
cosmic rays being two of the better known. But
although their impact is very great in the realms of
science, they do not saddle either the discoverers, or
the recipients of their new-found knowledge, with
