ISLAM AS IT IS by Maulana Waiduddin Khan - page 9

Islam As It Is
FOREWORD
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on which he could conceivably lean. He will come
face to face with the Almighty, in all His Power and
Glory, and thanks to his godless religion, he will
find himself utterly defenceless. The only man to
have honour and success in the Heareafter will be
one who has taken God’s religion to himself while
still in the land of the living. Beyond the grave, it is
too late; he who has adopted a godless religion will
be faced with eternal doom in the afterlife.
The religion of God is the true, natural religion to
adopt. The truth of this suddenly becomes plain in
moments of crisis. Whatever the religion a man
adopts, when the whirlpool of events sends him
spiraling downwards to his doom, he forgets all
else and turns to God. It is experiences of this
nature which prove that the only true religion is the
religion of God, the one on which a man should
base his entire life. If he adopts any other religion, a
time will come, sooner or later when it will prove to
be without substance. When disaster looms large,
all its supports will be shown to be false.
Nature provides a pointer towards the future,
everlasting world. One who listens to its appeal,
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