Islam Rediscovered
8. The Man Islam Builds
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Therefore, by his own inner compulsion, the
believer becomes a man of character and a staunch
believer. For him it becomes impossible to be
immoral or unjust or dishonest in his conduct to his
fellow men.
This concept of the presence of God is no negative
matter. This is a wholly positive reality. This is
because God is not simply a source of power. He is
also a source of mercy. The storm brought about by
the awareness of the presence of God awakens not
only the feeling of fear, but a strong feeling of hope
as well. Similarly, the feeling of the presence of God
becomes a perpetual incentive for the positive
development of the human personality. This, in
Islamic terms, is called a spiritual revolution. In
short, belief in Islam makes accountability to God
man’s greatest permanent concern. The potential of
spirituality latent within man is activated by his
belief to the ultimate extent; this turns him into a
spiritual superman. But the feeling of the presence
of God Almighty also cuts man down to size. ‘And
man cut to size’ is the ultimate phrase in the
spiritual dictionary. Such a man succeeds to the
utmost degree in finding all those things that he
