Islam Rediscovered
1. Search for Truth
~ 16 ~
1. SEARCH FOR TRUTH
Man is a born seeker — a veritable truth-seeking
animal. Every human being regards himself as
incomplete until he has found that supreme
principle by which he can explain his existence in
this world and discover the purpose and meaning
of his life.
Everyone is a seeker. True. But few are finders.
Why? Because, where seeking is instinctive, finding
is the outcome of one’s own conscious effort.
In the pre-Islamic period, there were certain
individuals in Arabia, called
Hunafa
. They were all
truth seekers. Confining themselves to solitary
places, they would remember God and say: “O God
if we had known how to worship You, we would
have worshipped you accordingly.”
This was due to their urge to come to grips with
reality — an urge such as is found in every human
being, the difference between one individual and
another being only one of degree: in some, the urge
is weak, in others it is strong.
