Islam Rediscovered
4. Religion
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Religion, the science of life, is an eternal source of
inspiration and guidance to man. As such it acts as
a spur to spiritual and intellectual growth. Its
absence from human life would eliminate all
possibility of man’s following a course that would
lead him towards a total and meaningful
development of his personality.
RELIGIONS OTHER THAN ISLAM
The Qur’an and the Bible both tell us that, ever
since the advent of man on earth, God has sent His
Prophets to convey His message to mankind.
According to a
hadith
, from Adam to Jesus Christ,
more than one hundred thousand prophets have
come to the world. Every prophet brought God’s
religion and communicated it to his people. This
divine scheme has continued in every age and in all
places.
All these religions brought by God’s messengers
were one and the same. Originally there was no
basic difference between one religion and the other.
But it happened that none of the concerned peoples
were able to preserve the teachings of their
prophets. Either these religions survived in a
