Islam The Voice of Human Nature
3. ISLAM IS THE VOICE OF HUMAN NATURE
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earn profits or, in some other way, finds himself
at an advantage, he is reminded of God’s
blessings and his heart is filled with gratitude.
His achievements do not, however, fill him with
conceit, nor do his failures crush him or even
make him impatient. In all such matters, whether
of loss or gain, his adoration of God is never
impaired, nor does anyone or anything other
than God ever become its object. No expediency
ever makes him forget his Lord.
The discovery of the power of gravity on earth
and on other bodies, or of radiation in the
universe with the help of sophisticated
instruments, is an achievement of an academic
nature with no overtones of religious
compulsion. But the discovery of God is an
entirely different phenomenon. It is the direct
apprehension of a Being who is all-seeing and
all-hearing, and who is the repository of all
wisdom and might. Discovering God means,
moreover, acceptance of the fact that God has not
created man, or the universe at large in vain.
That a magnificent universe should stand mute,
without its true significance ever being
