Islam The Voice of Human Nature
3. ISLAM IS THE VOICE OF HUMAN NATURE
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it will be so till the very Day of the Last
Judgement.
Those who aspire to reach their Sustainer, and
enter into the eternal gardens of paradise, have
but one course to follow: they must seek out the
commandments of God in the Qur’an, and their
realization in the life of the Prophet, and then
must pattern their lives along the same lines. For
the Prophet’s life is so perfect as to be an
example for both great and small, for king and
commoner alike. No other course will lead such
aspirants to their true objective. No other life
will be pleasing in the eyes of God.
SALAH
Worship (
salah
) is the second ‘pillar’ of Islam. In
its prescribed form, it entails the worshipping of
God at five appointed times during the day and
night. God himself, through His Prophet, has
taught us the way of doing so, and this is so all-
embracing that a better way of worship would
be difficult to imagine. As the appointed hour
approaches, God’s glory is proclaimed in the call
to prayer (
adhan
).
Thus reminded that it is the
