Spirituality in Islam
Spirituality in Islam
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are the basic sources of spiritual inspiration for a
man who seeks to live a life according to the divine
scheme.
This dual source of divine inspiration is mentioned
in the Qur’an in the following verse: “God is He
who raised the Heavens without visible supports,
then He ascended the Throne. He has compelled the
sun and the moon to be of service, each pursuing an
appointed course; He controls the affairs (of the
Universe); He makes plain His revelations, so that
you may be certain of the meeting with your Lord”
(13:2). So, the Qur’an is like a guidebook. It prepares
the mind so that one may properly understand the
Universe and live in it as desired by God.
So, a
mu’min
(true believer) has precisely that kind
of prepared mind. When he sees the Universe with
its various parts functioning in an absolutely
coherent manner, he will spontaneously say: “There
is no god but the one God!” and when he examines
it, he will find that there are so many complex
happenings in its vastness. Nevertheless, he finds
that every part of the universe is highly predictable.
With this discovery, he realizes that it is as if God
