THE UNIVERSALITY OF ISLAM

The Universality of Islam ~ 182 ~ the one hand, stands man, and on the other, his Lord, with nothing whatsoever in between. This is a religion which needs no prop of custom or convention. It is a religion which brings one straight to God without enmeshing one in obscure rites, argumentation and the dubious services of selfstyled intermediaries. No such entanglements are necessary in the quest for the Almighty. At every moment, God reaches out to His servants; man may then find God at any moment of his seeking. No barrier stands between man and God, and there is, therefore, no need for intercession. When a man enters the eternal world of God, he finds his Maker right there before him, where he stands. Islam, the religion of tawheed is pure and eternal. The God of Islam is one God: all divinity is invested in His Being. Those who discover the purity of tawheed find themselves in an infinite and eternal world, where time and space are limitless, the horizon is without end, and vision knows no boundaries. In Islam As It Is, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, a