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THE PRACTICAL RELEVANCE OF MONOTHEISM

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By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

~ 29 ~ ‘Creator,’ faith in the oneness of God will be incomplete if we do not at the same time, recognize Him as the all-powerful Master and Final Arbiter. The present universe with all its mysterious purposes, is but a manifestation of the omnipotence of God. Our understanding of this in this life is necessarily limited by human imperfection, but in the Hereafter, no human failing will obscure the oneness of God, which will be made manifest in all its superb perfection. In this world, it is often suggested that the oneness of God is debatable, and that it is an idea, which needs much further scrutiny. But in the Hereafter, the oneness of God will be an established fact, to be seen and believed in, in the same way as one believes in the existence of the sun in our planetary system. Human belief in the oneness of God will be sadly deficient if, claiming faith in Him, it stops short of belief in the Hereafter, the most consummate manifestation of God’s oneness. Adherents of this belief can be unitarians from the

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