Living in God's Glory
English book, p. 77
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
THE MEANINGFULNESS OF THE UNIVERSE posture of submission, he adopts the stance of rebellion. how is this contradiction to be resolved? The only solution to this problem is that a man becomes God’s servant one hundred per cent: he gives him his total obedience. since the result of deviation from nature in the material world immediately comes to light, man conforms to natural laws in the material aspect of his life. however, the result of any deviation does not immediately become known in the ethical world, so man defies God’s laws. if a farmer does not follow the proper cultivation method, he cannot expect to reap a complete harvest. similarly, one who does not obey the moral code in this world will find that only remorse and deprivation will be his lot in the hereafter. THE MEANINGFULNESS OF THE UNIVERSE The essence of religion is to believe in the meaningfulness of the universe, meaningfulness which is yet unseen, for in this world, all higher realities lie hidden. arthur Koestler quoted albert Einstein: “i maintain that cosmic religiousness is the strongest and most noble driving force of scientific research. a contemporary has said, not unrightly, that the serious research scholar in our generally

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