God and Man
English book, p. 11
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
GOD AND MAN to live with firm conviction. The source of this conviction, too, is none other than God. For his activities, man requires a target to continue his journey towards it confidently. This target, too, he can obtain only through belief in God. Studies tell us that every person in this world believes in God somehow or the other, even those who seem to be atheists. Many atheists cry out in utter helplessness to God when they face a major crisis. No person is an exception to this. Now, the question is, when every person believes in God in some way or another, why do they not all get the result one should get if one genuinely believes in God? Even while believing in God, most people’s condition is that they are without divine inspiration and lack peace of mind. Even many who claim they trust God are deprived of the blessings of trust in God. People accept God but feel that they do not have communion with God. Despite believing in God, the evidence of the blessings of God is often not visible in people’s lives. This is because many people worship some ‘non-god’ in the name of God. They may verbally claim that they believe in God but are tied to some ‘non-god’ or the other, in actual practice. For example, someone has seated some living or dead person in God’s place. Someone worships a ‘sun god’ or a ‘moon god.’ Someone else worships money and fame. In the name of Humanism, some seek to transfer the seat from God to man. Some people regard the laws of Nature as a substitute for God. Similarly, some people believe in a monistic concept of God, where God is viewed as a vague spirit, not a Being with whom one can be in communion and relationship. If you tried to call someone on your phone and, by chance, you dialed the wrong number, from the other end, you might

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