English book · Purposeful Creation : God's Vision for Mankind

Purposeful Creation : God's Vision for Mankind

English book, p. 26

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

God and find a way to connect with this God. Without this discovery, one is bound to face terrible destruction. Therefore, discovering the true God should be a person’s most important aim and purpose and the focus of his efforts. It is this that makes human life meaningful. The person whose life is bereft of this discovery is the poorest, even if he owns enormous material wealth. The discovery of God means the discovery of a Higher Truth. Moreover, discovering Higher Truth and establishing a firm connection with God makes man’s life meaningful. If you have not had this discovery, your life cannot be said to be meaningful in the true sense. An issue that one needs to bear in mind concerning the discovery of God is that a person gets this opportunity only in the predeath phase of his life. Those who have not discovered God in their life before death will be deprived of this chance in the postdeath period. Then it would be too late. THE CONCEPT OF GOD According to Islam, God is the One who possesses uniqueness in every aspect and is entirely pure from all forms of participation in His essence and attributes. This is the concept of Tawheed or monotheism in Islam. Believing in God is not as difficult for humans as arriving at a correct understanding of God. Throughout the ages, humans have continued to acknowledge the existence of God, and even

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