English book · Quranic Wisdom

Quranic Wisdom

English book, p. 115

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

When You Make a Mistake in God’s remembrance. In this sense there is no dichotomy in the believer’s life, for his personality is holistic in nature. This is the true concept of the Quranic life. This formula pertains not only to the day of congregation prayer: it gives, in fact, the complete scheme laid down for the believer. According to the Quran, belief is not simply a creed to be observed ritually. It is a complete formula for the whole life of the believer. A believer is one who discovers the Quranic truth as a complete theory of life. This belief is manifested in his worldly life as well as in that part of his life that is defined as being purely religious. A believer is a believer during his worldly activities as well as during his religious practices. The Quranic religion is a mind-based religion; this means that the Quran revolutionizes the whole personality of the believer in such a way that his intentions, his thinking, his behaviour, his external conduct are all dyed in the same divine colour. He is a believer when he is in a place of worship and he is also a believer when he is in the market or any other worldly place. The criterion of a true believer is his soul and not his external form. When You Make a Mistake O ne of the Quranic teachings is tawbah, which means repentance. When you make a mistake and do tawbah, the blessing of God will return to you. In the chapter Al-Tahrim (Prohibition), the Quran says: O believers, turn to God in sincere repentance, in the hope that your Lord will forgive you your bad

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