English book · Remembrance of God

Remembrance of God

English book, p. 18

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

This is true thanksgiving and there is no doubt about it that thanksgiving is the noblest form of worship. In the present world, what is called life support system exists on a large scale. Here everything is created in such a way that in the total sense, it is favourable to a human being. The whole world is a custom-made world. Given this situation, when a person is free to live in this world, and utilize its resources, he should be filled with feelings of gratefulness and acknowledgement: a person, it should be borne in mind, has received all the precious things of this world free of cost. True thankfulness is the price we have to pay for all these things. Those who do not pay this price are like usurpers in this world. Living in this world without this feeling of gratefulness is an unpardonable sin, for both men and women. The Extended Meaning of the Quran T he Quran is a universal book. Its message is an eternal one. As well as having a primary meaning, the verses of the Quran have an extended meaning. To understand this deeper meaning of the Quran, it is very important to understand this fact. For example, there is a verse in the Quran about the dawn prayer (fajr): “… the recitation at dawn is indeed

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