Oneness of God
English book, p. 75
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
CREATION PLAN OF GOD man a realist while prostrating himself before a non-God turns him into a creature of superstition. Bowing to God opens the door to realising the truth, while worshipping something other than God closes this door. We must accord the supreme status to the one and only God. We must ask Him alone to meet our needs. We must do obeisance before Him; we must trust Him implicitly, and above all others, we must reserve for Him the supreme status in all respects. Worship is the ultimate stage in any relationship: that is why, whatever its form, it must have God as its object. Therefore, any gesture in the nature of adulation is not permissible except when meant for God. When an individual makes God the object of his worship, he bows before an entity which really exists. On the contrary, one who makes a non-God the object of his worship bows before something which has no actual existence, even though he may have set up some material image of his ‘god’. While in the former case, one has found a trustworthy source of power, in the latter case, one has associated himself with crass superstitious notions, which have no basis in logic. God’s worshippers are graced with eternal blessings; the worshippers of things other than God can expect nothing but lasting deprivation.

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