English book · The Spirit of Islam

A Person Owes Everything to His Creator

English book, p. 106

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

A PERSON OWES EVERYTHING TO HIS CREATOR A person owes everything to his Creator. If he becomes conscious of this reality, his Lord will mean everything to him, as a mother means everything to her infant. C hapter 2 of the Quran states: “In the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of night and day; in the ships that sail the ocean bearing cargoes beneficial to man; in the water which God sends down from the sky and with which He revives the earth after its death, scattering over it all kinds of animals; in the courses of the winds, and in the clouds pressed into service between earth and sky, there are indeed signs for people who use their reason.” (2:164) The vast universe spread out before us serves as a magnificent introduction to God. The existence of a boundless cosmos of which the earth and the heavens are parts is proof that it must have a Creator. Despite apparently different and contrasting elements, all

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