The Spirit of Islam
English book, p. 129
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Save Yourself from Satanic Beautification sees the universe as soon as he is born. By seeing it again and again he takes it to be an ordinary thing; he does not find any uniqueness in it, and takes it for granted. Moreover, when a person receives anything in this world, it appears to be available to him by the process of ‘cause-and-effect’. On this basis, he thinks that whatever he attains is due to his own diligence and talents. That is why he does not develop feelings of gratitude to God, the Giver and the Sustainer. SAVE YOURSELF FROM SATANIC BEAUTIFICATION Those who are sincere and intellectually awakened can go beyond the outer beautification to grasp the inner reality, and save themselves from Satan’s deception. C hapter 15 of the Quran records a dialogue between God and Satan (Iblis). At the time of the creation of the first man, Satan became his enemy from day one. Therefore, challenging this act of God,

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