English book · The Vision of Islam

CHAPTER SEVEN — Final Word

English book, p. 147

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Final Word This is the real reason for all our efforts in the present age having been rendered futile (Quran 2:217, 3:22). We launched movements based on worldly politics and that is why we were not eligible for divine succour. If now we want to save ourselves from destruction, the only way for us to achieve this is to stand up as da‘is to the peoples of the world, abandoning any collision course on all counts—political and economic—and making the conveying of the Creation Plan of God the real issue of importance. This is the only way of ensuring succour from God and unless we obtain God’s succour we will not be able to achieve success of any kind—either in this world or the Hereafter. Honour for the believers is a divine gift or blessing received as a reward for the performance of some special task. Then what is that special task to be carried out by the believers which enables them to receive this reward? It is the same as the objective of raising the Muslim community. That is, conveying the message of God to man, making people aware of the divine will in order that no one may lay the blame on God on the Day of Judgement, for not having been informed of the Creation Plan. This is the act which makes believers deserving of the divine blessings. If we fail to perform this desired task, no other struggle can make us deserving of divine blessings.

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