GOD-ORIENTED LIFE — Discover God Through Creation
Spirit of Islam, June 2014, p. 8
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
One who fails to find God is compelled by his natural urge to give the place of God to something other than God. This place is sometimes accorded to a certain human being, sometimes to a certain animal, sometimes to a phenomenon of nature, sometimes to a certain material power, sometimes to a certain supposed concept and sometimes just to the self. Even if one fails to discover God, or he becomes a denier of God, it is not in his or her power to stifle the urge in his nature to find God. That is why those men and women who have not found God inevitably come to hold something other than God as God. And this supposed God is always some creation or the other of God. By nature, it is possible for man not to accept the real God as God, but it is not possible for anyone to save himself or herself from granting the status of divinity to something other than God. Making God one’s object of worship raises man's position. On the contrary, regarding something other than God as God amounts to descent from the level of humanity. Submission to God is the only way of life for both — man and the universe. o Habit of forgetting The habit of forgetting is very important. It saves you from distraction, it prevents you from wasting your time, and it shields you from negative thoughts. All these things are so important that any sacrifice to achieve it is worth it.

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