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FROM THE SPIRITUAL TREE

Spirit of Islam, July 2016, p. 25

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.

A conscious belief in God and the fear of God are two integral concepts. You cannot separate the fear of God from a conscious belief in God. God, there is an admission of God, but there is no fear of God. On the other hand, a conscious belief in God is a completely different matter. A conscious belief in God arises from discovering God and all His powers. One who discovers God in such a manner cannot remain like he was before finding God. After discovering God, his whole personality is shaken. His very soul is stirred with the intensity of fear. All other matters vanish from his mind leaving him concerned with only the issue of God. A conscious belief in God and the fear of God are two integral concepts. You cannot separate the fear of God from a conscious belief in God. Where these two have been disconnected, then know that it is not a conscious belief in God but only a traditional belief, and a traditional belief in God is of no value. o Importance of Education Education makes man a right thinker and a correct decision-maker. It achieves this by bringing him knowledge from the external world, teaching him to reason, and acquainting him with past history, so that he may be a better judge of the present. Without education, man, as it were, is shut up in a window less room. With education he finds himself in a room with all its windows open to the outside world.

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