INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL
Spirit of Islam, July-August 2025, p. 30
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.
G od created wood, but He did not make a boat. He put iron in the ground, but He did not mould the iron into a machine. He produced aluminium and plastic, but left the task of turning them into ships. What is the reason for this? The reason for this is that God wants human beings to take up these tasks. On the one hand, God created all kinds of raw materials. And on the other hand, he gave humans intellectual and physical power. It is God’s plan that man should take raw material from the earth and transform them into machine, that he should convert unmoulded matter into moulded matter. This is an example of transforming the forces of nature into civilization. The same thing is required of human beings. God Almighty has given man an excellent personality. However, this human personality is a kind of raw material in its initial form. Now it is up to man himself to reconstruct this initial nature given by God. He should imprint his creativity on the plain sheet of nature provided to him. This is man’s test. Man’s future depends on success or failure in this test. It is required of man to mould his consciousness into realization, he should turn his feelings into remembrance of God. He should show his actions in the form of divine character, and make his personality a devoted servant of God. A human being is born from the mother’s womb. His personality is the one every person creates for himself. A man is born with a voice from his mother’s womb. It is up to him to lead his voice to confession of the truth , or to denial of the truth . Man comes to the present world endowed with ability. Now someone PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT Convert the Potential into Reality It is required of man to mould his consciousness into realization, he should turn his feelings into remembrance of God. He should show his actions in the form of divine character, and make his personality a devoted servant of God.

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