English

In the book, The Concept of God, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan explains that both revealed and scientific knowledge equally prove that there is a God of this universe. And that God is only one. Not believing in God is as illogical as believing in many gods. In this present world man is given freedom for the purpose of being tested. Everyone is free to say what he wants to and to believe in anything of his own free will. But so far as reason is concerned, the only rational concept is that of one God. Everything else is irrational. No valid argument exists in its favour.

What is spirituality—or rabbaniyat, to use the Quranic term? In Spirituality in Islam, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan explains that it is the elevation of the human condition to a plane on which the mind is focused on the higher, non-material realities of a godly existence. The opposite of spirituality is materialism, a course followed all too often in this world. One who centres his attention on mere appearances, is regarded as being materialistic.

If a group of people are asked what the most important issue for mankind is today, different people will have different answers. Some would say the spread of nuclear weapons, some, the population explosion, while others might say that the production and distribution of wealth are of paramount importance. In the book, Man Know Thyself, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan explains that we are perpetually facing a peril much greater than this, yet no one feels the need to become anxious about it.

In the present book, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan explains that God and the Hereafter relate apparently to the unseen world. But the truth is that they are an essential part of human life. God and the Hereafter are known truths innate in man. There are two levels of God realization—the rational and the natural. Believing in the existence of God and the Hereafter at a rational level is only the initial stage of this realization, whereas believing in God and the Hereafter at a natural level is its ultimate stage.