The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 29
Islam the True and Living Faith 29 in contact with one who is directly inspired. I convey this good news to the whole world that the God of Islam is such a Living God. Those with whom no one can now speak are dead and are not God. No one can see their signs today. He whose god is dead would be put to shame in every field and would be humiliated and would not be helped in any way. . My purpose in making this announcement is that a religion which is true does not change. As it was in the beginning, so it would be at the end. A true religion would never become a dry tale. Islām is a true religion and. I call everyone Christians, Āryās, Jews and Brahmūs— to show them the truth of Islām. Is there anyone of them who seeks the Living God? We do not worship the dead. . Our God is Living. He helps us through His inspiration and revelation and through heavenly signs. If there is a single Christian who is truly a seeker after truth, let him make a comparison between our Living God and his dead god. For such a trial, a period of forty days would suffice. [Majmu'a Ishtihārāt, Vol. 2, pp. 310-312]. Enduring Signs of the Truth of Islām. The Islām whose qualities we have set out is not something for proof of which we have to refer only to the past and have to point only to the ruins of tombs. Islām is not a dead faith so that it may be said that all its blessings have been left behind and there is nothing ahead. The principal quality of Islām is that its blessings always accompany it. It does not speak only of the past but offers present blessings as well. The world is always in need of blessings and heavenly signs. It is not as if it needed them in the past and does not need them now. . A weak and helpless human being who is born like a