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Living and Sustaining God grants life again and again. Yohyil arza ba'da mautiha "Gives life to the earth after it has died. " Does He give life after the people have linked themselves with the dead. No He does not do that. It is this very Living and Sustaining God who has taken the responsibility of guarding the Holy Quran, in the words: Inna lahoo la-hafizoon We are its guardians Thus in every Age this religion gets life through the living ones and it gives life to the dead. You should remember that in this religion the living people appear at every step. Then He (God) says: Summa fussilat "Then it has been explained. " One explanation (proof) is to be found in the Holy Quran itself. The other will continue to be given till the Day of Resurrection. (Malfoozat. Vol. II, p. 63) WHAT IS IBADAT God says : Alla ta'bodoo illallah; You must not worship anyone other than God. The fact is that the object of the creation of man is that he shouid worship God. At another place God says: wa ma khalaqtul jinna wal insa ilia li-ya'- bodoon. Jbadat (worship) really means that one should do away with hard-heartedness and crookedness and make the 58