Unity of God — Page 11
11 and the Teachings of Muhammad s as ‘Worship Allah and shun the Evil One. ’ Thus, the Holy Prophet s as presented the view that it was incorrect to presume that God sent the truth to one nation but abandoned the rest. All people and nations have been blessed with prophets and messengers. I now want to describe how the above point relates to the. When a nation considers that God sent prophets or autar to them exclusively—no one else—it also creates a delusion that this nation has its own, unique god. Once this misconception spreads among every people, it will create a sense of national gods in the world, instead of an all-embracing view that God Almighty is the Creator of all people. Every community will hold the insular belief that they have an exclusive god who belongs only to them and disregards other nations; it will present a very narrow concept of God. Conversely, we can observe that reformers appeared among every nation. There were individuals among Hindus who embraced mountains of tribulations for the welfare of others, who plunged into whirlpools of hardships to bring the drowning world to shore. Similarly, we observe that such persons appeared among the Jews and the Christians whose lives