What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 92
( 92 ) material means ? \Vere they not eng-rossed day and night in a search for God and for · the means to please Him ? And manv of them found the object of their search, And· when they did, they witnessed signs and miracles and other evidences of a living God. This was what distinguished ·early Muslims from· other peoples and other nations. But what is there to distinguish Muslims of today from Hindus, Christians and others ? If there is nothing very much to distinguish Muslims of today from other religious communities. then what use is Islam to Muslims ? The truth, however, is that such a distinction exists. But :\fuslims have lost sight of it. The di~tinrtion 1s that Islam alone holds up the gift of revelation as God's enduring ~ift t•, man. Islam alone teaches that man can ever have direct access to. God. The spiritual grace of the Holy Prophet has