The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 121
The Need for Prophets 121 is no contradiction in the word of Allah. It is only a case of deficient understanding and murky disposition. We should interpret the Word of God Almighty, as He Himself has interpreted it and should not, like the Jews, place another construction upon it. . It has always been the way of the Divine Word and of. His Messengers, that they seek to guide a hardened disbeliever by instructing him that if he believes in God, and loves Him, and accepts Him as One without associate, he will surely attain salvation. The purpose of this is that if such a person would believe truly in God, he would be enabled by God to accept Islām. The Holy Qur'ān, which these people ignore, clearly affirms that true faith in God leads to faith in the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of. Allah be upon him), and such a person becomes ready to accept Islām. My own method also is that when an Āryā, a Brahmu, a Christian, a Jew, or a Sikh, or any other nonMuslim persists in wrong reasoning, I tell him that such discussion will not help him in any way but that if he sincerely believes in God, He will Himself open the way of salvation to him. But by this I do not at all mean that salvation can be achieved without following the Holy. Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him); what I mean is that if a person believes sincerely in God,. God will open his heart to belief in the Holy Prophetsa. . . . . . It should be remembered that, in the first place, the true. Unity of God cannot be appreciated without following the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. ) As I have just mentioned, Divine attributes, which cannot be isolated from the Being of God, cannot be observed except through the mirror of the revelation vouchsafed to a Prophet. They are illustrated in practice only by a Prophet. But even if someone should acquire