Islam - Its Meaning for Modern Man

by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan

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Islam - Its Meaning for Modern Man — Page 189

189 Praise and Holiness, to express its homage to Him, and to proclaim its gratitude for His numberless favours and bounties, may find expression in a thousand different ways. In short, Islam requires that whatever task or activity a person may be engaged in, his soul be anchored in God, and he constantly seek nearness to Him. A Muslim mystic has described this condition as “one’s faculties being occupied with the business in hand, and one’s soul being engaged with God. ”