Lecture Sialkot — Page 1
1 1 2 ISLAM If we look at the world religions, we find that each one of them, with the exception of Islam, contains one defect or the other. This is not because they were ac- tually false from the beginning, but because, after the advent of Islam, God stopped supporting them and they became like a garden which has no gardener and no arrangement for its irrigation and management. As a result, flaws gradually crept into these religions. All fruit-bearing trees dried up and were replaced by a profusion of thorns and bushes. True spirituality, which is the basis of religion, totally disappeared and mere empty words were left. However, God did not treat Islam in this way because He wished this garden to remain green forever. That is why He irrigated it afresh in each century and protected it lest it should dry up. Whenever a Servant of God appeared at the 1 In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. [Publishers] 2 We praise Him and invoke His blessings upon His noble Prophet sa. [Publishers]