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− SIGNIFICANCE OF RELIGION Religion helps man to achieve the object of life. Religion guides man into communion with his Maker, and through such communion, puts him in beneficent accord with his fellow beings, all of the creatures and servants of the same Creator, the One, without associate. It is the function of religion to furnish guidance on this behalf. How shall man know his Creator? How shall he form a concept of His attributes? What means shall he adopt to put himself in communion with Him? The Qur’an sets forth − complete and perfect guidance on these and other cognate questions. God Almighty says in The Holy Qur’an: − Ôfȼ» BÄμ§ ÆA , Ð å æä ä æ ä ä ì ê inna ‘alaina lal huda − − Surely, it is for Us to guide. (92:13) Religion is the way of life that should enable each individual to attain to the highest possible development in the spiritual, moral and physical spheres. Its function is to establish and maintain the most harmonious relationship between man and his Maker on the one hand, and between man and man on the other. The Promised Messiah and Mahdi has defined religion as follows: as − "Religion of a man is the way of life he adopts for himself. Everybody must have a religion. Even the person who does not believe in the existence of God has to adopt a way of life and that way is his religion. But of course, what one should ponder over is whether the way he has adopted is the one that gives him sincere steadfastness, eternal joy and unending contentment. 28