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− are created in accord with Islam. Islam teaches that the highest reach of − − human faculties is to meet God, the Exalted, through purification of the soul by worshipping Him and performing good deeds. Islam is the essence of all truth. There is not a single fundamental − verity that is not comprised in the Holy Qur’an. Islam is a living faith and − − claims to be able to place the relationship of man with God on the same plane as it was in the days long past. Islam does not consider revelation − and communion with God to be a thing of the past. It believes that the avenues of spiritual bliss trodden upon by Noah , Abraham , Moses , as as as Jesus and, above all, the Holy Prophet of Islam , are still open and as sa − beckoning to those desirous of close communion with God. One of the distinctive characteristics of Islam is that it requires its − followers to believe that all the great religions of the world that prevailed before it were sent by God. It requires faith in all Prophets and in the revelation that was vouchsafed to them. It is thus a universal possession and a perfect guide. God Almighty says in the Holy Qur’an: − ½Î¨ÀmA Ë ÇjIA Ó»A ¾lÃA F¿Ë BÄλA ¾lÃA F¿Ë ɼ»BI BÄ¿A A̻̳ ‘ ä æ ê Ð æê ä ä × Ð æê Ð Ø ê ä ê æå ä ä ä æ ä ê ä ê æå ä ä ê Õ ê ì ä Ð æ Ø å æ å F¿Ë ÓnΧ Ë ÓmÌ¿ ÓMËA F¿Ë ¢BJmÜAË LÌ´¨Í Ë μZmA Ë ä ä Ð æ ê ä Ð æ å ä ê æ å ä ä ê ä æ æ ä ä ä æ å æ ä ä ä Ð æê ä É» ÅZÃ Ë ÁÈÄ¿fYA ÅÎI ¶j°Ã Ü ÁÈIi Å¿ ÆÌÎJÄ»A ÓMËA ( k ä å æ ä ä ó æ å æ éê î ä ä ä æä å é ê ä å ä æ ô ê éê ì æ ê ä æ í ê é ä ä ê æ å ÆÌÀ¼n¿ , ä æ å ê æ å qulu amanna billahi wa ma unzila ilaina wa ma unzila ila − − − − − − − − − ibrahima wa isma‘ila wa ishaqa wa ya‘quba wal asbati wa ma − − − − ± − − − ± − ‘utiya musa wa ‘isa wa ma ‘utiyannabiyyuna mirrabbihim la − − − − − − − − − nufarriqu baina ahadimminhum wa nahnu lahu muslimun ± ± − − Say ye: 'We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us, and what − was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob and his 33