The Words of Wisdom and Purification — Page 190
190. ISLAM. The purpose of religion is that man should obtain deliverance from his passions and should develop personal love for God Almighty. . Such love of God is the paradise which will appear in diverse shapes in the Hereafter. To be unaware of the true. God and to keep away from Him and not to have any love for Him is the Hell which will appear in diverse shapes. in the Hereafter. Thus the true purpose of religion is to have full faith in Allah. . Islam is such a religion. It presents a living God while all other religions believe in God which according to them is not living any more. It is such a blessed, and God indicating religion that if a person follows it truly and acts upon the teachings, guidance and admonition that are contained in the Holy. Word of God Almighty, the Holy Quran, he would see God in this very life. For the recognition of God who is hidden. from the sight of the world behind a thousand screens, there is no other means except the teaching of the Quran. . The Holy Quran guides towards God Almighty through reason and heavenly Signs in a very easy manner. It comprehends a blessing and a magnetic power which draws a seeker of God, every moment towards God and bestows light and comfort and satisfaction. . Islam is a religion which is comprehensive, perfect, complete and free from every defect in its doctrine, teachings and commandments. . A person can be held to be a Muslim when the whole of his being together with all his faculties, physical and spiritual, is devoted to God Almighty, and the trusts that