Are All Religions Alike? By Parwez - Resurgent Islam

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continued showering from God through the agency of
numerous Messengers of God. These messages were for
the guidance of the humans of the various tribes, clans,
and nations at different Intervals of time. The fountain
spring of these messages remained constantly the same
In nature. It was solely the obedience to the one unique
Allllh -not any other deity worthy to be obeyed. But to
act upon this fountain spring for transforming It onto a
practical system, there were variations to suit the urges,
demands, and paradigms of the time, place, and
circumstances. These messages were continuously
reveaied and remained Intact in their pristine form for
some time. In the course of successive editions many
pllSSages were exc:ided and many were Interpolated. In
other words, they were either wasted with storms,
thunderbolt, earthquakes, and other eataclysms of
nature, or were abrogated, abandoned, or adulterated
by the men themselves. Sometimes these were totaDy
forgotten; so after some time, these were renewed;
similar to these, messages (i.e., Verses of Allllh) were
revealed again.
Simultaneously the humanity was also passing through
the various stages of Its evolution, so Its urges,
exigencies, needs, mores and cores, were also In flux. To
suit the growing needs at every age, the factors for
structuring the Divine System were also passing
through the corresponding evolutionary stages. At the
tline of every Messenger (pBUH), some renewal of the ..
previous Messengers' (PBUH) forgotten or wasted
messages was made, some value added messages were
given and also annulment andlor modification of the
previous injunctions was Incorporated. But . this
modification andlorannulment always used to lead
towards higher stages of evolution -not towards decline
and downfall of man. The following sacred verse of the
Qur'in ha~ polnt,d towards this reality: