Are All Religions Alike? By Parwez - Resurgent Islam

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Are All Religions
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My Rehmat embraces aU thlnllS liIut It Is
bestowed upon those who adhere to My
Laws, provide %Ilk'ai, and, In shert, have
conviction (lmln) in the truth of My
revelation. This was said to Mllses, but
now Alluh's RehlrUlt will be bestowed
upon those who follow the "Ummi
Nabi"(29: 48) whom they nOli mentioned
in the Tortlh and the ["Jed that Is with
them; who will enjoin what Is wrone
according to the QUr'ln anti deciare hlllill
(lawful) all JOOd thlnrs and h.rIm
(unlawful) all ether thlnls (6: 146; 5: 3-4);
who will 11ft the burdens under which the
humanity groans and free them from the
shackles, which blntl them. Those whe
. will have conviction In this Il.siit
(Messenger), support him alainst' his
opponents, help him In his mission anti
follow the Dpt of the Qur'ln, which has
been revealed to him -these are the ones
who will be successfUl and presperous
(7:156-157).
Pause and reflect: what are the condition that the Que'ln
bas made compulsory for bettennent and auspiciousness?
These are: have conviction in the Last Messenger (PBUH)
and follow the Que'ln. The very name of canying out this
process is Islam. Here, in the above-mentioned verse, the
same has been said to Moses (AS). At another p1ace the
same bas been said to all the other Allbiya:
The guidance, which Is belnl, elven to you,
now, Is nothlnl new. It has been elvento
earlier Au;", with whom AIlIIIr has
made a covenant. This cevenant was that
when the last Noi whe wiU vailtlate the