Islam Creator of the Modern Age
1. Islam: Creator of the Modern Age
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the error of their ways, but their listeners showed
no willingness to be reformed (23:44).
The cause of this perversion lay in the inability of
these people to see anything but externals, whereas
monotheism demanded reverence for an unseen
God. People unfortunately failed to find and
worship this invisible God, and instead made
visible objects their deities. The first form of religion
had been monotheism, but the perversion that set in
in later times resulted in the world going in the
direction of polytheism.
Monotheism is the greatest truth. When man
believes in one God alone, all his affairs are set
right. When he forsakes this belief, all his affairs go
awry. Monotheism provides the measure by which
to judge the rise and fall of all human beings.
The Qur’an tells us:
‘God is the Creator of all things. He is the
Guardian. His are the keys of the heavens and
the earth. Those that deny His revelations
shall assuredly be lost. Say: would you bid me
serve a god other than God, O ignorant men?
