Sunday 2 October 2011

Sense of Gratitude is the Basis of Religion

On observing the myriad signs of His providence, mercy and justice in his own life and in the universe, the human being is overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude and a strong urge to adore and worship Allah and to call upon Him for help and guidance.

The natural reaction to worship and adore our Creator comes solely from our realisation of how pervasive and all-inclusive is His beneficence and grace that supports and sustains us, and that this is not confined to our earthly life only, but extends beyond it, to the life hereafter, promising everlasting bliss and felicity to His faithful servants.

Who else then, other than Allah, has a more valid or just claim to our gratitude and worship?


Truly and justly, He alone deserves our sincerest gratitude and it is only right that we should worship and adore Him, and address all our supplications and prayers for help, support and guidance to none but Him alone.

It is this very deep-seated sense of gratitude that lies at the heart of the human being’s quest for religion, under whose impetus he sets out on his path toward God. This is how and from where religion is born in human consciousness.

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