| Thou art the Lord of Judgment-day, For sure shall all be judged by Thee, O keep us off the path of Sin And Error's way. So mote it be! |
Abdur Rahim.
FOOTNOTES
[1] Translated by Mushtari Begum of Bejnor and published in the Islamic Review April 1916.
[2] This was written in 1917.
[3] By the word "best" I mean "the most suitable for both the spiritual and material needs of man." I do not wish to cast any reflection on any other religion. See [Note 7.]
[4] I make a difference between Islam and Muhammadanism. The latter is not pure Islam. It has forgotten the spirit of Islam and remembers only the letter of its law. "The dry bones of a religion are nothing; the spirit that quickens the bones is all." See Note 5.
[5] There is no place in Islam for either priests or monks. Yet the Muhammadanism of to-day has both. There are Tartuffes and Pecksniffs in this religion as well as in any other religion.
[6] This is the real reason of the political and social weakness of most Islamic countries of our own times.