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Quranic Wisdom

is only the result of your failure to understand the law of nature.
So, be a realist and ensure your success.

Submission to God

he Quran advocates the culture of spirituality. Quranic
Tspirituality has nothing mysterious about it. It is a well-
known discipline. It is only an alternative name for intellectual
development. The formula for Quranic spirituality is expressed
thus in the chapter Al-‘Imran (The Family of Imran):

Become men of God. (3:79)
Becoming a man of God means adopting a God-oriented life.
The God-oriented way of life is a complete way of life. It calls for
the use of all human faculties. It means God-oriented thinking,
God-oriented speech, God-oriented behaviour, God-oriented
morality, etc.

Islamic spirituality is, in essence, God-centred and
not self-centred. When you discover your Creator, you
instantly establish communication between yourself
and your Creator.

The God-oriented life is another term for the spiritual life.
In this verse, the Quran uses the word ‘al-rabbani’. It means
a spiritual person or a rab-oriented person. In fact, Islam is a
religion of spirituality. It is a discipline that can be explained in
terms of reason. Islamic spirituality is based on thinking.
Islamic spirituality is based on contemplation rather than
meditation. It is mind-based rather than heart-based: it arises

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