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24 Islam
irreligious
Islam.
men. There are no atheists in
A man who, under the influence of
English secular education, lightly declared
that he had grown beyond so childish a
superstition,
which however he declared
to be " good for women and children,"
changed countenance while we discussed
the religious education of his wife. He
could not rid himself easily of the convictions
of his childhood, as the grave face
and reverent voice bore witness.
But, the Will of God is far more
present in the thought of the Muslim than
is God Himself. God touches his life
through His Will only. God is
apart ;
seeing, knowing and judging indeed, but
apart in His absolute sovereignty,
in the
inexorable way
in which He carries out
His Purpose. We have, therefore, as a
corrolary to the teaching regarding the Will,
the teaching of the pitiful helplessness of
man in His Hand. God may crush me ;
He can do it ; I can say nothing. In