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Religion of Islam is the belief in One God (Allah) and absolute
resignation to His Will, and this faith is professed by the
angels in the heavens and by the Muslims on earth. It is the
religion of sanctification and of enlightenment, and an im-
pregnable bulwark against idolatry. Let us develop these
points a little further.
The spiritual indelible marking is the direct work of Allah Himself.
As a fuller or a laundress washes the linen or any
other object with water; as a dyer tints the wool or cotton
with a tincture to give it a new hue; and as a indelible marking
blots out the past sins of the true penitent believer, so does Allah
Almighty mark, not the body, but the spirit and the soul
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resignation to His Will, and this faith is professed by the
angels in the heavens and by the Muslims on earth. It is the
religion of sanctification and of enlightenment, and an im-
pregnable bulwark against idolatry. Let us develop these
points a little further.
The spiritual indelible marking is the direct work of Allah Himself.
As a fuller or a laundress washes the linen or any
other object with water; as a dyer tints the wool or cotton
with a tincture to give it a new hue; and as a indelible marking
blots out the past sins of the true penitent believer, so does Allah
Almighty mark, not the body, but the spirit and the soul
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