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to themselves over others as if they were their flocks and
herds. Fanaticism, religious conceit, and the like are not
operations of the Holy Spirit. Every Muslim receives at his
creation the same "Sibghatullah," the same religion and
spiritual religious indelible marking, and has to run the race
of his short earthly life to the best of his ability and effort
in order to win the crown of glory in the next world. Every Muslim
needs only education and religious training in accordance with the
wisdom of the Word of God. But he needs not the intercession
of a priest, sacrament, or saint. Every enlightened believer
can become an Imam (leader of prayer), missionary, preacher
according to his learning and religious zeal, not for vain
glory or lucrative gain.
In short, every Muslim, whether at his birth or at his
conversion, is marked spiritually, and becomes a citizen of
the Kingdom of God, a free man, and possesses equal rights
herds. Fanaticism, religious conceit, and the like are not
operations of the Holy Spirit. Every Muslim receives at his
creation the same "Sibghatullah," the same religion and
spiritual religious indelible marking, and has to run the race
of his short earthly life to the best of his ability and effort
in order to win the crown of glory in the next world. Every Muslim
needs only education and religious training in accordance with the
wisdom of the Word of God. But he needs not the intercession
of a priest, sacrament, or saint. Every enlightened believer
can become an Imam (leader of prayer), missionary, preacher
according to his learning and religious zeal, not for vain
glory or lucrative gain.
In short, every Muslim, whether at his birth or at his
conversion, is marked spiritually, and becomes a citizen of
the Kingdom of God, a free man, and possesses equal rights