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of devotion, the voice of God-Allah's revelation
emanates in
their inner being.
The day that we see the direct knowledge of God is the day we see all as the same. At that time you will not see the black or white or tall or small or Hindu or Muslim or Buddhist or Jain. In the animate and inanimate you will see One God.? Allah is all pervasive.
It is written in the Koran:
The east and west-all directions-are of Allah. Whichever direction you face, Allah faces the same direction. Allah is all pervasive and all knowing.
Now we shall consider the first letter of the Hindi alphabet, A. In Hindi we study consonants and vowels. Vowel comes first then comes then the consonant. In the same way, Allah comes first and then the Creation. In addition, within each consonant, a vowel is hidden or embedded. It is not possible to take a vowel out and separate it from a consonant in the Hindi script, in the same way, the world is permeated by God and no one can separate God from this world. This same relationship underlies the Islamic way of thinking about Allah.
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