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God's vengeance. Those who walk on the true (spiritual) path will have the kind gaze of Allah upon them.
Now we should consider carefully what is meant by the straight
path'. In the Koran it is written:
Those who have faith in Allah, then Allah is their protector and helper. Allah takes them from darkness to light.
The Koran further elaborates on the experiences of the Divine Light when it says that Moses saw the stars, the moon and the light of the sun. These references from the Koran indicate movement from darkness to light. They can be compared to references in the Vedic literature. In the celebrated prayer we ask God for guidance:
Please lead me from untruth to truth, from darkness to light, and from death to immortality.
A well known Indian scholar and great teacher, Vinoba Bhave,
said:
To some of our prayers God listens and to others he does not.
What kind of prayer then does God listen to? And what type of
prayer does He not listen to?
Vinoba Bhave gives an example and explains:
Imagine, a train is going from Ranchi to Patna and you are sitting in that train praying to God to take you
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