Spirituality in Islam

What is spirituality—or rabbaniyat, to use the Quranic term? In the book entitled Spirituality in Islam, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan explains that it is the elevation of the human condition to a plane on which the mind is focused on the higher, non-material realities of a godly existence. One who rises above material things or appearances, who finds his focus of interest in non-material things, is regarded as being spiritual or godly. The latter is one who obeys the injunction of the Quran: “Be devoted servants of God” (3:79). The author concludes that the real man is one who discovers the secret of living on the elevated plane of spirituality. If materialism is to live a life of limitations, spirituality is to live in limitlessness.

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