Religion: Spirituality made Simple - Defining the Religious Life

I now pass on to the important question: What is religious faith or a life of religious faith? This is a much misunderstood question.

The division of 'morals' is to be found also in religious faith and in religious life.

It is important, therefore, to be clear about religious faith and religious life.

There are people who equate religious life with moral life and think they are the same.

To them to be religious is to be moral and to be moral is to be religious. This is incorrect and confusing.

Religious life according to me has two parts: (i) Morality; (ii) Spirituality.

A man of good moral character may be just moral and be not necessarily religious (i.e. spiritual).

He may be a good man but not a perfect man. His moral part is all right, but not his spiritual part.

Extract taken from 'Way of the Seekers' by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II. The ebook is online at: [http://www.alislam.org/library/books/Way-of-Seekers.pdf]



The Ahmadiyya Post, Religion. By Zubair Ahmed. Sept 18, 2011