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whom the one true religion was perfected, and to come into direct and personal contact with God through the exercises of the mystics.
In the last analysis, however, the real test of finality in any religion is whether it is actually able to meet the growing demands of life. If it can always keep ahead of man with its ideals, its principles, and its basic conceptions of life and the universe in which we live, then in truth it may be regarded as final. But if life should outgrow and go beyond the principles and ideals of any religion, then, of course, it will in time be classed among the antiquities—interesting but no longer useful. Islam must submit to this test. The question is, Can Islam meet such a test? The Moslem says it can.
