Standing in front of the India Gate in New Delhi, I thought what a beautiful specimen of architecture and sculpture it was. It is a structure that bears witness to our unique skills of design, construction and art. For humans to construct a thing like India Gate, we had to think creatively before it came into existence. We had to make plans and then give them a concrete shape.
All the stars, planets, trees and animals together would fail to make such a structure. It is a uniquely human achievement. Such is the case with all other human matters. All our skills are unique and are our exclusive privileges. No other creatures in the known universe can do what we can do by exercising our physical and mental faculties.
God desires that we should realise him on the conscious plane, through our intellect. That is why God created us with such distinctive faculties.
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is an Islamic spiritual scholar who has authored over 200 books on Islam, spirituality, and peaceful coexistence in a multi-ethnic society.
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