Who is a true Muslim? On the holy occasion when our Islamic brothers and sisters celebrate Bakrid, a festival of sacrifice, Bhagawan lovingly answers this important question for all of us.

The Quran has salat and zakat as the two eyes. Salat means prayer; zakat means charity. Those who consider charity a high duty and elevate their consciousness through prayers and continuous meditation on God are Muslims. Islam is a word which denotes not a particular religion but a state of mind, the state of total surrender to the Will of God. Islam means dedication, surrender, peace, and tranquillity. Islam denotes the social community whose members have achieved supreme peace through surrender to the All-Merciful, All-Powerful God and who have vowed to live in peace with their fellowmen. Later, it came to be applied to communities that considered themselves separate and different, and so hostile to the rest. Islam taught something higher. It directed attention to the One in the Many, the Unity in Diversity and led people to the Reality named God.