How does Islam see the future of religions, especially of Islam?

Islam teaches that the truth of God will in the end prevail on earth. This will come after many trials, when people realise that their own cleverness has not brought them peace and return to God.

At first glance, religion seems to have great influence in many places today. Yet much of what happens in the name of religion has little to do with it. Many who call themselves religious have drifted far from their sources. What drives them is often their own ego. This is as true of Muslims as of Christians, Jews and others.

When Islam speaks of religion prevailing, it means something different. God’s plan is to make the supremacy of the divine visible across the whole earth at least once. This comes about as people recognise the truth and find their own way back to God. The verses above promise exactly this outcome.

The road there will not be easy. It may lead through many trials and much suffering. Today people rely heavily on their own cleverness, on technology, power and wealth. Yet the peace they are looking for does not come.

One day they will realise that all their cleverness has brought neither them nor the world any real peace. Out of that disappointment a return to God can grow. Then faith will become again what it was at the beginning, a living bond between human beings and their Creator.

For believers this future is not a reason for triumph but a task. Anyone who lives their faith sincerely today, free of their own ego, helps the light of God to become visible.