Regarding asma-e-husna a question asked by people is: “Has God one proper name (ism-e-aazam) or has God one main or great name? If that is so, what it is?” Different traditions have been recorded in the

the Hadith about ism-e-aazam. We give below two traditions by Imam Ahmad: 1. Anas ibn Malik narrated that, once the Prophet of Islam heard someone saying: “O God, I beseech You. All praise is for You.

Greatness and Honour are Yours.” On hearing this, the Prophet of Islam said: “You have called God with ism-e-aazam, when He is called in this way He will certainly answer your call, and when He is asked for anything

Calling upon God with His Greatest NameRegarding asma-e-husna a question asked by people is: “Has God one proper name (ism-e-aazam) or has God one main or great name? If that is so, what it is?” Different

Different traditions have been recorded in the Hadith about ism-e-aazam. We give below two traditions by Imam Ahmad: 1. Anas ibn Malik narrated that, once the Prophet of Islam heard someone saying: “O God,

Greatness and Honour are Yours.” On hearing this, the Prophet of Islam said: “You have called God with ism-e-aazam, when He is called in this way He will certainly answer your call, and when He is asked for anything

a couplet in Persian to be inscribed on her Tomb: Bar mazaar-e-maa ghareeban nay chiraagh-e-nay guley Nay par-e-parwana raqsad, nay sada-e-bubulay

One cannot derive sanction for violent activities from this Hadith. This Hadith talks about taghayyur-e-munkar, which means rectifying or remedying a wrong. The Arabic word taghayyur means ‘replacement’.

situation, then, one can, without any doubt say that these violent acts are definitely not taghayyur-e-munkar or rectification of any wrong. Rectifying a wrong means changing an undesirable situation and

and are visible to the human eye.The Role of Ikhwan-e-RasoolNow let us take the role of Ikhwan-e-Rasool. There are two aspects of the role of Ikhwan-e-Rasool: high level of realization and dawah, i.e.,

aspects: 1. Jihad-e-Nafs: This is the struggle against one’s negative feelings and improper desires and persevering to remain steadfast on the path that is pleasing to God. 2. Jihad-e-Dawah: This is the

with feelings of compassion and well-wishing for all. it is an exalted task, and so it is called jihad-e-kabir or ‘great jihad’ in the Quran (25:52). 3. Jihad in the Face of Antagonists: In the past, this

Muslim greeted me and asked a question: Is it lawful according to Islam to call the homeland as madar-e-watan (motherland)? I replied that questions on whether it is lawful or unlawful is to make it an issue

would be acceptable to the Shariah.  Love for one’s nation, or patriotism is a natural fact. Madar-e-watan literally means motherland. But this is a metaphor. It does not mean that one is born out of the

substantial number of Makkans became his companions. It is this wise strategy which has been described by E. E. Kellet in these words: He faced adversity with the determination to wring success out of failure

word (qaul-e-sadid in Arabic) means saying the truth in exact accordance with the facts. Just as the arrow reaches its target by being shot in precisely the right direction, similarly qaul-e-sadid hits

ummat-e muhammadi. In this way, the objective of the Jamaat-e-Islami is directly connected with the purpose of the sending of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). In the words of this Jamaat-e-Islami

Jamaat-e-Islami writer, the objective of the Jamaat-e-Islami is ‘to establish the Government of God’s laws (Allah ki tashriʿi hukumat) in the world’, ‘to enforce the deen and shariah sent by God and reform the world’