of Islam. The word rasulullah (the Messenger of God) itself denotes that the Prophet was a messenger of God. His sole duty was to convey the message of God to mankind. The Quran is very clear about this

apparent that their compositions on the Prophet’s life were mainly for seeking reward (sawab) from God. An objective study of this subject was not their interest. One well-known scholar has admitted that

get himself included in the golden list of the Prophet’s biographers. Another scholar says, ‘When God Almighty asks me on the Day of Judgement, ‘Do you have something to present here?’ I will present my

created weak. To err is only human and man commits wrongdoings repeatedly. The solution to this in God’s court is known as repentance. Repentance is to turn around in regret and express remorse after wrongdoing

connection, a verse from the Quran says: But God undertakes to accept repentance only from those who do evil out of ignorance and those who repent soon after. God turns towards such people with mercy; He is

contradiction with the law of nature. The right method of repentance is the one that is done without delay. God, the Creator has endowed man with a faculty known as conscience. As soon as man commits a sin, his

to a general law of God. When a person faces one-sided oppression or when something is wrongly taken away from him, such a person becomes eligible for God’s special assistance. God gives him much more

positive behaviour in the midst of negative experiences becomes eligible for God's special gift. This special gift of God is given to the person who develops the eligibility for this gift. In these conditions

circumstances should his sight turn away from God. He should pray for those who oppress him, and as for himself, he must always remain hopeful of succour from God. When a person displays this kind of positive

without any doubt, unleashing destruction and not carrying out reform. Without God Man's life is incomplete without God.

perspective, a tree is an embodiment of a spiritual personality. —Maulana Wahiduddin Khan SILENCE AND GOD-REALIZATION THE Prophet of Islam usually observed silence. Many teachings have been recorded on this

believer remains silent, he will ponder on his Lord. This is marifah or the discovery and realization of God. Silence is the door to marifah. True silence leads man to true marifah. Silence gives man the opportunity

He establishes his contact with God and His angels at the psychological level. All these factors strengthen man’s God-realization. Contemplation is the source of God-realization and without silence, the

THE WORD OF GODFrom The Scriptures The Quran is the book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between CE 610 and 632. It is a book that brings glad

Translated from Arabic and commentary by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Chapter ABRAHAM In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Alif Lam Ra We have revealed to you this Book so that, by their

One, to God, who possesses whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on Earth. Woe to those who deny the truth, for they shall be sternly punished! (14: 1-2) Faith enables man to discover God as a Being

name of God and is to be spent on worthy religious causes and on meeting the needs of the poor and the helpless. Zakat is an annual reminder to man that everything he possesses belongs to God, and that

benefit of God’s endless bounty, he would neither be able to grow grain, raise cattle, set up industries nor accomplish any other work of a useful nature.  The system of life created for him by God, fulfilling

those of his inner being to those of his external environment, is one of greatest perfection. Were God to withdraw even a single one of His blessings, all man’s schemes would lie in ruins and all his efforts

MONOTHEISM ONENESS OF GODThe Creator, Sustainer and Cherisher MONOTHEISM or Tawheed is the essence of Islam. Tawheed is an Arabic term which means ‘oneness’ and ‘unity.’ In Islamic terminology it means

oneness of God. It is a fundamental doctrine of Islam referring to the oneness of God in all it meanings. Thus the declaration that ‘there is no God but only one God’ is called Tawheed. God has no partner

Nothing can rival Him as a source of power or love. There is no one worthy of worship other than God. He is not an abstract concept. He is always near us; He cares for us and we owe our existence to Him