According to the Hadith, a believer is one who wages jihad with himself in the path of obedience to God. That is, at moments when the self divine path. This is his jihad—a permanent feature of life of a

teachings of Islam to others—nasih (well wishing) and amin (trustworthiness). The former appertains to God and the latter to man. Two conditions have been laid down in the Quran for the communication of the

teachings of Islam to others— nasih, well-wishing and amin— trustworthiness. The former appertains to God and the latter to man. What is meant by nasih is an earnest desire on the part of the preacher of

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 610 and 632 A.D. It is a book that brings glad

‘I shall kill you!’ The former said, ‘God accepts [things] only from the righteous. If you raise your hand to kill me, I will not raise mine to kill you. I fear God, the Lord of the Universe, and I want

deeds performed for the sake of God will be given in the Hereafter. However, sometimes even in this world certain occurrences show whether human actions have gained God’s approval. This happened in the

hemisphere. The creeds of the Semitic religions on the other hand, are based on divine revelation. That is, God chose a series of Semites to be His apostles and then imparted to them His commandments. These messengers

traditions—monism and monotheism—have the idea of God in common, there are fundamental differences in their conceptualization of God. In the Aryan tradition, God is an all-pervasive force rather than an independent

as per the monism concept of an individual, a personalized God does not exist. Did God send guidance to all nations? Along with creating man, God started a chain of prophethood for human guidance. In every

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 610 and 632 A.D. It is a book that brings glad

unless it were the work of an all-powerful God. The fact is that if a man gives deep consideration to God’s creations, he will feel that the presence of God is reflected in everything. Another of His signs

who use their reason! (30: 22-24) The universe in all the elements of its existence is the sign of God. It’s coming into existence from nothingness and the enormous variety found in it indicates His vast

THE WORD OF GODTHE Quran is the book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between 610 and 632 A.D. It is a book that brings glad tidings to mankind

is those who deny the truth who are the wrongdoers 2:254 Only one who spends for the cause of God finds God. When he finds Him, he comes into possession of a light which leads him on to the straight and

other hand, one who wants God without paying this price, remains in darkness forever. ‘Spending for God’s cause’ relates here to any kind of sacrifice made for the sake of God, and not merely to spending

ASK MAULANAHow should one respond to conspiracies? THE Quran tells us, ‘If you persevere and fear God, their designs will never harm you in the least’. (THE QURAN 3: 120) This Quranic verse indicates a

steadfastness and taqwa or piety or God-awareness to cause any conspiracies against them to fail. If conspiracies can be likened to the rain, then patient steadfastness and God-consciousness are like a strong

his house to save himself from getting wet. Why has God given Man freedom? Unlike any other creature in the Universe, man is free in this world. God has not placed any curbs on him. But this freedom is

NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GODTrue Gratitude MOST fathers dote on their children. They take great pleasure in bestowing material gifts to their children. Nowadays it is common to see some affluent fathers gifting

blessing which is in reality given by God and attributing it not to God but to one’s own endeavours is a case of refuting God. And a failure to acknowledge God’s benevolence is the greatest sin in this

A true believer considers everything as belonging to God alone and regards everything that he receives as a gift from God. He acknowledges God by attributing everything to Him. The Quran states that

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

incident to every person in his tribe and then proclaim with astonishment: “By God, Muhammad did not reproach me! By God, Muhammad did not punish me!” Just one bucket of water served to mellow down and

THE GLORIOUS GOD OF A GLORIOUS UNIVERSESTUDIES in astronomy show that the number of stars in our Universe is as numerous as all of the sand grains on all the sea-shores of our planet. Many stars are vastly

the existence of a supremely intelligent God who created the Universe and who controls, sustains and cherishes it. Our Universe does indeed declare the glory of God. When we ponder about the realities of

heavens and the earth. By nature, Man desires an absolute and complete God. By nature, Man desires an absolute and complete God. A child weeping for its mother can be consoled for a short while by