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 AD 610 and 632. It is a book that brings glad

intellectual level. Translated from Arabic and commentary by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Alif Lam Mim. This Book has beyond all doubt been revealed by

history of religion, nobody has had the courage to profess, except those chosen few to whom the Book of God was in actuality revealed. Other than the appointed person, anyone who mustered the audacity to utter

being a book of God, its actual role is to provide trustworthy guidelines for man. This human need is alluded to in the Quran in the following verse: There are some who dispute about God without having

the Creation Plan of God Only the engineer of a complex machine can provide a manual for its proper functioning. The same is true of our world. The present world has been built by God in accordance with

affairs. And any plan which goes against reality is destined to fail. We learn from the Book of God, that God has built this world for the purpose of putting man to the test. Here, man’s relationship with

still. The value as a live person he commanded in people’s eyes has suddenly been completely ceased. God uses this event to convey a lesson about life to others. In this way, the living can see themselves

they lower the corpse into the grave, they are to remind themselves the words from the Quran where God reveals to them that, From the earth We have created you, And We return you to it, and from it We shall

IN THE PRESENCE OF GODThe account of the creation of the first man—Adam—is related in the Quran. In this connection the Quran says: When your Lord said to the angels, ‘I will create a successor on earth’

corruption on it and shed blood, while we glorify You with Your praise and extol Your Holiness?’ [God] answered, ‘Surely, I know that which you do not know.’ He taught Adam all the names, then He set them

names, God said to the angels, ‘Did I not say to you: I know the secrets of the heavens and of the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you conceal?’ THE QURAN 2: 30-33 This questioning of God’s decision

“For whomsoever of you the door of supplication is opened, for him the doors of mercy have been opened. And in God’s eyes praying for good health is dearer to praying for anything else.” (Sunan al-Tirmidhi) In this

extremely limited—less than even 1%—while God’s share is more than 99%. It is because of this that it is very important and necessary for human beings to supplicate to God. One who discovers this fact and faithfully

faithfully acts accordingly will certainly come in the fold of God’s mercy. By birth, man is a weak creature. He cannot tolerate even a minor disturbance of his health. A person who does not enjoy good

people call out to God for protection. Experience enlightens us that when people face a critical situation— when they feel that they are simply helpless to handle it—they cry out to God. This proves that

that the concept of God is interwoven in human nature. Every human being is potentially aware of God’s existence. The purpose of inviting people to God is to turn this potential into a reality. Inviting others

others towards God is not something separate from the human personality. When one is called towards God, one is actually being called towards something that is part of one’s own nature. Man has an innate

by the jurists were against the spirit of Islam. God sees and deals with all human beings in the same light. The Quran refutes notions of God’s 'favoured people' in the strongest of terms. The terms

him how he would decide matters. Muaz replied that he would decide in accordance with the Book of God. Then the Prophet asked him what he would do in case he did not find the required guidance in the Quran

judgment to the best of his ability. The Prophet then placed his hand on his chest and said, “May God be praised, for granting this ability to Muaz". This Hadith is regarded as the fundamental source of

12,000 rupees worth of matter, God has created a human being so wonderful that no price can be set upon him. No amount of money can buy the priceless masterpiece that God has fashioned within the human

one’s thoughts into words. How incredible it is that God should fashion something so wonderful out of things of least monetary value. It is only God who can bring the dead to life; only He who has the power

The feat which God has performed is one of much greater complexity. He has made the inanimate matter that constitutes man’s body into a moving, talking, thinking human being. Yet God’s feat does not cause

a spiritual personality. —Maulana Wahiduddin Khan GOD’S WRATH AND HIS MERCY WRATH is an attribute of God, and so is mercy. If someone thinks that God created man in order to make man experience His wrath

underestimation of God. It is more correct to say that the reason why God created man was to make him experience His mercy. It is this understanding that is in accordance with God’s glory. This fact is

is brought out in a Hadith as follows: “God has said, ‘My mercy surpasses My anger’.” (Sahih al-Bukhari). Another Hadith relates: “God has said, ‘My mercy prevails over My anger’.” (Musnad Ishaq ibn Rahwayh)

those who have no means to spend, provided they are sincere to God and His Messenger. There is no reason to reproach those who do good deeds; God is most forgiving and merciful. Nor [does any blame] attach

it is beyond us to accomplish. If someone is wealthier than us, it should be our heart’s wish that God grant them the grace to be truly thankful for their wealth, and spend it rightly. When they do so,