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 AD. It is a book that brings glad

intellectual level. Translated from Arabic and commentary by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan COMFORT In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Have We not lifted up your heart, and removed your burden that

about reality and Truth. God blessed him with this knowledge, which opened his heart to the deep realization of Truth (ma'rifah). Then he started preaching the oneness of God in Makkah, where he had to

BELIEF IN GODTrue Fulfilment A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY is a book by the British philosopher Bertrand Russell published in 1945. In this 800- page book, Russell raises the question as to why humans

very nature has interwoven in him the desire to submit to God. A human being by his very nature has interwoven in him the desire to submit to God. Psychologically, every human being finds himself incomplete

accords the position of God to something or someone other than God, and thus gains artificial fulfilment from association with such a person or thing; third is the true believer in God who is able to find

man to knowledge. In ancient times the phenomena of nature were considered to be manifestations of God. The sight of the manifestations of nature, therefore, aroused in man the spirit of worship. It was

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

spiritual and intellectual level. Translated from Arabic and commentary by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Had God hastened the punishment of men as He hastens the good, the end of their term of life would already

It is the law of God that when an individual performs a praiseworthy deed, it is immediately included in the record of his deeds. But if he commits an act which warrants punishment, God gives him respite

people, saying: The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the

the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ And the Lord said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken. I will raise

speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord

endeavour. Without peace, no positive action—small or big—is possible. SPEAKING OF GOD TODAY NATURE is a creation of God, and as such is a divine mirror. It serves as a reflection of divine attributes. In

nature was very limited. It was, therefore, not possible for man to have a profound understanding of God. In modern times, the position is quite different. The known facts about natural phenomena have increased

intellectual realization of God has increased manifold. A philosopher once aptly summed up this changed state of affairs with the observation, “A smattering of knowledge turns people away from God. Much of it brings

wakefulness after sleep. When he awakened in the morning, he would say: “All praise and thanks are due to God who gave us life after death.” For mankind, waking and sleeping are likewise symbolic of life and death

to give an account of our deeds on the Day of Judgement. When man has discovered the greatness of God, his own existence in comparison appears quite insignificant. This feeling makes him a truly modest

Naturalness is in accordance with his modesty and humility, which are great virtues in the eyes of God. The daily actions of sleeping and waking up which might just appear as two ordinary actions amongst

helpless. He feels the very ends of life have slipped away from his hands. At this point, it is only God that appears as saviour. He saves his sinking ship. At that juncture, religion becomes a source of

giver rather than just a taker. Religion is the source of all positive ethics. Religion makes man God-oriented. Religion makes one a man of principle, he becomes a person of principled character. Religion

connected with God, who is the source of all goodness. God thus becomes a source of inspiration for everyone. Religion makes man God-oriented. It produces God-oriented thinking. His life is a God-oriented life

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

decline, and the homes you love are dearer to you than God and His Messenger and the struggle for His cause, then wait until God fulfills His decree. God does not guide the disobedient people.” (9: 24) For

importance to God, His Prophet and to efforts for the cause of God and, for the sake of these things, he is ready to leave everything else. It is the latter which is the God-worshipping life and for God’s worshippers

out the attack. A banner in the background reads as follows: ‘La ilaaha illallah — There is no god, but One God.’ By this demonstration, the people who carried out the attack have themselves given us the

there cannot be a crime more heinous than this.  Indifference means indirect involvement, which in God’s eyes is as bad as direct involvement. Now, what is the message given by the Quran to grieving relatives

to a Hadith (words & sayings of prophet), God commanded the angels to topple a town, because its people were engaged in evil acts. The angels said, ‘O God, there is a person living in the town who worships