within it. This has been expressed thus by a Persian poet: Barg Darakhtan-e-sabz, dar nazar-e-hoshiar, har waraqe daftare ast marifat-e-kardgar. (The leaves of the green tree, to a wise man, serve as a great

full sense. With the help of God the weaker group defeated the stronger group. The prayer with ism-e-aazam is not peculiar only to the prophets. This prayer can be granted to every servant of God. Anyone

godly feelings in all sincerity, with full faith, may be granted the blessing of the prayer with ism-e-aazam. It can be recognized that on the occasion of such prayer, a person feels that his whole existence

In history, there are many servants of God who have been granted the blessings of prayer with ism-e-aazam. Prayer with Tears Chapter 9 of the Quran mentions some believers who, on the occasion of the

the deen. And so, he opined, the establishment of a ‘pious leadership’ (imamat-e saleh) and the ‘Divine System’ (nizam-e haq) was of paramount importance. ‘If there is any negligence in this matter,’ he

’ In the same vein, the Constitution of the Jamaat-eIslami declares: The objective of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the aim of all its efforts is the establishment of Divine Government in this world and the

particular training—that they had no peers among those who came before or after them. Prophet Muhammad e, may peace be upon him, one of the distinguished members of the Banu Ismail, struggled for about thirteen

every one of his companions possessed a strong and dependable character. In this way Prophet Muhammad e, may peace be upon him, in an exceptional way, secured a team by which he could bring the message of

engaged for a long period of time in bloody, internecine warfare. Consequently, when Prophet Muhammad e, may peace be upon him, was sent to the world, the idolatrous tribes of Arabia, having so weakened themselves

forms of jihad are jihad-e-nafs and jihad-e-dawah. Jihad-enafs means striving against one’s negative feelings to remain steadfast on the path that is pleasing to God. Jihad-e-dawah is to make utmost effort

Prophet Muhammad e, of whom the author writes: He was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels. The great success that the Prophet Muhammad e had predicted

mission at the very outset exactly came true. This too, in spite of the stiff opposition which Muhammad e faced right from

Muhammad. He sent to the Prophet Muhammad e in Madinah a two-member delegation who brought with them a letter from him in which it was clearly stated: “I have been made a partner in this matter of prophethood

he himself referred the matter of prophethood to the Prophet Muhammad e himself. That is to say, that only if the Prophet Muhammad e testified to the veracity of his claim could he be held truthful. Since

prayer was a prayer with ism-e-aazam. Since this prayer was said by the Companion in the Arabic language, people consciously or unconsciously regard that a prayer with ism-e-aazam is one which is done in

in the Arabic language, and a prayer not said in the Arabic language is not the prayer of ism-e-aazam. But this thinking is not right. In its reality, the prayers said by the Companions, were in their

full sense. With the help of God the weaker group defeated the stronger group. The prayer with ism-e-aazam is not peculiar only to the prophets. This prayer can be granted to every servant of God. Anyone

godly feelings in all sincerity, with full faith, may be granted the blessing of the prayer with ism-e-aazam. It can be recognized that on the occasion of such prayer, a person feels that his whole existence

In history, there are many servants of God who have been granted the blessings of prayer with ism-e-aazam. Prayer with Tears Chapter 9 of the Quran mentions some believers who, on the occasion of the

Emperor Akbar attempted to achieve harmony by state enforcement of his self-formulated religion, ‘Din-e-Ilahi’; Dr Bhagwan Das spent the best part of his life producing a thousand-page book titled Essential