the chapter Al-Hujurat (The Apartments), the Quran declares that all men and women are equal before God. The translation of the relevant verse is as follows: Mankind! We have created you from a male and

and tribes, so that you might come to know each other. The noblest of you in God’s sight is the one who fears God most. God is all-knowing and all-aware. (49: 13) There are obvious differences between

the Quran, the difference is simply a difference: it cannot be used as a basis for discrimination. God Almighty created man with different attributes, difference being a part of creation. Differences exist

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

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 Do people think that once they say, ‘We believe

will be left alone and not be put to the test? We certainly tried those who have gone before them, so God will certainly distinguish between those who are truthful and those who are lying. (29: 1-3) The question

SCIENCE AND THE EXISTENCE OF GODNo Contradiction THERE is much confusion about Einstein's religious beliefs, in particular about his views on the existence of God. Some think that Einstein was an atheist

about his views will show that Einstein was not an atheist, and was in doubt about the existence of God. In 1997, Skeptic, a science magazine, published for the first time a series of letters that Einstein

Einstein exchanged in 1945 with an officer in the US Navy named Guy Raner Jr, on the existence of God. Raner wanted to know if it was true that Einstein converted from atheism to theism on being confronted

(Sahih Bukhari). According to another Hadith, Umar ibn al-Khattab narrates that the Prophet said that God will elevate some people through His Book (Sahih Muslim). Such Hadith reports indicate that the definite

dearest friend […] Elaborating on this Quranic verse, Ibn Kathir reports that Abdullah ibn Abbas said: God has commanded Muslims to exercise patience when they are angry, to express tolerance in the face of

ignorance, and to exhibit mercy in the face of something that is wrong. When people act accordingly, God will save them from Satan, and He will soften the hearts of the enemy for them, so that they become

that he may travel successfully on the path of God. The fasting of that person is true for whom fasting is like applying brakes on the things forbidden by God. Man should accord the place of brakes to fasting

that he may travel successfully on the path of God. The fasting of that person is true for whom fasting is like applying brakes on the things forbidden by God. Just like the symbolism of fasting in our

are underway. He feels as if he is being entertained as a guest by God Himself. From the depths of his being, his heart cries out: ‘O God, as You have helped me carry out the injunctions of fasting and at

Reality is only another name for God. The Islamic concept of God is based on tawhid, or the oneness of God. God is one, not only in number but in every other aspect. God alone is the Creator and Sustainer

Sustainer of everything. Islam stresses duality—that there is a Creator, or God, on the one hand, and creatures, on the other. According to Islam, Reality is not only a matter of belief but also a matter of

anything or establish conviction without expressing it in words. So, according to Islam, Reality or God can be expressed in words. I don’t wish to question the intent of proselytization that seeks to bring

special prayer to God. If an individual lives in a state of gratitude, that is, if he feels that whatever is required for leading his life in this world has been given to him by God, this will become a

point of reference for the following prayer which will be uttered from the depths of his heart: “O God, You have given me everything in the world.” (14: 34). Now, I want the same in the world Hereafter

prayer words are just symbolic. Such a prayer comes out of one’s lips only when one comes so close to God that no distance remains between man and his Creator.

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

news to those who endure with fortitude. Those who say, when afflicted with a calamity, ‘We belong to God and to Him we shall return,’ are the ones who will have blessings and mercy from their Lord: it is

die except with God’s permission and at an appointed time. (3:145) No soul knows in what land it will die. Surely, God is all knowing, all aware. (31:34) How can you disbelieve in God when you were dead

appointed a law and a way. THE QURAN 5: 48 FROM these two verses of the Quran, we learn that the guidance God sent through His prophets has two parts to it. One is called Al-Deen and the other is called Shariah

given equally to all the prophets, from Noah to the Prophet of Islam. This is the eternal part of God’s guidance. In this part of guidance there has never been any change in the past, nor will be there

That is, unlike Al-Deen, Shariah is subject to change. This division in the teachings means that God’s religion which has an eternal message, has been the same at all times. But when this message is practically

DEENCircumstantial or Eternal The Quran (5: 48) says: To every one of you We have ordained a law and a way, and had God so willed, He would have made you all a single community, but He did not so will, in order that He

in doing good works; to God you shall all return; then He will make clear to you about what you have been disputing.  THE Quran (42: 13) says that the deen or religion that God has sent humankind is one

every messenger in the same form. Yet, from the above cited Quranic verse (5: 48), one learns that God had given different messengers different shariahs and different minhaj (methodologies of religious