expresses the spirit of Islam. There are two major sources of Islam, the Quran, which is the word of God and the Hadith, which are the sayings and the actions of the Prophet of Islam. We find the true message

INTELLECTUAL REBIRTHA Sign of Maturity The Prophet Muhammad has set down in this Hadith the words of Almighty God: “When I put My servant to the test and he remains patient, never uttering a word of complaint to anyone

it means recognizing that something which is ostensibly a purchasable item is actually a gift from God. It means having a grasp of the fact that the merchandises of the marketplace have come not just from

that the things which we seem to receive from the hands of men, come in actuality, from the hands of God. It is only those who are at one with their Maker, who can attain this degree of finelytuned perception

without having acknowledged, even for a second, that the eatables he consumed were actually gifts from God. He simply cannot see that these are some of nature’s greatest masterpieces. He does not give a single

with renewed vigour.” IN the above Hadith the Prophet Muhammad has set down the words of Almighty God. A man’s first birth is that which brings him into this world when he is born of his mother. But there

his Lord because God had bestowed the kingdom upon him? Abraham said, My Lord is the one who gives life and brings death. He answered, I (too) give life and bring death! Abraham said, God brings up the sun

sun from the East, so bring it up yourself from the West. Then the disbeliever was confounded. God does not guide the wrongdoers. (2: 258) We find another example of the argument based on natural reasoning

This is the greatest.’ But when it set, he said: ‘O my people! I disown all that you worship besides God.’ (6: 75-78) Argument of this kind may appear to be simple, but they are invested with deeper meaning

SOCIAL WELFARE IN ISLAM ALL human beings, according to Islam have been created by one and the same God, and for this reason they belong to one great brotherhood. All being descendants of the same progenitors

from one’s earning is a material acknowledgement of the fact that the actual giver is God. And since the giver is God, the recipient is duty-bound to spend it in His cause. In spirit, zakat is an act of

saying that one cannot attain righteousness unless one spends out of one’s wealth for the love of God. It also says: By no means shall you attain righteousness unless you give of that which you love.

blessing of compensation will await only those who remain patient under oppression for the sake of God. Later, he narrated a Hadith in which—according to Abu Hurayrah—the Prophet once asked: “Do you

mind that this blessing will await only those who remained patient under oppression for the sake of God. Two Strengths ‘Strong’ refers to physical strength and ‘honest’ refers to spiritual strength: both

versa. The central Islamic teaching is the discovery of God and the understanding of God's creation plan for mankind. Prophets were sent by God with the mission to make man aware of this creation plan

Islam, which is the mission of inviting people onto God’s path. The central Islamic teaching is the discovery of God and the understanding of God's creation plan for mankind. Islam does not permit

against anyone. Under normal circumstances, Muslims are exhorted to engage in peaceful communication of God’s message and to abstain from a confrontational approach in all matters. The only exception to this

means of arguments. One of the initial Quranic verses revealed to him was that the ideology given by God to the Prophet should be spread by him among the people. The Prophet’s ideology was based on monotheism

follows: “Say: “O People of the Book! Come to common terms as between us and you that we worship none but God.” (3: 64) We learn from this verse the subject of discussion, when a conversation is being held between

confrontation with the enemy, but rather ask for peace from God." The objective of Islam is to bring about a divine revolution, to invite people to the worship of God, to strive for a society in which spiritual, ethical

unparalleled. Often when he passed by a group of children, he would say, “Children are the flowers of God”, and pass his hand affectionately over their heads and sometimes even joined in their innocent games

of Resurrection, God would say, “O son of man! I was sick, and you did not visit Me”. The man would answer, “O my Lord! How could I visit You when You are the Lord of the world?” God would answer, “Did

money and beauty than you, look then to those who have been given less”. In so doing, we will thank God for His blessings, rather than feel deprived. The Prophet’s emphasis on moral values was so high that