nature of true religion has become distorted over the centuries. Originally, religion is revealed by God and taught in its pure form by the prophets. Then, when it falls into the hands of ordinary men, they

interpretations, just as the public has been misguided in its opinions. The concept of a living and powerful God is necessarily accompanied by the concept of accountability. And the concept of accountability guarantees

guarantees right thinking and right actions on the part of man. It makes man cautious by reminding him of God’s chastisement.

existence. Nothing else matters to him. But death brings the message that the only reality is that of God; no other ‘I’ has any real existence. Death is the most ruthless of teachers. Wise is he who learns

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

been filled by history itself. In the eyes of those who entertain doubts about the prophet-hood of God’s messenger, everything about him becomes doubtful — even those beliefs that are already enshrined in

from it all kinds of delightful plants, as a lesson and reminder for every human being who turns to God; and We have sent down from the sky blessed water with which We have brought forth gardens and grain

The target of this work is man’s realization of God. He should discover his powerlessness in comparison with God’s immense power. He should ‘see’ God before the veil of the unseen is removed. Before being

of realizing God indirectly. The purpose of dawah work or ‘calling people to God’ is to awaken souls from their slumber. It is to put a lost person on to the right path leading towards God. It is to awaken

so that he begins to see glimpses of God in the signs of the vast universe. It is to unveil the Creator in the mirror of His creation. Dawah or ‘calling people to God’ is to make man capable of bonding directly

a preview of the Hereafter. Here, a person receives in embryonic form the joys and blessings which God has made fully available in the world to come. This is so that he may see the infinite joys of eternity

the radiance of the afterlife. Flowers and trees blossom in order to remind one of the beauty of God’s’ eternal world. The pleasures of this world should serve to increase one’s longing for the world to

illustrated in a tradition attributed to the Prophet according to which he is said to have declared that God blesses gentleness with that which he does not give to harshness. This relates, in fact, to all actions

positive results for the community — as was the case of numerous violent movements before this. However, God provided the ulema with the vision to adopt the right course. They avoided the useless path of destruction

should prepare scholars who, once they graduate, should engage in dawah, communicating the message of God to others, besides providing religious guidance to Muslims. This is what madrasas' used to do in the

Hereafter-oriented thinking, not this-world-oriented thinking. To save ourselves from going astray in this regard, God has arranged that this present world be a world of problems. These problems serve for speed-breakers