Although the most important aspect of prayer is its being the main point of spiritual contact with God, it also has valuable lessons for us on how to conduct ourselves in our daily lives. Prayer, as well

ritual mode of worship, is an expression of the inner realities of humility before, and devotion to God. The ultimate acknowledgement of another’s greatness being the repetition of the words, “He is the

uttered time and time again in prayer. Verbal acknowledgement is thus made of the absolute quality of God’s greatness in comparison to that of ordinary mortals. Physically, the ultimate recognition of another’s

we are following the laws of nature, as though we have no choice. We have to submit to the will of God, which is expressed in the universe in the form of the laws of nature. The universe around us serves

we are following the laws of nature, as though we have no choice. We have to submit to the will of God, which is expressed in the universe in the form of the laws of nature. This attitude of submission

GOD AND MANDiscover Your Creator MAN has never fully understood himself, let alone trying to understand the Almighty. He visualises God in his image and vice versa. Human history is the story of this mistake

think of God to be like man is to try to bring God to the human level. All forms of theism and polytheism are a product of this mistake. Both are different names for making assumptions about God based on

between man and God. We come into this world through biological parents. It was assumed that God, too, must have parents, that there must have been someone before God, who brought God into being. Man denied

remain hidden from human eyes. God, the angels, paradise, hell—nothing is visible. As such, it was expected from man that when these realities were revealed, he would say, “God, I did not know that this was

to be the end of life. Why did You not tell us before?” In view of the delicacy of this situation, God made an arrangement whereby, with the very creation of the first man, He began sending prophets to

the divine message to mankind. This series of prophets continued from Adam to Jesus Christ. Finally God decided to send the Final Prophet to whom He would send him the last divine book which would be preserved

problem facing the modern age is how to close this Pandora’s Box. According to Islam, freedom is a God-given right to every human being. However, this right also comes with the responsibility of not abusing

having removed the Veil of Superstition, has proved the miracle of the universe to be a miracle of God. By displacing the phenomena of nature from the status of objects of worship, man has ultimately been

of the heavens and the earth are there to remind man of God. But man on his own began to deify those things. This was a major deviation from God’s original intention. In modern times we have witnessed

of the divinity of God. They are there to remind man of God. But the atheists of modern times have distorted those very revelations of science, which were proofs of the existence of God, to show that there

understanding the Quran are to ponder on the Quran with a deconditioned mind and to beseech God with true God-consciousness and piety. Could you please tell us something about your lifestyle? In matters

difficulties in inviting people towards God—Islamic missionary activity—in these times? In today’s age, in no part of the world is the work of inviting people towards God difficult. The only condition is that

mind. Because of this, the work that Muslims should have been engaged in—conveying the message of God to people—was unable to proceed naturally. My advice to Muslims is to put a complete stop to campaigns

discovers the existence of God, he consequently adopts a God-oriented life in the real sense of the word. That is, he adopts God-oriented thinking, a God-oriented approach, God-oriented behaviour, and so

so on. In short, he develops a divine character. God becomes his sole concern. The second condition laid down in the Quran is that the believer should remain steadfast. It means that he should become so

means that the person concerned is completely in earnest about his decision to wholeheartedly accept God as the sole focus of his worship. It is the angels who guide them from the present world to the world

Calling people to God is telling them that the only right way of life for them on this earth is to become true believers in God. Primarily, the purpose of dawah ilallah is to acquaint man with the creation

creation plan of God. Calling people to God was the purpose for which Prophet Muhammad was sent as the messenger of God to the whole of humanity: “We have sent you forth as a mercy to all mankind.” (The Quran

their responsibility of dawah ilallah, he said: ‘God has sent me to the entire world as a blessing, so you should carry out this responsibility on my behalf. God will show His mercy to you.’ (Sirat ibn Hisham

RELINQUISHING POWER FOR GODRELINQUISHING POWER FOR GOD Unforced Submission ALL power in this world belongs to God. No one else has any strength. Nevertheless, God has granted man freedom in this world

entirely subjugated to the will of God. God wants to see how man utilizes the power and free will with which he has been endowed. If he is realistic, he will submit to God. Otherwise, deluded by his apparent

pretence to it; who fear God, though they are in a position to do the opposite; who have the chance to attach importance to themselves, but refrain from doing so, putting God first. The exquisite world