reminder to a sincere person. It reminds us that we are in the world of God, a world which has been created by God. Its owner is God, not us. Here we cannot live according to our will. Here we cannot eat

apprehends God at the level of realization; when he discovers the reality that in this world there is no place for those who lead a permissive life. The secret of success in this world of God lies in leading

GOD ALMIGHTYThe One and Only THERE are several kinds of beliefs about God. The concept of God in Islam is outlined here. The concept of God handed down to man by the Prophet is one of pure monotheism that

that is, “There is no god but one God”. This prophetic concept has been briefly set forth in a short chapter of the Quran: “Say: He is God, the One, The Self-sufficient One. He does not give birth, nor

Creator and Sustainer of all things. Allah is the Arabic name. Another passage in the Quran reads: “God: there is no deity save Him, the Living, the Eternal One. Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him.

MANKINDSocial Service ALL the teachings of Islam are based on two basic principles— the worship of God and the service of mankind. Without putting both of these principles into practice, there can be no

on the one hand they please God, and on the other they achieve spiritual progress for themselves.  According to a Hadith, you should be merciful to people on earth and God on high will be merciful to you

you. One can receive God’s reward in the Hereafter only if one has done something to alleviate the sufferings of mankind. In this way Islam links personal salvation to serving others. This desire to serving

THROUGH ISLAMServing Mankind ALL the teachings of Islam are based on two principles—the worship of God and the service to mankind. Without putting both principles into practice, there can be no true fulfillment

by serving human beings they please God and on the other, they achieve spiritual progress. According to a Hadith, you should be merciful to people on earth and God Almighty will be merciful to you. In

In this way Islam links personal salvation to serving others. God’s reward in the Hereafter can be earned only if one has striven to alleviate the sufferings of mankind. The following incident brings out

non-Muslims are biased against Islam because, so they allege, such people are inherently opposed to God and the Truth. But these allegations are completely wrong. Simply by being born a Muslim one cannot

Muslims must follow the advice given in this Quranic verse: O Believers, turn you all together towards God. (THE QURAN 24: 31) Thus, all Muslims should collectively condemn the terrorism being engaged in the

take this as an opportunity for carrying out dialogue and dawah work, that is, inviting people to God's path. When people are now talking about Islam, even negatively, they can take this as an opportunity

conscience within every human being. This conscience is an internal sign of this divine nature. God’s prophets came to the world to make men aware of this nature, so that what exists within man at the

Paradise and Hell in books of Hadith. “When God created Paradise, He said to Gabriel: ‘Go and look at Paradise.’ Gabriel went and looked at all the blessings God had provided for man in Paradise. Then Gabriel

said: ‘O my Lord, by Your Honour and Might, whoever knows of Paradise will surely enter it.’ Then God covered Paradise, with all kinds of unpleasant things. Then He said to Gabriel: ‘Go and have a look

anyone does something to earn God’s pleasure, in the course of his tasks, he has such experiences as if he were meeting with God. At that time, he feels as if he is seeing God. According to a tradition of

Muhammad: “God will say on the Day of Judgement, ‘Son of Adam, I was sick but you did not visit me.’ He will reply: ‘My God, How could I have visited you whenYou are the Lord of the World?’ Thereupon God will

anyone does something to earn God’s pleasure, in the course of his tasks, he has such experiences as if he were meeting with God. At that time, he feels as if he is seeing God. A visit to a patient which

relationship between man and God is reciprocal: man offers God what he has, then God bestows His favours in return. Man offers his Lord gift of realization, piety and thankfulness. In return, God provides him with

morally proper way, or the way in which such values are abandoned. The correct answer to the call of God is for one to use one’s intellect to ascertain the right course of action and then follow it, difficult

seem. One then automatically avoids the easy, but misguided way. The correct answer to the call of God is for one to use one's intellect to ascertain the right course of action and then follow it, difficult

Zakat is in the nature of an annual reminder to man that everything he possesses belongs to God. They are all Gods gifts. One unfortunate aspect of human relationships is that people tend to give to others

be rewarded by God. Believers have the assurance of God that if they give to others, whatever they give will be returned to them many times over in the next world; their trust in God’s promise is complete

In its external form then, Zakat is an annual tax. But in its essence, it is the principle on which God and His creatures have a right to a share in one’s property.

lead him directly to God. He is, in effect, sloughing off his own world, leaving it behind him, and reaching out for the world of the Almighty. He is on his way to the House of God, a place where the great

great deeds of God’s messengers and their followers have been preserved for all eternity; where we find the hallowed impressions of the lives of those who lived and died for the cause of God. The haji (pilgrim)

bound for that very destination which God had specially chosen for His Last Revelation. Once launched on this course, the pilgrim is imbued with the awareness of God, His creation plan, as well as the feeling