On the other hand, there is a person who fears God, who leads a God-fearing life, who makes the Hereafter as his goal or destination. Such a person also builds a world, but in his case it is the building

build godly personalities within themselves are never bereft of them. They remain with them externally. When such people die they enter the next stage of life with this personality intact.This godly personality

BELIEF IN GODSTANDING in front of India Gate in New Delhi, I thought of what a beautiful specimen of architecture and sculpture it was. It is a structure that bears witness to our unique skills of design

between him and the rest of the universe, he would be able to comprehend the difference between him and God. All the stars, planets, trees and animals together would fail to make such a structure. It is a

machine. God desires that we should realize Him on the conscious plane, through our intellect. That is why God created us with such distinctive faculties. Just as we are superior to all of creation, God is vastly

GOD THE GREATESTArtistry and Precision in the Universe THE DISTINGUISHED British-Lebanese mathematician, Sir Michael Francis Atiyah (d. 2019), said that God is a mathematician. Similarly, Nobel Prize winning

winning physicist, Paul Dirac has said, ‘God is a mathematician of a very high order.’ This idea is not new. Over fifty years ago, English physicist and mathematician, Sir James Jeans suggested that the

mathematician. Centuries before him Pythagoras said that all things are numbers. To Picasso, God was an artist. ‘God is really another artist,’ he said. ‘He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat.’

GOD THE GREATESTManifestations in the Universe THE distinguished British mathematician, Sir Michael Francis Atiyah, has said that God is a mathematician. Likewise, Nobel Prize winning physicist, Paul

Paul Dirac has said, ‘God is a mathematician of a very high order.’ This idea is not new. Over fifty years ago, English physicist and mathematician, Sir James Jeans suggested that the universe was handiwork

mathematician. Centuries before him Pythagoras said that all things are numbers. To Picasso, God was an artist. ‘God is really another artist,’ he said. ‘He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat.’

THE WORD OF GODTHE 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 tidings to mankind

individual himself decides upon. One is really good who is good in the eyes of God and one is bad if he is adjudged bad in the eyes of God. If a man really develops these feelings in himself, he will lose the desire

he will come to know that a man’s true status and position are actually going to be determined by God. He will then ponder over the fact that if he considers anyone as small in this world and if later

for freeing slaves, for those in debt, for spending for God's cause and for travellers in need. It is a legal obligation enjoined by God. God is All-knowing and Wise. THE QURAN 9: 60 So, as is clear from

from this verse, one of the ways that Zakat can be spent is 'for the cause of God'. Though the words of the Quran are general, the consensus of Muslim theologians is that they refer to holy war: it is

alms given 'for the cause of God'. (Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Vol. I, p. 393) If we accept this interpretation, then it means that the instruction to give Zakat 'for the cause of God' may, to all intents and purposes

welfare of humanity. May God help you overcome your differences. In the end, I would like to seek forgiveness from you all if anything I said hurt anyone of you. I swear upon God, I had no intention to

me. I beseech God to command the angels to wipe out those remarks from the record of my deeds. I also entreat to the Almighty to erase those words from your hearts. I further pray to God to give place

place in your heart to all the good that I presented before you. Finally, I seek refuge in God for myself and for you all.

believer calls out to God and if that believer is beloved to God, then God commands Angel Gabriel not to make haste in fulfilling the desire of the believer because it pleases God to hear his voice calling

tribulations that he must endure as a part of the creation plan of God. These trials make his heart tremble in helplessness. All he can think of is God as his saviour and protector. With this experience, he discovers

discovers his own ultimate helplessness and the infinite power of Almighty God. These trials and tribulations bring about an upheaval in his soul. In such situations, the words that arise on the tongue of

The Prescribed Charity (Zakat) Zakat is the fourth ‘pillar’ of Islam. Zakat means setting apart for God every year a certain portion of one’s saving and wealth (generally 2.5 percent) and spending it upon

needy. The fulfilment of this duty is, in fact, a kind of reminder that all one has is in trust for God. Man should, therefore, hold nothing

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 AD. It is a book that brings glad

punishment for] evil deeds will receive Your mercy— that is the supreme success. (40: 7-9) The subjects of God who set themselves the task of preaching the pure and unadulterated Truth are always harassed. They

be raised to such an exalted position that the angels nearest to God will pray for them. Those who deny the truth will be told, ‘God’s abhorrence of you is greater than your hatred of yourselves. You were