the Qur’an: “The Arabs of the desert declare: ‘We believe,’ ‘You do not.’ Say rather: ‘We profess Islam,’ for faith has not yet found its way into your hearts’” (49:4). This shows that to God, the real

realization of God. That is to say that the concept of form here is relative, while the concept of spirit is what truly matters. In the case of prayer (salat) too, we know that prayer has a fixed form and is to

essential, therefore, that the ritual of prayer be imbued with the proper spirit. The third pillar of Islam, alms-giving (zakat), that is, the payment of a fixed amount from one’s earnings to others who are

hell, were short ones. It was only when people became conditioned to accept Islamic teachings that verses dealing with what is lawful and unlawful began to be revealed. And if injunctions like: ‘Do not

way to reform people is to follow the path of wisdom and do everything gradually. The Prophet of Islam first of all changed the thinking of the people in Arabia. And only when they had developed the ability

Some Sufis have introduced this concept in the form of monism into Islam, but it is certainly without foundation, and has no room in Islam. The Quran says, “Prostrate yourself and come near” (96:19). This

incidence of nearness between God and man does take place but God and man do not become one entity. Rather what happens is that when the servant becomes a true sajid (one who prostrates himself before God), at

Alfred Adler, a unique quality possessed by human beings is ‘their power to turn a minus into a plus’. What enables man to perform this extraordinary feat? The only answer is that it is through peace. The human

very prominent, historical example of turning one’s minus into plus is provided by the Prophet of Islam. In his famous book The 100 Dr. Michael Hart of America has observed: “Muhammad was the only man in

history who was supremely successful at both the religious and secular levels.” How was the Prophet of Islam able to achieve this supreme success? The secret lies in the fact that though he repeatedly faced

When the Prophet of Islam came to the world during the first quarter of the 7th century, modern weapons had not yet been invented. It was unthinkable at that time that killing and bloodshed could ever

bloodshed and violence was totally unthinkable. 4. According to another tradition, the Prophet of Islam said, ‘Qiyamah will take place only when there is no one left to remember God.’ (Sahih Muslim, Hadith

Hadith No. 148) This hadith does not mean that the people will stop taking God’s name. Rather what is meant here is the remembrance of God, at the level of realization, as we find from the Quran. (5:83)

107. WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF JUDGEMENT DAY ACCORDING TO ISLAM?According to Islam, God created man as an eternal being, but divided his lifespan into two: the worldly life and the post-death life. While

As compared to this definition, Islam presents a positive concept of life according to which death marks the second phase of human life. According to Islam, man has been created as an eternal being. Then

actions and not for further action. The event of death is indeed a message for life.The message is: what you have to do, do today itself—in the life before death, because no one will be given time for preparation

single platform, they would be able to present a united front to the Jews. A unifying faith was just what they needed to heal the wounds of tribal conflict, and patch up the differences between the two tribes

It was Islam, then, that benefited indirectly from the war of Bu’ath, for it made the Aws and Khazraj realize the futility of war and seek peace among themselves. This peace they found in Islam, and they

107. WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF JUDGEMENT DAY ACCORDING TO ISLAM?According to Islam, God created man as an eternal being, but divided his lifespan into two: the worldly life and the post-death life. While

Islam, however does not associate divinity with Jesus Christ. Muslims do not believe Jesus to be the son of God, but rather a prophet just like Abraham, Moses and Muhammad. According to Islamic belief

replied that she had no husband and asked how she could have a son. The angel told her that this was what God had ordained: Recount in the Book how Mary withdrew from her people to an eastern place and kept