Towards Spiritual LivingAl-Risala and Spirit of Islam are two monthly spiritual magazines. They aim at helping individuals discover for themselves answers to ,br/>their questions on spirituality, religion

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man who realizes to what extent he needs his Maker’s help in acquiring True Knowledge will feel his heart simply overflowing with gratitude to and praise for his Lord, when he sees what favour He has shown

Maker. The desire to serve may itself be quite instinctive, but the would-be devotee does not know in what manner to give expression to it. The Quran, however, is explicit on this subject, and even provides

accepted sense of the word. It is more an account of the final struggle to convey the message of Islam. From the most ancient times, God has been sending down knowledge of the truth through His specially

THE MEANING OF ISLAMa study of the Hadith, we cannot complete the study of Islam and neither can we know the Islamic teachings for leading life in this world. The corpus of Hadith is the greatest source

source of Islamic teaching after the Quran. Once a hadith is proved to be an authentic part of the legacy of the Prophet of Islam, we have to accept it as we do the Quran. THE MEANING OF ISLAM Islam is the

Accepting Islam shapes one’s thinking. Subsequently, his desires, his feelings, his interests — everything becomes dyed in the hue of obedience of God. Islam means submission. The name Islam has been given

would show how the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah would pave the way for the spread of Islam across Arabia. The peace treaty removed the danger of war and people were able to mix freely with any tribe they liked

closer look at Islam. During this period of free interaction, Islam became a subject of general discussion. The call of Islam spread rapidly. The Arabs, impressed by the virtues of Islam began to enter

message of Islam. Members of his immediate family were the first to accept Islam. Abu Bakr Siddiq was the first person outside the family to accept Islam. He in turn called his friends to God and Islam, and

easily distinguished from each other. By Islamic standards, this is designed to facilitate social and national interaction. The sole basis of superiority in Islam is taqwa—the earnestness with which one

reserves a place in Paradise only for those found deserving in terms of their inner worth. According to Islam, all greatness belongs to God. God as the Supreme Being is ineffably superior to all men. While there

easily distinguished from each other. By Islamic standards, this is designed to facilitate social and national interaction. The sole basis of superiority in Islam is taqwa—the earnestness with which one

reserves a place in Paradise only for those found deserving in terms of their inner worth. According to Islam, all greatness belongs to God. God as the Supreme Being is ineffably superior to all men. While there

The Safeguarding of the Feeling of GratitudeThe Prophet of Islam once observed: “Look only to those who are less great than you; do not look to those who are greater than you, because in this way you will

about what he is lacking in, will neither be a thankful servant, nor a patient servant in the eyes of God.” (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 2512) Gratitude is the greatest form of worship. What is most

The Greatest Calamityof Islam stands between life and death. While still on earth, it is as if he has already experienced death and is thus able to inform his fellows of what lies beyond the grave. The

the chance to warn others, nor they the chance to listen. Under these circumstances, it is clear what our real task must be: we must dwell on the life after death and warn our fellows of it, for this

beings— that is to say, people should be free to do what they like without the permission of the political authorities. In the early period of Islam, the overthrow of mulukiyat or monarchical despotism

them. With God’s assistance, they were victorious in this confrontation, and the coercive system of what the French historian Henri Pirenne termed as ‘Absolute Imperialism’ was ended. Ending a system of

development. This development could not be completed in its initial phase itself. With God’s help, Islam, in the seventh century C.E., broke the historical continuity of this ancient coercive system. After

strive to give to others what one is receiving from the Creator.Why does God give unlimited reward for fasting?In a Hadith, the Prophet of Islam has said: “Every deed in Islam is rewarded from ten to seven