charity and kindness, or reconciliation between people. If anyone does that, seeking the pleasure of God, We will give him an immense reward. (4:114) This Quranic verse includes talks and conversations. The

IN GODS COUNTRYFollow the Guidelines AN American lady went on a tour of Russia. There, she saw pictures of the Chairman of the Communist party hanging everywhere she went. She took offence of this and

one lives is entirely of God’s making. Man, then, is not in his own country; he is living in the country of God. The only way that a person can prosper is by understanding God’s scheme and living in the

the world according to that scheme. If he contradicts the scheme of God, then he will be considered a rebel. The prophets showed people, plainly and in terms that they could understand, exactly what the

does he become desirous of God-realization to the last extent that all the doors to it are opened immediately to him. No door remains closed to him. This is the way of God-realization. It is not possible

the goal of God-realization by any other path.Uncertainty about OneselfIt is only when a person has the feeling that of all human beings he is the only one who has attained a high level of God-realization

deprived of a high level of God- realization that he can actually reach a high level of God-realization. Yet no one can say with conviction that he has attained a high level of God-realization. The reason

original form. Some groups turned God into a national fetish. Others took to worshipping a variety of objects in the name of God. In some religions the concept of God was tuned into an abstract philosophy

capable of offering a true picture of God. Only, Islam has preserved the true concept of God in a pure and complete form. So only in Islam will modern man find the God he so desperately needs (3:85).Spiritual

Spiritual StarvationIt is thanks to modern civilization that man has been deprived of God and his soul left to starve. It is this spiritual starvation that has driven some young people in Japan to say: ‘Our

original form. Some groups turned God into a national fetish. Others took to worshipping a variety of objects in the name of God. In some religions the concept of God was tuned into an abstract philosophy

capable of offering a true picture of God. Only, Islam has preserved the true concept of God in a pure and complete form. So only in Islam will modern man find the God he so desperately needs (3:85).Spiritual

Spiritual StarvationIt is thanks to modern civilization that man has been deprived of God and his soul left to starve. It is this spiritual starvation that has driven some young people in Japan to say: ‘Our

Faith does more than this for a person. It instills in one the firm conviction that God will Himself eventually appear before man. In this world He remains hidden, though His presence is felt as He guides

will be an event of the greatest relevance. God is both mighty and just; He is aware of all things; His appearance will bring justice to the world. When God comes before mankind, those who refused to serve

faithful servants of God, who devoted themselves entirely to Him, will be honoured in heaven. God’s invisibility in the world seemingly gives unbelievers the licence to run amok. But when God appears before

ISLAMSubmission to God ISLAM literally means submission. Submission is the essence of Islam. Submission means submission — or surrender — to God. When one discovers the existence of God and makes Him his

same time there is a ‘form’ of Islam. However, there is a difference between the two. Submission to God is the real part of Islam, while the form is a relative part. Let us take the example of salat, or

sajdah are the external part of prayer. Islam literally means submission; submission to God or surrender to God. It is a psychological fact that when a person adopts a certain belief with all his heart

The Spirit of Humility When a servant of God bows before his Lord, and does so, not just as a matter of form, but in the spirit of true humility, the effect of his action does not remain confined to the

thinking and actions bear the permanent stamp of his devotions, for it is impossible for a man to fear God and to bow before Him without being influenced thereby in his dealings with others. A true worshipper

those who have believed in God, devoting their entire lives to Him, will find themselves immediately raised to a superior position. During the millennia on earth when God chose to remain concealed those

those who were not faithful to Him were free to revel in their apostasy. But when God reveals Himself to them, they will realize how ill-used their freedom was and how abysmal their failure in the eyes of

to Him, invisible as He then was, who will find themselves crowned with success in the afterlife. God’s manifesting Himself will mark the beginning of a new and perfect world, in which those who were faithful

GOD A SOURCE OF CONVICTIONSuccour for Helpless Man IF one observes the universe with a powerful telescope one will notice that there is one exceptional planet among all other heavenly bodies—and that is

this, our own existence will appear absolutely insignificant. Without God, our life cannot be complete, and that without God’s help, we can never be truly successful. This experience will lead to the

the discovery of two important things. Firstly, the existence of an All-Powerful God, who is its Creator as well as its Sustainer. If one can bring to mind this scene of the massive universe, one’s heart