perspective, a tree is an embodiment of a spiritual personality. —Maulana Wahiduddin Khan LOVE OF GOD LOVE of God is not simply a philosophical issue; it is rooted in the very nature of human beings. Love means

base of affection. Love of God is this same kind of strong affection. The basis of this love is quite natural when one discovers that one was created by God and that it was God who has given humankind all

When one discovers this fact, one naturally feels a profound love for God. Thus, love of God is the outcome of one’s discovery of God’s munificence. Every sincere person reaches a stage in life when he faces

mind; the other is being God-fearing. A scientific bent of mind results from the realization of knowledge. And, a God-fearing mind is the result of the discovery and realization of God. When excessive pride

has fear of God will see his affairs in relation to God, the Almighty. When one sees oneself in relation to God, everyone becomes small, in relation to God. Similarly, one who has fear of God will see his

affairs in relation to God, the Almighty. When one sees oneself in relation to God, everyone becomes small, in relation to God. No one is great. In this way the belief of a God-fearing man makes him a

PARADISE AND HELLthat man must adhere to the nature he is born with as given by God. He must not deviate from this divine nature. God “inspired this (divine nature) so that he might understand what was right

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

THE WORD OF GOD 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. It is a book that brings glad tidings to mankind,

commentary by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Your God is one God. There is no deity save Him. He is the Compassionate, the Merciful. 2: 163 Mankind has only one God: He is the only worthy focus of man’s attention

world around us, are manifestations of His unbounded grace and mercy. In return, we should become God’s devoted servants, living for Him, dying for Him, and setting all our hopes on winning His eternal

containing Prophetic Teachings. • Praying – that is what worship is. • Praying is the essence of worship. • God becomes displeased with one who does not beseech Him. • Nothing, save prayer, can avert fate. • As

bond of kinship, God will grant one whatever one prays to Him for, or else withhold evil from the supplicant in like degree. • There is nothing dearer to God than prayer. • Call on God, asking Him of His

happened, and what has not happened. Have recourse to prayer then, you servants of God. • Praying is a means of asking God for the fulfillment of all our needs no matter how mundane or insignificant as even

this feeling which makes him feel what is expressed by the words of Abu Hurayra. On the one hand, God being the most merciful, produces a feeling of hope in him but, on the other hand, when he sees how

Discovering God on Every Occasion The fourth caliph of Islam, Ali ibn Abi Talib, said, ‘I recognized my Lord by failing to execute my will.’ This is a simple formula of ma‘arifah or God realization.

realization of God reaches its ultimate limit, it manifests itself as fear of God. One who fears God becomes desirous of Paradise in its totality and along with this, he is fearful of his fate if God does not

IN GODS COUNTRYFollow the Rules 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 at this and gave

that a person can prosper is by understanding God’s scheme and living in the world according to that scheme. The world in which one lives is entirely of God’s making. Man, then, is not in his own country:

living in the country of God. The only way that a person can prosper is by understanding God’s scheme and living in the world according to that scheme. If he contradicts the scheme of God then he will be considered

want God’s blessings and remain forgetful, then how can you blame the Giver? Prayer that Can Change Destiny According to a hadith: ‘Only dua can change God’s decision’. (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith No

No. 2139) God has established the system of this world on the basis of cause and effect, and then God has given human beings total freedom. Now a person acts as he pleases and the good or evil results ensue

up by God. My belief is that this system is absolute.. For no one can the system be set at naught. In this matter, the only exception is that of dua, or sincere prayer. When a person prays to God and given

that Can Change Destinywant God’s blessings and remain forgetful, then how can you blame the Giver? Prayer that Can Change Destiny According to a hadith: ‘Only dua can change God’s decision’. (Sunan al-Tirmidhi

al-Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 2139) God has established the system of this world on the basis of cause and effect, and then God has given human beings total freedom. Now a person acts as he pleases and the good or

up by God. My belief is that this system is absolute.. For no one can the system be set at naught. In this matter, the only exception is that of dua, or sincere prayer. When a person prays to God and given