Making God one’s sole concern is no simple matter. It is akin to bringing about a total revolution in man’s psyche. One who experiences such a revolution takes God as the Giver in the full sense, and regards

regards himself as the taker in the full sense. His thinking becomes God-oriented: his feelings are centred entirely on God. His words and deeds reflect the divine culture. Modesty grows within him, he

back seat. Before uttering a single word, he gives thought to whether his words in the presence of God will be accepted or rejected. In private, he is as cautious as he is in public.

GREATEST JOYEternal Happiness “God will say to the people of Paradise, ‘O people of Paradise!’ They will say, ‘Labbayk, O our Lord, , and all the good is in Your Hands!’ God will say, ‘Are you satisfied

satisfied, O our Lord, as You have given us what You have not given to any of Your created beings?’ God will say, ‘Shall I not give you something better than that?’ They will say, ‘O our Lord! What else

received admission into Paradise as a gift from God and they are not its creators, if God so wills, He can take away this blessing from them. When God Himself declares that He is eternally pleased with

reigned supreme there. The first thing he did on entering the holy city was to go to the House of God. Seven times he circumambulated the Ka’bah. Then he summoned ‘Uthman ibn Talhah. According to one account

verse of the Quran: God commands you to hand back your trusts to their rightful owners.6 It was then that ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, the Prophet’s cousin and son-in-law, stood up: “God bless you,’ he said to

reigned supreme there. The first thing he did on entering the holy city was to go to the House of God. Seven times he circumambulated the Ka’bah. Then he summoned ‘Uthman ibn Talhah. According to one account

this verse of the Quran: God commands you to hand back your trusts to their rightful owners.6 It was then that ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, the Prophet’s cousin and son-in-law, stood up: “God bless you,’ he said to

the two with whom is a third, the third being God Himself?” This is not some plain statement. These words express the Prophet’s utmost trust in the help of God. The second moment is about the death of the

kissed him and then started weeping and said, “My father and my mother be sacrificed for you, O God’s Prophet! God will not combine two deaths on you. You have died the death which was written for you.” Then

Muhammad is dead, but whoever worshipped God, then God is Alive and shall never die.” These words show the quality of differentiation that a believer shows between God and His servants. The third moment shows

formulae which one utters to seek favours from God. These duas in reality are an expression of true submission to God. They are a result of deep contemplation and God-realization. They are a portrayal of the

the feelings of those who seek to live a God-oriented life; who derive spiritual lessons from all events and for whom the Hereafter is the ultimate goal. Every evening is an illustration of the scenario

second call will be a wake-up call when all mankind will gather in an assembly before the presence of God. For a true believer, every evening is a likeness of the first call of the Day of Judgement. Every

him. If God were the object of this kind of thinking in a person, a strong attachment with God would be formed. The present world with all its components is an expression of the blessings of God. For a

him of the universal gifts of the blessings of God. This discovery is enough to make him regard God as his Benefactor. He becomes the grateful servant of God. But this feeling becomes the most intense when

first discovery causes man to utter these words, “God, You have given me so much!” But further discoveries cause him to call out spontaneously, “O God, You are so merciful that You have given me those

THE view that most of the messengers of God did not succeed in achieving their goal is mistaken. It is often stated that only a minority of the messengers of God actually established a system based on their

views are far from the truth. How was it possible for the messengers of God to have failed in the task assigned to them while God was at their side? The question of their failure just does not arise. The

did not would be considered failures. The prophets were sent to convey to the people the word of God in its pure form and it was to be presented in the best possible way This is not, however, the right

who is acknowledged in all the Abrahamic religions. He had the unique experience of conversing with God on Mount Sinai. According to the Quran, at that time Moses said: “My Lord, show Yourself to me so that

to oneself; to visually comprehend God directly is beyond human capabilities. For the direct observation of God in the present world, man will have to become another God and this is not possible for anyone

tradition of the Prophet, someone asked Aisha (Prophet’s wife) if the Prophet Muhammad had ever seen God. Aisha replied, ‘I am bewildered by what you ask. Why do you persist with asking about this? Then she

response to this, God revealed the following verse: “You have no say in this affair.” (3: 128) This Hadith teaches us about the ethics of a believer, or of one who calls others to God. A believer must adopt

indispensable for him. If he lacks this character, he can never engage in the work of calling people to God. It is God’s desire that through His message, people are made aware of the realities of life so that they

The believer does his work for God’s sake. He rests his hope for reward in God alone. No matter how others might behave, the believer relates every experience to God. If he falls prey to a psyche of