lessons from this history in his own life, and qualifies himself to receive the great reward for it from God. The real importance in Hajj is of the spirit and not the form. At the time of Hajjat al-Wida (The

says: “Know that your wealth and children are a trial and that there is an immense reward with God.” God has not bestowed children to people to keep them constantly busy with them and to spend all their

offer God are some external rituals that they had performed while in this world. And as far as their real life is concerned, they had devoted it entirely to their children. This is not worship of God. Rather

that worship of children cannot earn one the credit of worshipping God. Worship of God is no mere appendix of life. True worship of God encompasses the entire life of a person.

people claim that there are two gods: one, the god of light, and the other, the god of darkness. Yet others argue that there is no god at all. If there were truly a god, they maintain, why such lawlessness

that ideal world. Just as the rest of creation fully obeys God, human beings will do the same in the world to come. Right now, they enjoy God-given free will, to do as they please. The test is about the

THE WORD OF GODFrom The Scriptures The Quran is the book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between CE 610 and 632. It is a book that brings glad

Arabic and commentary by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Everything in the heavens and on the earth belongs to God and so He will requite those who do evil in accordance with their deeds and will reward those left

been created with human weaknesses. So, it is not required that he be as pure as the angels. Almighty God has given full guidance to man as to what he should do and what he should not. However, man may be

this duty is, in fact, a kind of reminder that all one has is in trust for God. Man should, therefore, hold nothing back from God. To whatever one may amass in one’s lifetime, one’s own personal contribution

to make things grow. Nor could he set up any industries, or carry out any other such enterprise. If God were to withdraw anyone of His material blessings, all our plans would go awry, and all our efforts

THE WORD OF GODFrom The Scriptures 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 A.D. It is a book that brings glad

The present world was created by God in six days; that is, in six stages or six periods. There was a period when its surface was covered with water. In this part of God’s domain, only water was seen everywhere

everywhere at that time. Then, at God’s behest, patches of land emerged and water filled the great hollows which became the seas and the oceans. In this way it was possible for various species of life to

THE WORD OF GODFrom The Scriptures 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 AD. It is a book that brings glad

level. Translated from Arabic and commentary by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan PROSTRATION In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Alif Lam Mim. This Book has beyond all doubt been revealed by

history of religion, nobody has had the courage to profess, except those chosen few to whom the Book of God was in actuality revealed. Other than the appointed person, anyone who mustered the audacity to utter

remains patient in the face of the trouble stirred up by others, he will be amply rewarded for it by God. This conviction generates an unfathomable peace of mind within him, so that he is no longer disturbed

are designed to destroy his peace of mind.SEPTEMBER 19 The Concept of ManMan is God’s servant. Man has been created by God with a plan, that is, to place him temporarily on earth in order to test him. Then

here is a test, and in all situations man must give a proper performance, as is required of him by God. The proper attitude for man is not to take to the paths of his desires, but to try to understand

TRUE OBJECT OF VENERATIONFrom Creation to the Creator TO believe in God is to see the invisible force behind visible objects. It is to see through superficial irrelevancies to the ultimate reality that

that lies hidden in all things. It is to acknowledge that all things come from God. It is to see God as the Supreme Being. A true believer is never enamoured of the external splendour of worldly things. He

the creation of God. He does not look to other human beings for the fulfillment of his needs, for he knows that they are helpless before their Maker. So absorbed does he become in God’s glory that he never

free from a negative mode of thinking and looks at matters from a positive view-point. The gift of God bestowed on the people of Islam in the shape of religion is not the property of any one group. It is

development started after the advent of Islam. The world of those days was bogged down in the worship of God’s creations. The people of Islam raised it above the worship of creation and showed the way of the worship

the first time through the influence of the followers of Islam, i.e. those believing in the unity of God. This revolution of thought opened to humanity the door of constructive activities and development