me; and forgive those who wrong me; and that my silence should be meditation; and my words remembrance of God; and my vision keen observation.4 These were no just glib words; they were a reflection of

Prophet once said, A discerning person should have some special moments: a moment of communion with God; a moment of self-examination; a moment of reflection over the mysteries of creation; and a moment

me; and forgive those who wrong me; and that my silence should be meditation; and my words remembrance of God; and my vision keen observation.4 These were no just glib words; they were a reflection of

Prophet once said, A discerning person should have some special moments: a moment of communion with God; a moment of self-examination; a moment of reflection over the mysteries of creation; and a moment

of tension and stress. The situation reminds us of this verse from the Quran: ‘Surely in the remembrance of God, hearts can find comfort.’ (13: 28) This same idea was expressed by the Prophet in these words:

no comfort, but the comfort of the Hereafter”. (Sahih al-Bukhari) This means it is only by making God one’s supreme concern, man can obtain peace. And that the life that man desires is only possible in

life of this world before death, no one will be able to get the life they desire. Only by making God one’s supreme concern, man can obtain peace. The life that man desires is only possible in the period

the remembrance of God and cease your trading. That would be best for you, if you but knew it. Then, when the prayers are ended, disperse and go your ways in quest of God’s bounty. And remember God frequently

flock eagerly towards it and leave you standing all alone. Say: ‘Whatever God has in store is far better than any sport or business. God is the best provider’ (62:9-11). These are the verses from the Surah

fulfill certain conditions. 1. Earnings from economic activities should be considered a blessing of God. 2. God should be constantly remembered during one’s economic activities.

have provided them with.” (32:16) That is, they call upon their Lord in fear and hope. Calling upon God in this way is an extremely personal thing. Such prayer emerges from the deepest recesses of one’s

individual himself. He cannot ask someone to fear God for him or to trust in God for him. Prayer is a criterion of a person’s servitude. One who believes in God must experience such moments in his life when

when his soul is moved greatly by the remembrance of God; when his heart and mind experience great convulsions in reflecting upon the concept of God. It is then that with this heightened spiritual state of

Buddhism is a godless religion but this is not a monopoly of Buddhism. Present religion of Islam adopted by Muslims also seems to be a godless Islam. The supreme concern of Islam is God; unfortunately

conversations and concerns you will find that God does not figure in any of them. The Quran is the most authentic source of Islam. In the Quran ‘Allah’ —God—by name is referred no less than 2,700 times

presents is a God-oriented religion. The greatest concern of Islam is God. Quran is the Book of God. The mind the Quran builds is a God-oriented mind. A believer is one who discovers God, whose thinking

away from what God has forbidden. Now, from this statement it does not mean that a pious scholar of the stature of Saʿid ibn al-Musayyib was unaware that prayer, fasting, remembrance of God and reciting

specified terms. But unlike for a faqih, for a missionary, someone engaged in dawah, inviting people to God, the issue at hand is not the intellectual or legal explanation of a particular matter, but, rather

which God has endowed man, and let there be no alteration in God’s Creation. That is the right religion, although most men may not know it. (30:30) This means that every human being is created by God to

be capable—as a matter of his natural constitution—of accepting the religion of truth. The Unity of God is a truth, arrived at intuitively, and is plain to every man of common sense, unless he perverts himself

this new man is made clear by the following hadith: Nine things the Lord has commanded me: Fear of God in private and in public; Justness, whether in anger or in calmness; Moderation in both poverty and

would be an underestimation of the love of God if it is taken only in the sense of obedience. Obedience is only a legal description of the relationship with God, whereas love entails man’s entire existence

existence being moulded in the remembrance of God. Man comes to acknowledge God in the perfect sense when it is with the whole of his being. Faith in God is for man to discover God to the extent of loving Him

The Quran says that “those who believe love God most.” (2:165) One who loves God the most is one who has made God his object of worship. Real love for God will find expression in many ways. Even uttering

a Muslim act of worship, performed annually, in which the worshipper circumambulates the House of God in Makkah, stays awhile in the plains of Arafat and performs other rites which together constitute

a comprehensive act of worship, involving both financial outlay and physical exertion. Both remembrance of God and sacrifice for His sake are part and parcel of Hajj. Hajj is an act of worship in which

around the House of God in Makkah. What does the House of God represent to a believer? It brings to life a whole prophetic tradition, stretching from Abraham to Muhammad. The House of God stands as a model